November 7th, 2019 | by Winter Wilson
In the second half of this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan continues his conversation with Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, about the role of climate change plans and policies in the 2020 presidential election. You can listen to the full conversation in the embedded player below. Below that embedded SoundCloud player is a brief summarization of the topics covered, but tune into the podcast to follow the full discussion
November 6th, 2019 | by Winter Wilson
In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down again with Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, to talk about a number of hot topics, including shifting public opinion on climate change and the role of climate action plans in the next presidential election. You can listen to the full conversation in the embedded player below. Below that embedded SoundCloud player is a brief summary of the topics covered, but tune into the podcast to follow the full discussion
September 6th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Yang’s single largest dollar expenditure, 62% of his US$4.9 trillion budget, would only impact 2% to 5% of US energy consumption. And his investments on geoengineering, fusion, and thorium nuclear generation are purely wasted expenditures
September 1st, 2019 | by Winter Wilson
In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan sits down with Nathaniel Rich, novelist, essayist, and writer at large for the New York Times Magazine. Together, they discuss Nathaniel’s new book, Losing Earth: A Recent History, detailing the history of public climate change understanding and the larger, unaddressed issues and moral questions arising from the climate crisis
August 24th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Elon Musk's support of basic income long predates his support for Andrew Yang, whose signature Freedom Dividend is a variant of basic income
July 29th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
America is becoming a dictatorship where nationalism and defense of corporations are the primary objective of the government. Fake Republicans are happily promoting the end of the American Experiment.
February 26th, 2019 | by Steve Hanley
Young people are taking their demands for serious climate action to their elected officials and they aren't taking no for an answer. Is there a new political calculus taking shape in America?
November 13th, 2018 | by Zachary Shahan
An interesting mixture of inspiration and disappointment have pushed CleanTechnica to launch a new campaign and article series — Clean Revolution
March 9th, 2018 | by Steve Hanley
More and more scientists are choosing to run for office thanks to the anti-science agenda of the Trump administration. They are being assisted by 314 Action, an organization dedicated to getting scientists involved in politics.
February 2nd, 2018 | by Matthew Klippenstein
Episode 45 of Cleantech Talk is here! This episode covers Ferrari’s electric envy, California’s climate leadership, a “Dear Elon” letter, and Norway’s oil & gas expansion
May 16th, 2017 | by Zachary Shahan
Remember that there was a strong #NeverTrump campaign within the Republican Party during the primaries, and even running into the general election. Former Republican presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush reportedly did not even vote for Trump in the general election. I'm sure some other prominent Republicans didn't either. Seasoned politicians who know how government and politics work could see the train wreck coming 5 miles away
May 15th, 2017 | by George Harvey
In my experience, when an educated person denies that human-caused climate change is happening, the reason can usually be traced to something that has to do with money. You can argue about science, ethics, national security, religion, or whatever else you might like, but their politics revolve around the issue of ownership, and the bottom line is the bottom line. Most conservatives are unmoved unless issues are expressed financially in some way
July 16th, 2016 | by Aisha Abdelhamid
Originally published on Planetsave.com Taking cues from Trump’s exhibitionist tirades, Republicans are ramping up the rhetoric against the EPA. A [&hellip
February 23rd, 2016 | by Zachary Shahan
Bernie Sanders gave a long speech in Amherst, Massachusetts, last night. Below are key climate and energy statements he made there, [&hellip
February 20th, 2016 | by Zachary Shahan
CleanTechnica‘s top adviser recently reached out to potentially discuss what CleanTechnica‘s position on endorsing a candidate would be. We both [&hellip
December 15th, 2015 | by Guest Contributor
Originally published on Thoughts of a Lapsed Physicist. By Allan R. Hoffman (Note to my readers: please allow me this [&hellip
April 8th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
A potential government shutdown is all the news right now, as it should be. The U.S. government could grind to a screeching halt due to Congress' inability to agree on a budget. But many of the news agencies covering this possible shutdown are painting the picture much too evenly. (i.e. "Is it the Democrats? Is it the Republicans? Who's causing this potential disaster?...")
March 18th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
OK, I'm still going on my rant about U.S. politicians.... There are a few things that really have me going right now