Stuck in Stagnation

"Faith in the power of reason - the belief that free citizens can govern themselves wisely and fairly by resorting to logical debate on the basis of the best evidence available - was and remains the central premise of American democracy. This premise is now under assault." -Al Gore, The Assault on Reason I continually …

Why climate change shouldn’t be partisan

Many have given up hope for climate legislation or a national RES (renewable energy standard) because Republicans control the House. They may be right, but there's no reason for these issues to be so two-sided. Businesses who invest in energy efficiency and clean energy are seeing huge payouts. New clean energy projects are creating more …

Reactions from Climate Hawks After Midterms

(This is a modified version of my Newsy script, a video will be coming soon.) Environmental advocates may be feeling a paler shade of green after the mid-term elections.  There were some big wins — and some big losses. Tree huggers are celebrating the failure of Prop 23 in California — keeping the state’s climate …

Thursday was sit-in car day

Total hours in a car Thursday: 12 Hours awake Thursday: 22 It was all worth it because I'm in Minneapolis with my boo, but those hours between 10:30pm and 3am on the highway make you go nuts. Add one Full Throttle (what kind of gas station has no red bull?) and some Red Hot Chilipeppers …

Oceans full of oil and wind

The Good and the Bad First, the bad: The oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is getting worse. The oil rig that exploded on April 20 and sank two days later is leaking 5000 barrels of oil a day. It also killed 11 people working on the rig. The well could leak 4.2 …

Some states going after the “green”

Goodhue, Minn. could be hosting one of T. Boone Pickens large wind farms, a 78 megawatt installation that could power 31,000 to 70,000 homes according to the Star Tribune. Minnesota has been pushing the envelope trying to lead the way in renewable energy. The goal that Gov. Pawlenty announced in 2006 was to have 25% …