It would be nice to see environmentalism leading the way in the phasing out of fossil fuels in favor of renewables, though that’s not at all what we are, in fact, experiencing.
Category: Renewables – Business
Solar and Wind: What About Subsidies?
Here’s a discussion in the newsletter of the American Energy Society on the subject of the phase out of the tax credits for solar and wind. Those who install solar currently enjoy an “investment tax credit” (ITC) of 30%, meaning …
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Green Manufacturing Plan
Occasionally one hears that the two major parties in U.S. politics are essentially indistinguishable from one another, and in some areas that actually is true. For example, regardless of who’s elected president in 2020, the country will still have a …
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UK: No Coal for Two Weeks Straight, Longest Period Since 1880s
Hip outfit! Good things are happening all over the world, firmly rooted in humankind’s commitment to survival. Though Britain has a long way to go before it will have eliminated coal from its grid-mix entirely (target: 2025), they have made enormous …
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Canada’s Algonquin to Acquire Bermuda Utility BELCO
The acquisition of Bermuda Electric Light Company (BELCO) by Algonquin has to be good news, and here’s why.
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Lots of Good Environmental News
It’s not news that the U.S. federal government is doing a terrible job protecting the environment, or, more accurately, that they’re doing a fabulous job destroying it for profit. What needs to be recognized, however, is that virtually everywhere else …
Thinking Big in America’s Largest City
Per the words of a great industrialist, “You have to think anyway, so you might as well think big.” Few places on Earth resemble New York City when it comes to deploying that concept; they’re not called the “Little Apple,” …
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Welcoming New 2GreenEnergy Intern/Contributor
An engineer at GM in Detroit, Mr. Shashwat Sitesh, contacted me recently, asking if he could volunteer to perform some research and reporting on clean energy issues. Needless to say, the answer to requests like this is always yes. Welcome to …
Books on Deforestation
I’m occasionally asked if I have plans for another book project, and at this point, the answer is no. The reason is suggested in this article, pointing to the simplicity of planting trees, or at least stopping the rampant deforestation of …
Sustainability Can Offer Us a Smile
I’ve known environmentalist Forbes Black for over a decade, but it was only recently that I noticed his penchant for sarcasm, and damn, he’s good at it.
