Ten (More) Climate Crisis Demands For The Biden (Obama) Administration
Twelve years ago, on the cusp of a new administration, I crafted a list to save the world from climate crisis. Here we go again (again).
Decarbonization
I Am Greta’s Clarion Call
A child of climate crisis, Greta Thunberg has become a champion in search of solidarity to reclaim our future. And the new documentary I Am Greta is her statement of purpose.
Dead Zone Slows, But Will Not Stop
The only thing that seems to lessen the Dead Zone asphyxiating the apocalyptic Gulf of Mexico is a globally warmed superstorm.
Nuclear’s Environmental Injustice
It is long past time to defund and disempower the nuclear industry.
Its weaponization of the renewable energy movement has no place among those committed to unplugging the climate crisis that has brought us to brink of annihilation.
COVID19’s Solar Casualties
The skies and air may be cleaner than recent memory. But the coronavirus is still inflicting heavy clean energy casualties during a climate crisis that has yet to be fully addressed.
Unhappy Anniversary, Deepwater Horizon
The bad news? A decade later, Deepwater Horizon remains one the worst environmental disasters in human history. The good news? A decade later, oil is dead.
Berkeley: Rooftop Solar All-In For All Incomes
Solar is only for the rich, goes the usual complaint in defense of a status quo that has led directly to our climate crisis.
That’s a no.
US Residential Solar Market Hits Record High
We’re on the right track to solarization. We just need speed up the pace, brighen up this planet, and save our sorry asses.
It’s Hard To Be Utopian: Director Matthew Rankin On The Tesla World Light
When I first learned that Matthew Rankin was crafting a surreal short about Nikola Tesla, I knew I soon would be picking his fertile brain about free energy, bird love, and why dystopians are marching to the sixth mass extinction.
Corporate Solar, Wind Winds Up
I dove into the data of corporate solar and wind adoption for The Guardian. Corporations are stepping up their renewable energy investment and infrastructure, and there’s no going back, no matter who wins what election.
Cli-Fi: Indian Point Melts Down
An unblinking look at the dramatic debate over nuclear power.
Dear Utilities, Adapt Or Die
If the utilities don’t get on board, then consumers will find someone who will.
California’s Renewable Energy Industry Employs More People Than Hollywood
And for that you can thank its forward-thinking politics.
No One Wins the US China Solar War
We’re in the slow-motion throes of an environmental apocalypse whose existential ravages are terrifyingly “irreversible.” Now is not the time to be arguing over solar cash.
National Climate Assessment: Step Off The Gas, Step Up The Solar
“It does not evaluate mitigation technologies or policies or undertake an analysis of the effectiveness of various approaches.”
Ten Lessons Of The Environmental Movement, According To A Fierce Green Fire
I spoke with A Fierce Green Fire‘s director Mark Kitchell.
Fukushima Calling
A year ago, the geothermal-rich Japan suffered an utterly predictable earthquake, tsunami and nuclear nightmare that is still currently unfurling in terrible ways.
Nuclear Cinema: Ten Prescient Meltdowns
Fukushima and worse could have been avoided if the public and proper authorities would have just watched the following 10 destabilizing cinema and documentary meltdowns.
Chemical Catastrophe, Coming Right Up!
Responsibility for chemical security may be shared among federal, state and local governments, as well as the private sector. But right now they’re all epically failing us, which make us sitting ducks if there is a catastrophe.