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"Resist Climate Denial (34183866796)" by David Geitgey Sierralupe from Eugene, Oregon is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

As A Climate Messenger, You Need To Build Trust

You’re at a family reunion, and your cousin-once-removed announces to the gathered group that electric vehicles are overtaxing the grid — and their drivers don’t pay their fair share of road taxes. You want to be a calm voice of reason in response, but how can you approach the topic … [continued]

The Pollution Industry Just Wants To Love You

It’s a warm summer night and you’re enjoying the cool breeze off of a wonderful Caribbean beach. There are no cancer-causing power plants around, because the island has gone solar. A greased up oil company exec is nearby, with the scent of millions or billions earned off the backs of working-class Americans wafting off his pale white chest. No, he doesn’t brag to you about his garage full of Lamborghinis and Rolls Royces, and the way he tried to recreate a Caribbean-like beach next to one of his mansions. No, this oil & gas billionaire — whose fortune was earned only in the most moral of ways — tells you about how he spent his life trying to help humanity, trying to bring a better life to the underappreciated common man & woman.

The Human Side of Cleantech

As many of you know (including the dozens or more of you who were in attendance), I was in Vancouver last week for the first-ever Renewable Cities forum, which for now I’ll briefly summarize as “the best conference I’ve ever attended.” I think my favorite presentation there (that I gave, that is) … [continued]

The Why & How of Solar Blogging

Originally published on Let the Sunshine In: A Solar Power Blog. To blog or not to blog, that is the question… but is it really, for any viable solar organization? Perhaps a more pertinent question would be: “How can one not blog?” According to statistics published on the Internet, 6.7 … [continued]