Why Not Frack? is the title of an article in a recent issue of the “NY Review of Books.” One of the best environmental journalists we’ve got, Bill McKibben, is the author. McKibben, of course, is more than just a journalist. He’s a ground-breaking thinker and, in recent years, a very serious and effective activist. […]
I went to an interesting event last week, the first of a four-part series: Discourses on Nature and Society. The discussion by a star panel of energy and environment experts was titled Energy for the Next 20 Years: Protecting the Environment and Meeting Our Demands. The series is being cosponsored by the venerable NY Academy […]
“The radicals are the people who are fundamentally altering the composition of the atmosphere.” That’s the voice of Bill McKibben at this year’s annual Power Shift conference in Washington. Power Shift brought ten thousand young leaders to hear about how to transition from the fuel-based energy economy – and the money-driven politics of the special […]
– Overview – The Met Office in the UK reports that 2010 is on track to be the warmest or second-warmest year in the instrumental record. Other science, based on massive data, supports that view. (See graphic above and NOAA’s annual State of the Climate report.) Meanwhile, the Post-Copenhagen international climate negotiations continued and culminated […]
It was shocking and sad to learn that the great Hermann Scheer died last night. He leaves behind an extraordinary legacy. That he had such vision, energy and commitment is one of the reasons why renewable energy is taking its rightful place in the world economy. It will be, before much longer, the dominant form […]
In a story yesterday in the “NY Times” about the Europeans upgrading their factories – and saving jobs while doing it – a Siemens operation in Berlin was highlighted. Because of the commitment by this 163-year-old company to sustainability, they have spent $700 million to develop new, low carbon turbines. The kicker for me comes […]
“I have seen the future and it works,” Lincoln Steffens famously said, albeit prematurely, in 1921 about Soviet Communism. (After ten years time, however, he realized it didn’t. In any event, it’s a great line.) Well, the Germans are showing us the future now: It’s renewable energy. For how, see the segment on “The German […]