Gary Tulie sent me this piece in Cleantechnica, which posits that the Trump administration is becoming bullish on renewable energy (not a bad name for a book) and bearish on coal. I honestly don’t know what to make of this. …
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Cameron Atwood sent me 8 – 10 political memes he created, including the one below. Of the entire group, the one that meant the most to me appears below. Coincidentally another friend had made this precise point to me just …
I thought I’d publish the email I just got from the Sierra Club (of which I’m one of about 2.5 million members), and offer a comment or two at the end: “SHOCKINGLY STUPID!” That’s what one climate policy expert called …
Thanksgiving Day is an important time in the year at which Americans express gratitude for the many blessings we have, while dismissing from our minds the things we lack or may have lost. I thought I’d publish the Thanksgiving letter …
Because the Dakota Access pipeline is considered largely a Native American issue, most of us don’t spend too much time understanding what’s actually going on, and the totality of what’s at stake. But here are a few things that everyone …
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Let’s not mince words. The enormous show of government force being applied to silence protesters’ exercising their First Amendment rights to free speech and free assembly in North Dakota is nothing short of appalling. Replete with attack dogs and rubber …
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Frequent commenter Frank Eggers notes on my post on the Dakota Access Pipeline: The material will be shipped whether or not the pipeline is built. If it is not shipped by pipeline, it will be shipped by rail and rail …
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When I tutor young people in history, I normally wind up drawing a time-line to help put things in perspective. In fact, my first rule for teaching (or learning) anything is: If it can be drawn, draw it.
I’m preparing for the 50-minute talk I need to deliver on the energy industry at the International Trade Fair. It’s on occasions like these that I wish I were a bit more bombastic as a speaker; I do a decent …
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Here’s a meme I hope you enjoy that speaks to the Dakota Access pipeline and the protest surrounding it, that I mentioned earlier today. I thought it was clever.
