Wind, Water, Solar
Happy New Year, Earthlings.
I have spent it so far among the elements.
Swim with me a bit.
Decarbonization
Unhappy Halloween: COP26, DOOM
It is probably not an accident that hip hop legend MF DOOM passed away on the same hallowed holiday our superpowers converged on an environmental conference implementing a legally binding agreement to stop destroying Earth.
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).
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.
EnergySage Expands Online Solar Market
Not bad for a renewable energy upstart.
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.
Solar Drones Take Off
We might as well make them run on sunshine.
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.
Nissan’s Free LEAF Charging Plan
Electric vehicles, and their proliferating charging stations, are fast becoming our new transportation normal.
SunPower, KB Home Bring Energy Storage to Solar Suburbs
Resilience is what has propelled solar power to the renewable energy forefront.
EPA Climate Regulations Strengthen Solar
State or federal, the plan should be solar, argued SEIA.
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.”
New EV Standard Boosts Solar Benefits
Our warming world’s citizenry starts driving and plugging in more and more electric vehicles into their greening homes. Should they have to worry about stressing out the utilities’ fickle grids?
Seven States Leading Clean Energy‘s Charge
Here’s a refresher on the realities of recent green blooms in red states and blue, including some who may be worse polluters than you think.
Ten Lessons Of The Environmental Movement, According To A Fierce Green Fire
I spoke with A Fierce Green Fire‘s director Mark Kitchell.