The smearing of Van Jones
The first time I heard about the conservative, red-baiting crusade against Van Jones, I thought, this is ridiculous, even funny. “Will a ‘red’ help blacks go green? White House appoints ‘radical...
View ArticleA devastating critique of cap-and-trade
“You can only compromise to a point before a solution isn’t really a solution.” That, in a sentence, is about as succinct a critique of the cap-and-trade legislation pending in Congress as you are...
View ArticleNatural gas: friend or foe of sustainability?
Most environmentalists would cheer the discovery of cheaper ways to generate electricity from wind or solar power. They would lament the news that prices are dropping for dirty fuels like coal or oil....
View ArticleDaniel Yergin: Why shale gas is like Walmart
The breakthrough energy innovation of the 21st century is not thin-film solar, sophisticated wind turbines, advanced biofuels or small-scale nukes. It’s shale gas. So says Daniel Yergin, the energy...
View ArticleWhy I love Twitter, and random thoughts on social media and sustainability
Any day now, I’ll attract my 10,000th follower on Twitter. Whoever you are, thanks. Not coincidentally, Twitter has become my favorite social-media platform. So this seems like a good moment to reflect...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy: A climate Pearl Harbor?
Only after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor did the US mobilize to enter World War II. Might Hurricane Sandy mobilize the US to tackle global warming? This isn’t my metaphor. People have been talking...
View ArticleWe’re losing the climate battle. So we may need to harvest CO2 from the sky.
Carbon Engineering’s new plant in Squamish, BC The Guardian this week published my latest story about direct air capture of CO2, a topic that has fascinated me since the late 2000s. My 2012 Amazon...
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