The content of this few-second-long video says it all: persevere. How much of the new U.S. infrastructure program will be aimed at green projects? Will all this come along quickly enough to avoid the brunt of climate-related damage? No one …
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What’s New in Plant-Based Meat? Honeybee Burger
Honeybee Burger has an interesting business model: open a national chain of restaurants that offer only their proprietary plant-based burgers (along with fries, drinks, and desserts), i.e., no products containing beef, chicken or fish. Their pitch to investors is linked …
Marketing Basics
Sometimes we progressives wonder if we have the wrong message to persuade others to come on board. Are we coming on too strong with ideas like Black Lives Matter? Should we back off a bit with some of our demands …
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Stock Market Records and Basic Economic Strength Are Two Different Things
Robert Rapier, who works in the energy industry and writes and speaks about issues involving energy and the environment, was one of my first contacts in the renewable energy field. He writes about the graph below: I often talk about …
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Decline in U.S. Coal Consumption, But Why?
From The Hill: Nuclear-powered electricity generation surpassed coal-fired generation for the first time on record last year, according to a new analysis. Warmer-than-average temperatures and a reduction in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic combined to reduce natural gas prices …
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‘Clean Coal’ Actually Increased Pollution
A great deal of environmental healing will come from the Biden administration, at least if we can predict the future based on the first two months. In particular, there has been robust discussion concerning putting an end to subsidies that …
Where Will the Stimulus/Relief Package Take Us?
As Connecticut senator Chris Murphy points out here, there is a moral issue at stake here. But, if nothing else, this will be a very interesting experiment in macroeconomics. The neoliberalism that has defined the United States for the last …
Walmart and Costco: The Difference Is Decency
Here’s why I haven’t been in a Walmart for the last 20+ years. It’s bad enough that the Walton family pays its employees slave wages; it’s even worse that you and I are subsidizing the Walton payroll so its people …
Argentina Is Torn Between Its Shale Dream and Climate Goals
Here’s an article that describes how natural gas fracking could be Argentina’s ticket out of a years-long economic crisis, but it jeopardizes a promise to wipe out emissions by 2050. It begins: President Alberto Fernandez took to a makeshift stage …
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Where Should the Stimulus Package Go?
Is trillion-dollar public spending a good idea? That’s arguable. If we’re going ahead with it, should that money go to those who need it most and will spend it immediately, thus stimulating the economy? That’s irrefutable. See graphic below.
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