At the fabulous lunch served at today’s Renewable Energy Finance Forum, I sat next to Christopher Dorondo, a senior representative of AWS Truepower, a solar and wind consulting company with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Terrific guy. In …
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For American voters looking for guidance in the 2012 election, and yes, I mean all 17 of you, I present this app from the Sierra Club. If you click on your state, you’ll receive a discussion of the candidates’ positions …
Voting in the US 2012 Election? Concerned About the Environment? Read More »
I had a talk last night with a gentleman in Atlanta who claims to finance clean energy deals in a very straightforward fashion. We talked for about half an hour about the criteria he and his team use, the structure …
Sharing Our Beliefs on Global Warming, Environmentalism Read More »
Of all the byproducts of our gross extravagance in energy consumption over the last half century, the one that could be most toxic to all of us is the way it has turned brother against brother with regard to environmentalism. …
Here’s a recently recorded hour-long interview with Fred Smith, CEO and Chairman of FedEx. He’s always impressed me with his extremely astute viewpoints on world trade. Obviously, I’m not as appreciative of his anti-regulation position as it applies to environmental …
FedEx Chairman Fred Smith on Energy, Environment, World Trade Read More »
It’s the birthday of journalist and activist Jonathan Kozol, a teacher in Boston, who wrote largely on his experiences with school segregation and institutionalized racism. I had an extremely progressive English teacher my junior year in high school who guided …
It’s the birthday of best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell, for my money, among the very brightest people on the planet. His first book, The Tipping Point – How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, was published in 2000, based on the …
Is Environmentalism Nearing "The Tipping Point?" Read More »
I often write short, high-level pieces summarizing the pros and cons of the oil economy vs. a transition to renewables, and I like to refer readers to others’ work when I come across articles that I think will resonate. Linked …
At Stake in the 2012 Elections: U.S. Energy Policy Read More »
Frequent commenter Arlene does not share the guarded optimism I expressed in my recent piece in which I predict a renaissance in environmentalism. She writes: The political landscape is terrible, in that the progressives are playing defense on so many …
2012 sales of plug-in vehicles in the U.S. as of July 31st were 20,546, out of 8,398,746 total vehicles, under 0.25%, according to Jon LeSage’s Green Auto Market. Concerned about this figure and looking for an explanation, I called my …
