In healthcare, we have people who think they know better than the doctors and medical scientists. In climate change, it’s arguably even more offensive. Here, we have the climate deniers who claim that the true cause of our warming temperatures …
In healthcare, we have people who think they know better than the doctors and medical scientists. In climate change, it’s arguably even more offensive. Here, we have the climate deniers who claim that the true cause of our warming temperatures …
What Pete Seeger says here is, of course, 100% true. But just look around and see for yourself how far we are from any concept even remotely approaching his idea. We live with the fundamental rule that we, if we’re …
The push to reduce VMT (vehicle miles traveled) has been quite successful in many regions of Europe, where there is a confluence of great public transportation, infrastructure that supports bicycling, and an honest interest in environmental responsibility. In the United …
Petroleum companies in Texas are asking for $12 billion in federal funds to support the construction of a 60-mile coastal concrete wall that, among its other functions, will protect the region’s largest petrochemical facilities from rising sea levels and destructive storm waves.
As we’ve discussed elsewhere, there are three good reasons to stop eating red meat, or at least heavily reduce its consumption. Doing so is: Better for your health, Better for the cow, and Better for the environment.
A variety of events, including the looming tariffs, conspired to eliminate 9,800 jobs in the solar industry between 2016 and 2017; this represents first drop ever recorded in the National Solar Jobs Census since it started collecting data in 2010. …
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Here’s a wonderful article that lays out the history of climate change denial, while discussing the current state of affairs, i.e., how huge economic and political forces seek to obfuscate the truth.
As shown at left and discussed in this article from Bloomberg, Germany’s massive installation of wind (on top of its solar) has, for the first time, pushed its electricity generation from renewable sources above that of coal and nuclear. As …
Germany Blows Us Away with Its Commitment to Onshore and Offshore Wind Read More »
When someone asks me this question at a party, I normally ask if he wants the three-minute or three-day version; there are dozens of answers, each quite important, and each requiring some time to articulate. One of the most important …
If the Migration To Renewable Energy Is Inexorable, Why Is It Taking So Long? Read More »
Question: What role can (and should) basalt play in the subject of carbon sequestration? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: Our civilization, as denizens of planet Earth, is badly losing the battle to hold the concentration of …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Sequestering Carbon Read More »