On this day in 1731, a group of young men in Philadelphia pooled their money to set up the first library in America. Not a bad time to pose the question: What is the proper role of government? What things belong in …
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The Most Powerful Force Working Against Coal Isn’t Concern for Your Health
From this article on the death of coal-fired power plants: (Singapore-based) OCBC Bank, South-east Asia’s second-largest lender, said two Vietnamese coal-fired power plants will be the last it finances as it increases funding for renewable projects. “We won’t do any new …
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Royal Dutch Shell: Where Is It Going?
A year or two after the launch of 2GreenEnergy in the summer of 2009, I got an unexpected phone call from a guy who said, “Hello, Craig. You don’t know me, but I’m — (I can’t recall his name), an …
Appointing Unqualified Cabinet Members To Destroy the Federal Government Is Appalling, But in This Case It’s Illegal As Well
A diverse array of more than 50 advocacy groups, including Friends of the Earth, ActionAid USA, the National Family Farm Coalition, Patagonia, and Sierra Club, delivered a letter to all 100 U.S. senators earlier today, demanding that they disapprove the …
From Tech Maven Fritz Maffry: More Insights on the Technology, Economics, and Politics of CleanTech
China is moving ahead on environment and economic plans for electric vehicles. They already are 2-3x ahead of US sales on units, mostly tilted towards lower cost models but moving upstream also. The genuine action orientation of China has them …
From Guest Blogger Emie-Claude Lamoureux: First Self-Consumption Solar Energy Project in Girona Province, Spain
A small town in Catalonia has financed a self-consumption solar installation through crowdlending services.
From Guest Blogger Emie-Claude Lamoureux: Three Clean Energy Projects in Europe
Learn how municipalities can speed up clean energy projects by thinking outside the box. With sustainable initiatives sprouting around the globe, municipalities are looking for crowdlending platforms to engage their communities while achieving environmental outcomes. Here are three sustainable development …
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Corruption in U.S. Politics
Question: How long has it been since the catastrophic U.S. Supreme Court decision “Citizens United,” that granted corporations the power to spend as much money as they wish to influence our elections? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. …
From Guest Blogger Minty: Why It's Hard To Roll Out Innovative Green Projects (And What To Do About It)
The green energy sector is trapped in its efforts to produce innovative energy solutions. This seems unexplainable in an environment where consumers are looking for better and cheaper energy and engineers are coming up with more technologically advanced systems every …
The Social Contract and the U.S. Government
It’s the 303rd birthday of political philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (pictured), best known for his 1762 masterpiece The Social Contract, the central point of which is that a government is legitimate to the degree that is exists via the consent of …
