Solar technology is moving ahead so much faster than most people comprehend. It is gaining scale and the price is dropping. Unfortunately, we are ceding leadership in this arena to the Chinese. Sad. The rest of the world will leave us in the dust if we’re not careful. Watch this one minute video. You’ll be amazed. This…
In 1969, as part of the musical Hair, the Fifth Dimension recorded this song. Enjoy the music as you read more about the solar revolution that is coming… Support for clean energy driven by economics — report Maxine Joselow, E&E News reporter Thursday, June 15, 2017 Demand for clean energy is no longer a political issue — it’s an economic…
First of all, a happy Father’s Day to you all. I am so incredibly fortunate to have such a wonderful family all of which live close. It is worthwhile today to take a minute out and be thankful for all the blessings we enjoy and, especially here in the United States, the freedom we have to express ourselves and stand…
As you can see from the photo above, I marched in the Peoples Climate March yesterday in Chicago with 5000 others. It was wet and cold but who cares when the fate of science and our planet are at stake. I know that most of those that read my blog agree with me that Climate Change is real…
The following article from yesterday’s Huffington Post boggles the mind. All I can say is, watch what Trump does not what he says. It is incomprehensible, given all that we know about how he is attempting to not just slash environmental budgets but to actually eliminate the programs that are protecting our air, water, wild lands and wildlife, to fathom his Earth…
The good news is that over the last decade, going back to the Bush Administration, legislation backed by funding for environmental work has produced dramatically positive results for U.S. air quality. According to the first of three following articles: “Toxic air releases are down by half over the last 10 years…. Reported toxic air releases were down 56 percent As…
The first 100 days of the new Administration are not even over and yet we have already seen success in efforts to RESIST efforts and actions taken by Trump. The travel ban hasn’t happened and the ACA is still the law of the land. While a new Supreme Court Justice is on the court, it took a nuclear option to do…
Surveys continually show that the American population is becoming increasingly convinced of and concerned about the changing climate and global warming. The principal cause being the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere along with methane. The two primary sources comprising about 80% of these emissions are from the production of electricity from coal and natural gas and burning oil in the…
Since the election on November 8, I have been asked countless times “what is the Sierra Club going to do to protect our environment?” And this: “What can I do to prevent our natural resources and climate to be devastated by actions of the Trump Administration?” The simple answer is to RESIST. We simply cannot allow this new reality become acceptable.…
Here in the Midwest Great Lakes states, our congressional delegations have successfully fought for and created the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), a $300-million-per-year program that began in 2010 and was made official last year by Congress. It is making a HUGE difference in restoring the health of the Great Lakes and the communities along their shores. One local site is…