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.…
Every day of the Trump presidency brings a new or contined shocking event or revelation. This is remarkable history in real time. This week saw Dan Rather write on his Facebook page (https://m.facebook.com/theDanRather/?refid=52&__tn__=C) about Trump being labeled a “loser”. Then, a bastion of Conservative thought, the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, challenged Trump’s credibility and said “Yet the President clings to his…
Last week I wrote about the work of Congresman Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, and what the Committee under his Chairmanship is attempting to do to scientific research. This past Wednesday he penned this OpEd piece in the Wall Street Journal. I do have concerns with anyone who might try to intimidate…
When the new President (I can’t even mention his name) took office in January, it wasn’t the beginning of the challenge to climate science and action in DC. If it weren’t actually happening, I would not be able to imagine that well educated leaders in a free society would actually not only deny that the climate is changing and humans…
If you have no idea what CRA is don’t feel bad. Until very recently I’d never heard of it either. Since the election I’ve been hearing many of my Sierra Club associates talking about how the Republicans are going to use the CRA to reverse much of what the Obama Administration put in place. CRA stands for Congressional Review Act. It is described…
As a follow up to yesterday‘s piece, I am copying Automotive News’ editorial from last week. This article points out that 2016 was the year of the EV and asks: “What changed? “It’s a move that is driven primarily by the customer,” Speth told us. “Customers see this type of vehicle as cool and sexy, especially younger customers” As a former…
As I have been predicting, there are going to be developments that we don’t see coming and will turn conventional wisdom on its head. Well, here it comes!!! Buckle up. Change is going to happen faster and faster. Here‘s the key point: ” a then-audacious campaign to make solar power as cheap as electricity from coal. “Frank van Mierlo holds his…
OK. So this article is kind of wonky and I don’t really get all the science in it. But, what it says is that at Stanford they have developed an apparently simple and inexpensive way to make all kinds of plastic biodegradable. This could be an enormous development for the health of the planet. “researchers at Stanford and IBM Research…