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WarrenS has taken on an admirable resolution: to send a letter to the editor (LTE) (or, well, a major politician) every single day, on the critical issues of climate change and energy. This discusses his approach and here is an amusing ‘template’ to for rapid letter writing. Now, I have always written letters and even […]

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When it comes to marking anniversaries, champagne for two is sometimes the appropriate path but there are many anniversaries that are more appropriate marked by serious (and loud) crowds. Today is such an anniversary, where we should be working together to remind people of what occurred and what is still occurring on what merits note […]

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Bill McKibben fired up Powershift 2011 last night with what must rank as among his most powerful statements ever … (full text after the fold) There is no one else. No one … but the attendees of PowerShift 2011 … and me … and you …

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Do you recognize Climate Disruption as — quite likely — humanity’s defining challenge for the 21st century? Have Russian fires, Pakistani floods, Australian droughts and floods, shifting bird habitation, record high temperatures, melting Arctic Ice, increasingly acidified oceans, or the ever earlier flowering of your garden’s bulbs penetrated your conscience and increased your concerns about […]

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Considering the pitiful nature of the American home financing system, with its systematic ignoring of key fiscal issues like location and energy efficiency, perhaps it is time for Congress to have some P.I.T.I.E. on us. The Sensible Accounting to Value Energy (or, voila, SAVE) Act would require the federal loan process to assess the expected […]

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Friday, President Obama sat down with 12 youth climate activists who were representing the over 10,000 Powershift 2011 attendees. “It was a real testament to President Obama’s commitment to young people that he met with youth clean energy leaders today, said Courtney Hight, Co-Director, Energy Action Coalition. “We are thankful he fought to save the Clean […]

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The hardest challenges for moving to a clean energy future are not technological or engineering … they are cultural and procedural and shifting incentive mechanisms and so many other intangible — but ever so real — barriers.  Breaking through these barriers to enable tangible progress is a necessary, difficult, and often messy task. Sometimes, this […]

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As Energy Conservation Chair of a master metered condo, I am tracking our building’s progress and problems and invite your comments, suggestions and experiences. Maybe we can learn to solve this problem if we work together. My last entry was April 3rd: Solving the energy wasting dilemma of residential master metering. Our building received a […]

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This is a guest post from the very thoughtful citisven providing a window on how to accelerate two-wheels as a component of answering our economic, energy, and environmental challenges. I went to a very interesting and inspiring presentation last week at San Francisco’s Public Library. The name of the event was Lessons from Amsterdam: How […]

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Yet another guest post from the thoughtful BruceMcF. We can tell that an energy policy is not aimed at ending our nation’s oil addiction in time when the speech presenting it follows up: The United States of America cannot afford to bet our long-term prosperity, our long-term security on a resource that will eventually run […]

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