It’s always pleasing to know that most companies that put on an eco-friendly face actually do walk the walk. Tesla, e.g., pays its employees to bike to work, resulting in even fewer vehicle miles driven than these people would be …
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What If Trump Were Just Playing a Joke on Us?
It’s been five years since I interviewed my colleague Dr. Tom Konrad of AltEnergyStocks for my book Is Renewable Really Doable? Now I come to learn that he has even more talent than I actually suspected. Check out this satire …
Renewable Energy Is Prevailing Despite Political Pressure Favoring Fossil Fuels
In 2012, I interviewed Dr. Tom Konrad, owner of AltEnergyStocks.com, for my second book (Is Renewable Really Doable?). It would be hard to imagine someone more deeply immersed in the business/investment side of clean energy. Tom (pictured above) was on …
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Dr. Tom Konrad Offers Insight on the Trump Administration’s Impact on Clean Energy
Here’s a CNBC interview featuring my colleague Tom Konrad, whom I interviewed for my second book: Is Renewable Really Doable? Tom runs AltEnergyStocks.com and is thus frequently sought after for comment on economic issues associated with renewable energy. Tom makes the …
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Understanding the Impact of Renewable Energy on the Job Market
It’s so good to see that Dr. Robert Pollin, whom I interviewed five years ago for my second book (Is Renewable Really Doable?) is still hard at work at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), at the University of Massachusetts, …
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Talking Points for Craig Shields’ Interview with the Wall Street Business Network
One of my colleagues is trying to put together an interview for me with the Wall Street Business Network, and asked me to develop some “talking points” to provide an example of how this might unfold. I just knocked out …
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The Future of Transportation Involves Rethinking the Design of Our Cities
2GreenEnergy mega-supporter Gary Tulie sent me something that, coincidentally, I had just received from another close colleague (Dr. Tom Konrad, whom I interviewed for my second book—“Is Renewable Really Doable?”). It’s an article that supports by belief that the future of …
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Hard To Get Too Ruffled about Renewable Energy Nay-Sayers
A friend of mine just called to get my reaction about an editorial in the Sunday paper here in Santa Barbara, written by one Joe Armendariz (pictured left) of the local taxpayers association. I didn’t see the article, but from …
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Top Renewable Energy Author Available to Discuss Key Industry Trends, Climate Change, Sustainability
If you are looking for an expert to interpret news on energy and the environment, educate within a documentary, or add a sustainable point of view to media interviews, you may want to include Craig Shields in the discussion. Craig …
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"Discontinuous" Climate Change
Here’s a “Ted Talk” that outlines the worst-case climate change scenario. The presenter is correct in that the IPCC’s projections are very likely on the conservative side, insofar as they need to be accepted by many hundreds of scientists before they’re …
