Shock! Awe! Americans Willing To Pay Higher Gas Prices To Defeat Putin
Americans say they are wiling to pay more at the pump to punish Putin.
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Op-Ed: Heat Pumps For Freedom, & Other Thoughts From Bill McKibben
Could heat pumps help defeat Putin? Bill McKibben thinks so.
Weakness & Fear: How Will Russia Stay Relevant In A World Moving Away From Oil…
What is Russia’s invasion all about? Sorry, I think that is the wrong question. In my experience, bullies act out … [continued]
The EU’s “Green” Gift to Putin
The EU’s labelling of gas as “green” in its sustainable finance taxonomy is the biggest gift the EU could make … [continued]
Putin’s Presidential Motorbike Will Be Electric, + 450 Electric Buses Now In Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s next presidential motorbike escorts will be going electric. Considering the fact that Russia is heavily dependent on its oil industry and has long been a barrier to faster climate action, this comes as a bit of a surprise, but that shows how much the electric revolution is crossing the world.
Russia Signs Climate Accords & Putin Responds To Climate Change, But There’s A Catch
When even Russia starts to believe in climate change, the world really is coming to an end. Yet to everyone’s surprise, that is exactly what happened.
Is Trump Putin’s Puppet? And If He Is, What’s That Got To Do With Cleantech?
Donald Trump is not that normal, but he is human. He is a human who has lived essentially all of his life with a totally stacked hand, to bring in a gambling analogy. He has still managed to lose all of his or his companies’ cash several times, but then his connections in the benevolent and altruistic worlds of the mafia, luxury real estate, banking, and show business have bailed him out and let him start a fresh game with a new (again highly stacked) hand. As such, despite being human, The Donald has had a pretty abnormal life that has not fully warped his sense of reality by itself but which has warped his sense of what’s proper and normal for the rest of society. After all, his reality is indeed real, even if it’s not normal or proper.
Will Autocracies Fall As The Oil Age Ends?
Will the end of the fossil age as we “leave it in the ground” also mean an end to petro-state corruption and autocratic rule? We’ll see.
Estonia To Finance 1,000 Megawatt Offshore Wind Farm At Hiiumaa
Despite the challenges due to its position between European democracies and Putin’s autocracy in Russia, Estonia is looking to increase its clean energy capacity. It has already overshot its clean energy generation targets for 2020.
Who Benefits If Russian Oil Sanctions End?
The idea of the president of any normal country also owning one of its largest assets and using his office to protect it seems outrageous. Putin used his position to gain wealth for himself and a small group of cronies, and is trying to prevent sanctions from reducing the value of that wealth.
