I have previously sent you posts about what is going on in China in regards to their “getting it” in regards to climate change, air pollution and green energy. In response, a few people have written back that I am naive to think that China is doing anything other than destroying the planet by opening a coal plant every week…
The following is the 7th of the articles l am sending documenting that the transition from fossil fuels to a green energy economy is not some vague future pipe dream but is happening NOW. Personally coming from a career in the automotive business I am labeling these article as “Buckle Up” because the road ahead is changing fast. It could…
The following is the 8th of the articles l am sending documenting that the transition from fossil fuels to a green energy economy is not some vague future pipe dream but is happening NOW. Personally coming from a career in the automotive business I am labeling these article as “Buckle Up” because the road ahead is changing fast. It could…
In case you haven’t heard, last week the State Department released it’s new report on the environmental impact of the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. Below is a response from Mike Brume, Executive Director of the Sierra Club. As you probably know, I am on the Board of Directors for the Club. To me, the most relevant section of the blog…
Major cities launch plan to cut emissions from buildings Daniel Lippman, E&E reporter Published: Thursday, January 30, 2014 Ten major cities across the country announced yesterday they were banding together to save energy and cut greenhouse gas pollutants from a top metropolitan energy user: buildings. Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia are among the cities that are pledging to cut…
The first line of the following article pretty much says it all and is the reason that there is reason to be hopeful that the US Congress will finally do something about passing legislation that will provide the regulations and incentives necessary to avoid the worse effects of climate change: Businesses and industry are starting to pay a lot…
I’ve never done this before but today I am attaching two articles because they are both related to our energy future. They pretty much speak for themselves. While the general public may not yet be thinking about the future of where their electricity will be coming from, or simply assuming that the status quo will continue,…
Happy New Year! As we begin 2014 I am encouraged by this news below that researchers at Harvard have developed a technology that has the potential to store energy in vast amounts in an economically competitive way. This will address the concerns that are often voiced to me from skeptics of solar and wind that ask what we are going…
2013: LANDMARK YEAR FOR CLEAN ENERGY; TWILIGHT FOR COAL Thursday, December 19, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 12/19/2013 Contact: Orli Cotel, 415 977 5627, orli.cotel@sierraclub.org 2013: Landmark Year For Clean Energy; Twilight for Coal SAN FRANCISCO, CA – 2013 was a momentous year for clean energy, as solar and wind generation hit record highs, prices plummeted, and wind and solar took…
I have been saying for years now that electric vehicles will take over the market sooner rather than later. And that it will be much, much sooner than almost anyone else predicts. At 2012’s University of Chicago Booth School of Management spring Conference I listened to the Keynote Panel discuss The Future of Transportation. The panelists were Bill…