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U.S. Supreme Court Decision "Citizens United" More Deeply Ensconced
There’s plenty of bad news in the world, and maybe I should think twice before offering more. But those of us following the legal proceedings around the U.S. Supreme Court decision “Citizens United”...
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Good News, Bad News for a Progressive U.S. Energy Policy
Unfortunately, we live in a time when our “leaders” simply tell us what they think we want to hear. Anytime, and especially in an election year, a U.S. presidential candidate stands up for an idea, it...
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Monsanto's Forcing GMOs on Us Is Disgusting, But It's a Symptom of a Larger...
I’m happy to note that my brother Geoff’s side of the Shields family is vigorously checking out the Monsanto/GMO issue. My nephew Tyler (pictured here left of Geoff) is passing around a film...
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The Integrity of the Political Process and Why Our Energy Policy Is Rooted in...
I thought I’d share a conversation with a lady I’ve known for about 30 years, who, each election cycle, does extensive work in researching the issues and the candidates, to bring some level of...
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Building Energy Policy on Facts, Not Dollars
Here’s a well-written article that contains a great deal of truth. Many environmentalists take knee-jerk positions, often rooted in an incomplete and self-serving view of the relevant science, and...
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Corruption in Government
It’s the birthday of social philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a leading figure in the Enlightenment, whose writings contain the basic ideas behind the U.S. Constitution, the French Revolution, and so...
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America’s Aging Infrastructure
I met a very interesting guy yesterday at the Low Carbon Investors conference: a professor at Stanford whose discipline is disruptive technologies. Among other things, he’s an advisor to several...
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America Is Exorcising Itself of “Citizens United”
My recent post: The Social Contract and the U.S. Government makes the point that the American people are in the process of putting a spear through the U.S. Supreme Court decision “Citizens United.” A...
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They’re Called “Amendments” for a Very Important Reason
96 years ago today, Congress passed the Volstead Act, which provided for enforcement of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcohol. As we all know, this was overturned in...
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The Holiday Season Is a Great Time To Offer My Gratitude–To You
What a coincidence. One fine morning last week I sat down to write a Thanksgiving post when I checked my email, saw that I had received the message below from billionaire eco-philanthropist Tom Steyer,...
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Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Corruption...
Question: How long has it been since the catastrophic U.S. Supreme Court decision “Citizens United,” that granted corporations the power to spend as much money as they wish to influence our elections?...
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Hey, United States! Where Are You Going?
Those of us concerned about the sustainability of our civilization cannot ignore, even if we’d like to, the political rancor right now to go around in the U.S. Thus, I thought readers would in...
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Politics and Clean Energy
Big City Pollution A reader opines: politics in general have no place in the green energy space. A few thoughts: Politics can’t help but come into this, at least in the U.S. Here, energy is a...
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Eliminating Money from Politics: What Buying Elections Really Costs Us
There are dozens of posts here on the imperative to eliminate money from politics, many of which center around the overturning of the catastrophic U.S. Supreme Court decision “Citizens United,” which...
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