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Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, governments around the world are struggling with dealing with the medical crisis and economic impacts at the same time. Clearly, some are leading by impressive example (Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, to name a few) and, well, some are less than impressive in action. In the United States, the combined anti-science and […]

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Three basic principles in five words should guide economy sustaining and stimulating efforts for the coming months and years. Main Street not Wall Street Clean not dirty Future building not past restoring

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While every day of the Trump presidency has been painful and with life-threatening implications (from climate change to reduced medical care to children freezing in cages), the Coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the pace and expanded the nature of that pain.  It is hard to see anything in public discourse without being reminded of the pain […]

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While the climate crisis is urgent and requires urgent, serious action, it is also a massively complex systems-of-systems challenge, with massively complicated and innumerous interactions, that will require decades (actually, centuries) of action to mitigate, adapt, and redress the impacts that we already face and will face for generations to come. For the past decade, […]

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To address climate change, boost economic performance, and increase energy resiliency, we must electrify everything. As part of this, electrifying U.S. school buses is a particularly beneficial move that can and should occur rapidly. With Dominion Energy and Governor Northam announcements of electric school bus (ESB) demonstration projects last year, Virginia seemed truly on the […]

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A well-used but (all too) often adage Never let a good crisis go to waste. While not wanting to suggest that a global pandemic is a ‘good’, this crisis does create opportunity for action (and not just for unethical Amazon vendor price gouging). Clean energy investing, across all economy, is a prime example of this. […]

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The Virginia legislature just passed the Clean Economy Act. The Virginia CEA (VCEA): Mandates 100% clean electricity by 2045 the first mandated Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) in Commonwealth history Will shut down must coal powered plants no later than 2030 and all fossil-fuel (including fossil gas) electricity no later than 2045 Implicitly requires the use […]

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The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Virginia state government agencies do not mandate seat belts on school buses. School bus design, over the years, has focused on providing a safe space without seat belts.  School buses are already the safest form of road transportation in the United States and it is quite unclear, when one […]

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The legislative session is about to close in Richmond. Lawmakers are working late hours. Deals are being cut. Good bills are being left on the table amid the end of season rush. And … Virginia is on the cusp of becoming a national leader in electric school buses (ESBs). Dominion has announced plans for a […]

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Since November 2016, election after election has made clear that Democratic voters will crawl over broken glass to get to the polls to defeat Trump and #Cult45-enabling Republicans. Massive turnout and voters waiting up to seven hours to vote in many Super Tuesday primary states is the latest tangible sign of that. One of the […]

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