Holy cow! Just when I thought I may have crossed the line in my calling out the oil companies for their rapacious greed as they rake in record profits by destroying our planet, a friend sends me this, proving that …
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Scientists Warn of Climate Disaster – But Are They To Be Trusted?
I marvel at the insanities of our 21st Century existence in so many ways – perhaps the greatest of which is how we’ve used the media to drive the common person to question the judgment of the scientific community. Just …
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Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator Doing Great Work
I just got off the phone with Fred Walti, the Executive Director of the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, a terrific non-profit whose purpose is to foster the development of cleantech start-ups by offering flexible office space, CEO coaching and mentoring, …
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Tagged with: Cal Tech, CBIS, Clean Business Investment Summit, cleantech start-ups, dependence away from fossil fuels, energy infrastructure, fossil fuels, Fred Walti, investment capital, JPL, Los Angles Cleantech Incubator, Maverick Angels, rocket scientists, sustainable energy sources, transportation infrastructure, UCLA, USC
Pragmatically, Environmentalism Means Dealing with China's Emissions
I wrote recently that it’s possible Lisa Jackson is stepping down from her position as administrator of the EPA because of the imminent approval of the Keystone XL pipeline. In response, frequent commenter Larry Lemmert notes: (What will happen) if …
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Renewable Energy "Industry" Achievements for 2012
The people at ACORE, the American Council on Renewable Energy totally “get it.” Below is a reprint of part of their piece, “Renewable Energy Industry Achievements for 2012.” In case it’s not obvious, the operative word here is “industry.” ACORE …
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Tagged with: Acore, American Council on Renewable Energy, Big Oil, biofuels, clean energy, Denny McGinn, Ed Rendell, Electric Vehicles, EPA, EVs, fossil fuels, geothermal, hydroelectric power generation, oil companies, renewable energy industry, Renewable Energy Industry Achievements for 2012, repeal subsidies for the oil companies, solar energy, solar energy industry, solar power, Wind Energy, wind power
Jared Diamond's "Collapse"
In the course of the few years that 2GreenEnergy has been doing its thing, I’d estimate that at least two dozen people have asked me what I think about Jared Diamond’s writing — especially his book “Collapse.” I always reply …
Tagged with: anthropogenic climate change, book “Collapse”, deforestation, environmental issues, environmental problems, fossil fuels, global climate change, global warming, habitat destruction, Jared Diamond, melting of icecaps, overpopulation, rainforests, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, sea level rise, soil fertility loss, water management
Global Cleantech Venture Investment Dips 33% to $6.45 Billion
Yesterday I spent an hour taking in a terrific webinar from the Cleantech Group, conducted by what I’m sure must have been one of its most senior consultants, Sheeraz Haji, who ably walked us through some of the 2012 numbers …
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Tagged with: childhood asthma, cleantech, Cleantech Group, cleantech is a fad, coal causes lung cancer, ecological destruction, efficiency in fossil fuel exploration and extraction, efficiency of transportation, environmentalism, fossil fuels, Global Cleantech Venture Investment, global climate change, global warming, global warming hoax, Sheeraz Haji, Solyndra, sustainability, Telematics, wars over oil, waste-to-energy, waste-water treatment, water shortage
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson Steps Down
After four years of service as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson is stepping down. Thus far, she has provided no reason for her decision to leave. Let me go out on a limb and suggest one: …
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Tagged with: 97+% of climate scientists, CAFE standards, coal ash spill in Tennessee, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, fossil fuels, Fred Upton, fuel mileage standards, global climate change’ global warming, GOP, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Huffington Post, Lisa Jackson, Mitt Romney, Republicans, toxic coal ash
The U.S. Should Develop Clean Energy Solutions for Export
RiechesBaird is an advertising/branding agency in Orange County California with which I’ve had an extremely friendly and productive relationship, going back almost 15 years. I happened to be on their website just now, and came across this interview in which Ryan Rieches …
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Tagged with: amping up fossil fuel exploration, clean energy, clean energy solutions, fossil fuels, Germany exports four times as much as the U.S., pipelines obscene environmental characteristics, Renewable Energy, RiechesBaird, Ryan Rieches, U.S. bailed out only the largest corporate entities, Verne Harnish
21st Century Planet Earth — Fabulously Uninterested in Confronting Its Challenges
Yesterday was the birthday of Nero, the Roman emperor who is said to have fiddled while the city burned in 64 CE. It’s not clear whether the fire was a case of arson, or just an accident, which wasn’t unusual …
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Tagged with: clean energy, Conference of Parties, consumption of resources, COP-18, fossil fuels, Iran enriching uranium, Nero fiddled while Rome burned, North Korea launched a missile, oil companies, Raj Pachauri, Renewable Energy, sustainability, U.S. defense budget is larger than that of the next smaller 17 countries combined
