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Hurricane Harvey, We Yawn in your Direction

By Lindsay Curren | September 7, 2017

Hurricane Irma

And Irma, we don't really give a crap about you, either. Water, Water, Everywhere Twenty-seven TRILLION gallons of water dumped on Southeast Texas in six days? That's what the various reports say. And we say, "Big whoop!" Wild-Westy, pavement-obsessedy Houston essentially destroyed, molded, and steeped in a toxic stew from chemical plants gone kablooey while the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate, Energy Tagged With: activism, clean energy, climate change, community organizing, economy, energy policy, global climate disruption, local economy, pollution, relocalization

Always the last to know

By Vicki Lipski | February 27, 2013

Climate Change

Quiz time, readers: what do the US Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA, the Transportation Department, the Department of Defense, the Department of the Interior, the Energy Department, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce, the Government Accountability Office, and the CIA have in common? It’s a long list of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate Tagged With: Barack Obama, climate, climate change, Congress, energy policy, plutocracy, US Congress

Are You Ready for an Oil “Change?”

By Staff Reports | November 12, 2012

Peak oil banner

Get the information and insights you need to navigate the future for your business, your family, your community, your country. Our economy, national security, and environment are all linked to oil.  It touches every aspect of modern life. But oil is changing, and your world is changing with it. The ASPO-USA Conference, co-hosted with The University of Texas, will help you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: ASPO-USA, energy policy, peak oil, Stars of Peak Oil

The rust-bucket reactors start to fall

By Staff Reports | October 31, 2012

Toy

The US fleet of 104 deteriorating atomic reactors is starting to fall. The much-hyped "nuclear renaissance" is now definitively headed in reverse. The announcement that Wisconsin's Kewaunee will shut next year will be remembered as a critical dam break. Opened in 1974, Kewaunee has fallen victim to low gas prices, declining performance, unsolved technical problems and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: apocalypse, economy, energy policy, nuclear power

Clean power for all (Offer not available in some areas)

By Erik Curren | October 2, 2012

electric storm

A year ago I would've loved the optimistic and can-do tone of Power from the People: How to Organize, Finance, and Launch Local Energy Projects. The book is not only inspiring. It's also realistic. While all too many solar panel and wind turbine buffs are Polyannas who promise that America can enjoy decades of economic growth in the future if only we'd dump dirty energy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Transition Tagged With: activism, distributed generation, energy policy, Greg Pahl, solar power

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