Tag: clean energy

What You Don’t See CAN Hurt You…And Already IS!

What You Don’t See CAN Hurt You…And Already IS!

I ran into a friend at a party a short while ago who I hadn’t seen in quite a while.  He gets this newsletter and remarked to me that he appreciated getting the info and my passion for the subject matter.  And then he asked me if we were really in any big trouble.   Of course I answered with a…

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Can Concrete Really Save the Planet? Part 2

Can Concrete Really Save the Planet? Part 2

On June 15th I sent you this article:  Can Concrete Really Save the Planet?  As a follow up to this is the following article which describes the pressure that investors are placing on cement companies to reduce and ultimately eliminate their CO2 emissions.   “Members of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate change and the Climate Action 100+, a coalition…

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The Climate Crisis is Already Displacing Millions

The Climate Crisis is Already Displacing Millions

Our youngest of 4, our daughter Melanie, got married last weekend.  What a spectacular, magical event.  We had hoped to hold the ceremony outside on the shore overlooking Lake Michigan.  Thank goodness we had an indoor backup plan.  The country was baking under a massive heat wave and the temperature that day was 96 degrees.     But this weather,…

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Follow the money: How’s $34 TRILLION – With a T

Follow the money: How’s $34 TRILLION – With a T

Continuing on the theme of how the growing climate crisis is being recognized by the financial community as an existential threat, the following article describes the growing recognition (can I say panic?) that has finally dawned on the financial world.  With this financial constituency now crying out for action maybe we have a chance of finally recognizing the urgency of action…

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111 degrees in France, a Record. This is What Climate Crisis Looks Like Today.  Imagine 10 Years from Now!

111 degrees in France, a Record. This is What Climate Crisis Looks Like Today. Imagine 10 Years from Now!

Normally I wouldn’t send you another piece of news so soon after my last post but this article was simply too compelling and extreme for me to wait. All I can say is read the whole thing.  It is horrifying.  And it’s coming to your city or town eventually. Especially if you are in Phoenix, LA, Las Vegas, Atlanta or…

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What Are Stranded Assets and Why Should You Care?

What Are Stranded Assets and Why Should You Care?

  On several occasions over the years I’ve written about “stranded assets”.  These can be categorized in more than one way. The article below discusses the cost that is on the books of companies of physical assets above ground such as plants and equipment that will become worthless as renewable energy pushes fossil fuel burning plants out of business.  There is also…

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The Corporate World is FINALLY Waking Up to Climate Change Disaster…For Whatever Reason

The Corporate World is FINALLY Waking Up to Climate Change Disaster…For Whatever Reason

  The last several articles that I’ve sent you were about how the warming climate is creating unprecedented weather events around the U.S. and the world.  CO2 levels have shattered concentrations such that it’s now, around 415 ppm, at a concentration that has never existed during human existence.  Or, for millions of years before that.  We are heading into new uncharted territory at a pace…

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It’s Exponentially Worse Than You Are Thinking…

It’s Exponentially Worse Than You Are Thinking…

  I’ve been telling you for years and years that our warming planet was headed for consequences much greater than was being predicted by main stream scientists and reported by the main stream media.  I warned that consequences would happen faster and with more impact than most people were willing to say to the public.  But as I’ve delineated in the last…

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Can We Develop DAC (Direct Air Capture) Technology to Help Save the Planet?  Not Without Help

Can We Develop DAC (Direct Air Capture) Technology to Help Save the Planet? Not Without Help

In my last post the other day I wrote about how a new method of producing concrete has the potential of removing massive amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere if adopted as the only way of cement production on a world wide scale.  It is becoming increasingly certain that to keep the climate from destroying our way of life we not only need…

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Can Concrete Actually Save The Planet??

Can Concrete Actually Save The Planet??

For many years I’ve been hearing about schemes to suck CO2 out of the atmosphere.  I always thought they were nuts. Rube Goldberg type of stuff. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg) Since the Paris Climate Accord I’ve been hearing some prominent scientists saying that unless we find ways to suck CO2 out of the air there is no practical way that we are going to keep…

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