With Obama in the White House and, for most of you, no election any time soon, are you feeling voting withdrawal. If so, the Environmental Defense Action Fund has a fix for your voting blues: a chance to vote for the best short video that best explains how capping greenhouse gas pollution will break America’s […]
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Voting Withdrawal Blues? A carbon cap video fix
January 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Tags: cap and trade · emissions · Energy · environmental
Cleaning up some coal
January 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off on Cleaning up some coal
Some coal plants, that is … Hidden in the open, amid much noise about the Obama Administration’s first steps, few have heard a very positive Obama team action that suggests that more tools are now on the table for turning the tides on Global Warming’s rising seas. Less than three days after the Bush Administration […]
Tags: coal · electricity · Energy · environmental
President Barack Hussein Obama speaks to energy and global warming
January 20th, 2009 · Comments Off on President Barack Hussein Obama speaks to energy and global warming
In his inaugural address, President Barrack Hussein Obama did not shy away from making serious statements. We live in serious times and President Obama’s speech reflected that in a call on all to step up in addressing those challenges. And, amid his words, the President gave weight to issues of energy and global warming. each […]
Tags: barack obama · climate change · Energy · environmental
The 21st Century’s Martin Luther King?
January 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments
The world has changed. The only two faces, the only names of people of substance that seem to compete with Mickey Mouse or Ronald McDonald or a Pokemon figure for instant awareness among children are Black: Barack Obama and Martin Luther King. The world does change. And, it can change for the better. I have […]
Tags: Energy · environmental · environmental justice
A W4 Solution: Insulate US from economic and climate devastation
January 14th, 2009 · 11 Comments
President Obama and Congress must act to stimulate the US economy with a package of win-win-win-win (W4) elements that will: Create and protect jobs throughout the nation Foster economic activity that will help, through tax revenue, pay for the stimulus Strengthen the nation’s economic prospects for the long-term, and Help address other critical challenges: notably […]
Tags: analysis · architecture · architecture2030 · emissions · Energize America · Energy · energy efficiency · energy smart · environmental · financial policy · Global Warming · government energy policy · green
Another TVA Ash Spill, with another river spill …
January 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Amid all the hullaboo about Clean Coal, most focus on the issue of CO2 emissions. In fact, there is a partial truth about sort-of less dirty coal, ever-improving filtering of particulates is creating ever more fly ash. And, that fly ash either needs to be used (concrete, gypsum board, etc) or simply stored indefinitely. A […]
Tags: coal · Energy · environmental · pollution
E2 Solution for Energizing America to a Better Tomorrow
December 30th, 2008 · 29 Comments
As any who come to these pages are already aware, my passion is clear … helping my/your family, my/your community, my/your nation, my/our world find a path toward a prosperous and sustainable energy future. A path that will help us (US) navigate the dangerous seas of the Perfect Storm combination of Peak Oil (and other […]
Tags: Energy · environmental
Israelis/Palestinians: There is a common enemy …
December 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
For far too long, at their core, core approaches on ‘both’ sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have promoted and pursued tactics and strategies that, fundamentally, undermine the achievement of long-term improvements in the situation for the overall populace of either ‘party’. Moving ahead, amid bombings and mounting casualties, requires leadership, leadership willing to stand up […]
Tags: climate change · Energy · environmental · environmental justice · Global Warming
A 100 year letter … and reflections on our moment
December 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on A 100 year letter … and reflections on our moment
DeSmogBlog has a project worth considering, a call for letters to one’s descendents a hundred years from now. Sharon Moore offered an apology: Most of all I want to tell you I am sorry for how short-sighted we were. I thought I was doing all that I could to leave a good world for you […]
Tags: Energy · environmental
Clean Coal? An ashy conundrum
December 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Clean Coal? An ashy conundrum
The “Clean Coal” fantasy has a myriad of angles to consider. Whether we’re discussing mercury and tuna (and limitations on feeding children canned tuna fish), CO2 emissions and global warming, the atrocity of mountain-top removal, the diesel burnt in moving coal from mine to electricity plant, black lung disease, the poverty of mining regions, and […]
Tags: coal · Energy · environmental