My pals and I have attended several protests to make transparent President Donald J. Trump’s abuse of power. We’re concerned about the Administration’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, corruption at the highest levels of the US federal government, executive orders that contradict the US Constitution, job cuts to federal … [continued]
Solar and wind power have a lot going for them. They ease global warming stress and its climate consequences. They don’t cost as fossil fuels at utility scale, and they’re a lot less harmful to people’s health than fossil fuels. Of all of these reasons to favor solar and wind … [continued]
The drama is unfolding as if it was a Shakespearean tragedy. CEO Elon Musk is King Lear, moaning into the wind that his Tesla family doesn’t understand him. Tesla shareholders are the chorus, irritating in their high pitched repetition — they deserve, nay, need to be heard. The rising cacophony … [continued]
America has a legal system. What it lacks is a justice system.
Tesla is looking for two new independent directors. There are many very capable candidates outside the normal business circles. We want candidates that will stay true to Tesla’s mission, and can even protect Musk from market pressures by keeping an eye on the future.
People are jumping with joy because the federal tax credit for electric vehicles and certain incentives for wind and solar power have not been eliminated by the so-called tax reform bill Republicans are ramrodding through Congress. But beware; the good news is far outweighed by the bad. American taxpayers will be hammered by this legislation. Here is a sampling of criticism about the bill from Bernie Sanders, Michael Bloomberg, and Robert Reich.
On Tuesday, November 21, Saving Capitalism — the movie based on the book of the same name by Robert Reich — premiered on Netflix. Why should concerned climate advocate like yourself care? Because capitalism run amok is precisely what has driven the world to the edge of disaster and will soon push us over into the abyss.
President-elect Donald Trump understands the power of a free and independent press, according to Robert Reich, and does what all tyrants do: he tries to “squelch it.”
