By Thomas Cheney and Geoff de Ruiter We are on the precipice of a carbon revolution! We will finally get our act together and decarbonize our energy systems, or we will blow past all carbon targets and completely destabilize our climate. So, how do we ensure the former? And more … [continued]
A carbon emission tax (or a similar cap & trade program) has been instituted in many European nations, Australia, and Canada. In Washington, mentioning the word “TAX” and “CARBON”, is anathema and political suicide. But let’s try to look at the glass half full. What if we could reduce … [continued]
Americans have recently voiced support solar energy, and the latest installation at the Marine Helicopter Squadron 1’s greenside hangar in Quantico seems to support that; it’s a 120-kilowatt solar array powered by […]
If the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement is about ridding American politics and government of undue corporate influence – the corruption of the US political process and government by corporate money – then it’s emerging counterpart in Washington, D.C. – the ‘Occupy D.C.’ or ‘Occupy K St.’ campaign – should take a rightful place as a second center around which other campaigns can draw focus and revolve.
Big oil gets big money from the government – as CleanTechnica readers may remember, $4 billion was awarded to big oil in the form of tax breaks in 2011 alone. Given that subsidies worldwide rose to at least $470 billion worldwide in 2010 – according to International Energy Agency analysts – that is perhaps more surprising than it should be.
Media Matters does a wonderful job of tracking what the media is talking about (or not). It recently showed the whoppingly warped media coverage of Solyndra compared to government corruption related to the Minerals Management Service (MMS) and a shocking military contracting waste and fraud report. Here are a few of their graphs on these topics:
Carbon may speed up the growth of trees (in the short-term) but certainly not our economy. For many decades, businesses were only functioning in one direction. This will have to change in the coming years, since such a one-way business focus, known as the river economy, is only focused on production of goods and leaving them in the hands of consumers, who throw them away after their product-life has ended. This will become less profitable in the coming years as the cost of natural resources will increase, resulting in higher development costs.
OK, I’m still going on my rant about U.S. politicians…. There are a few things that really have me going right now.
In addition to the $27 million for solar and $50.5 million for offshore wind Obama just announced, Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood also let us know yesterday that another $53 billion is being proposed for high-speed rail. This is in addition to the $8 billion awarded at the … [continued]
We know by now that people support clean energy, want governments to promote it more, and think it’s a good idea to make polluting companies pay for the environmental problems they cause. We’ve covered that topic numerous times here on Cleantechnica. But when was the last time you saw a … [continued]
