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Iran is in turmoil. People are protesting in the streets — calling for more openness and, even more strongly, policies to boost economic performance. As to the latter, for example, calls to end Iran’s major support for various militant and military forces (Syria, Hamas, otherwise ..>) and use that money at home. The protests are […]

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The Republican Party just passed and is celebrating the GOP Tax Scam, with the obsequious genuflecting to Trump added even more insult to the injury that they have done to the nation. Amid the Tax Scam, the Republican Senators and Representatives tried to stuff in measures every which way to Sunday to gouge wage-earning Americans […]

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Last evening, Paul Ryan told the world that opening a small … area of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge … is the most ambitious step we have taken in years to secure our energy future. After decades of debate, we are opening up a small, non-wilderness area of the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge for responsible […]

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The GOP Tax Plan (or “Deficit Augmentation to Enrich Super Rich (DATES Rich) Act) is horrid on so many grounds — from devastating graduate education, to massively increasing economic inequality, to setting the path for destruction of Social Security and Medicare, to … well, the list of horrors would take many pages of scribbling on the margins […]

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Across energy presentations, versions the following might just be the most common image. Variations of this image and discussion have been around for decades.  This post, while reflecting long-time thinking, was sparked from presentations (such as slide 2) at the excellent Green Growth Knowledge Platform annual conference with much top-notch economic analysis of climate, sustainability, and clean energy/water […]

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We sometimes talk about the end of nature or treats to nature. But nature, though it includes trembling subtleties, can be a son of a bitch. [p 238] Humanity’s history is inextricably that of mankind’s relationship to the natural world and exploitation of nature for nourishment. And, with the explosion of human population over the […]

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A rather stunning thing passed by earlier this year: the United Kingdom’s 2016 emissions were back to 19th century levels. The key reason: a massive (52 percent) decline in coal use. the most dramatic change in 2016 came from coal emissions, which fell by 50% compared to a year earlier to around 37 million tonnes […]

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Shipping is highly polluting — burning pretty much the dirtiest liquid fuels with limited (to no) pollution controls, shipping pollution is extreme.  A variety of measures are occurring, worldwide, to tackle this — from global agreements on shipping to nations creating regulations as to pollution in their coastal waters and ports, to the introduction of […]

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For the first time in history, green energy is now cheaper than black energy. The world now has a unique opportunity to create a world that runs entirely on green energy. With this reality in mind, Orsted (the Danish clean-energy firm formerly known as DONG (Danish Oil & Natural Gas)), chartered  the largest global survey […]

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As Americans engaged in a debate (Pedophilia: Good or Bad?), Things i didn’t anticipate having to re-litigate in 2017:?? Nazis, bad?? Slave owners, bad?? Pedophiles, bad — Caitlin Kelly (@caitlin__kelly) November 10, 2017 the below EPA presentation in Germany amid the climate talks proposed a radical solution to major crises: refugees and climate change. The […]

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