Making sense of dollars and cents
Global oil prices have been dropping dramatically over the past 18 months. I recently wrote about Saudi Arabia’s response to dropping oil prices, but what’s happening as a result in the […]
How can we minimize the sting of losing fossil fuel jobs?
I’ve been thinking for a long time about this post, and recent news out of Saudi Arabia provided the perfect impetus. You know I’m 100% supportive of transitioning to clean, […]
Desert Solar: Power = Change
When you think of a desert, you might think of a dry, barren landscape with tumbleweeds blowing around amidst the occasional cactus. I don’t give too much thought to deserts, […]
What if everyone in the U.S. stopped driving for one day?
Can you image a day without your car? For a lot of Americans, that would be pretty tough. But, Europeans aren’t shying away from that idea. Paris is preparing to […]
Does Energy Storage Make Solar More Affordable?
The energy storage industry (i.e. batteries for storing generated electricity, like the Tesla Powerwall) in the U.S. is growing at a tremendous pace, with deployment increasing 6-fold in just […]
Can you pull a climate solution from thin air?
So much attention is given to cutting back the amount of NEW carbon dioxide we emit into the atmosphere that it’s easy to overlook the CO2 that’s already there. But, […]
How many trees does it take to offset U.S. CO2 emissions?
The answer? Almost 467 billion! I was looking through the EPA’s Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (yes, I peruse reports like that out of pure interest; what of it?) and […]
2/3 of Americans Support Binding Climate Agreement
The negotiations continue in Paris this week at COP21 as representatives from around the world try to reach an agreement on action against climate change. Obama says parts of the […]
Money Can Motivate for the Good
COP21 – the much-anticipated international climate conference in Paris – is underway, and people can’t stop talking about China. China was largely blamed for the failure to come to a binding […]
[Just For Fun] If they asked you, could you save the planet?
If “they” asked you for advice, all of the world’s problems would be solved already – right? We like to think that we know a lot and that our knowledge […]
Finding Inspiration and Power in the Small Things
Like the rest of the world, I was heartbroken to hear of the terrorist attacks in Paris last week. An event like that leaves us feeling sad, vulnerable, and perhaps […]
Could courts be the ones to put a price on CO2?
Bank of America’s climate finance division has warned that the increasing momentum toward a clean economy (The U.N.’s top climate official, Christina Figueres, said “It is unstoppable. No amount of lobbying […]
