Dave Cullen has been covering mass shootings since Columbine. It is not the career he wanted and, although he has become an expert on the issue, it is not something he wants to do. His work has given him PTSD and each new event shakes him … [Read more...]
Zero Net Energy – July 23, 2019
Zero-energy demonstration project in Beijing made from pre-fab timber … [Read more...]
How Do You Pay for the Green New Deal: Cost of Fuel
I did some back of the envelope estimates of the cost of the fossil fuels we use in a year. The source of these figures is the USA DOE Energy Information Agency https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php But any mistakes in arithmetic are … [Read more...]
Grid-scale Battery: The Tesla System in Australia
Remember when Elon Musk offered to build a grid-scale battery for Southern Australia in "100 days or it’s free"? He made good on his bet, installing it on time for the cost of $66 million in December of 2017. According to a report on its … [Read more...]
Daily Reminder Calendar for the Next Decade of Climate Change
Scientists tell us that we have about a decade to do something to reduce climate calamity. Let's schedule out the next 10 years 3,650 days for climate action month by month week by week day by day to do what is ecologically … [Read more...]
City Agriculture – May 17, 2019
Singapore Airlines reinventing airplane food with produce from a vertical farm https://www.newsweek.com/singapore-airlines-aerofarm-1376378 Agritech … [Read more...]
Why isn’t job growth the first thing climate activists mention?
Please note that the Baker administration during its first term saw solar job losses of up to 3000 and that the last year has seen MA solar job growth down 11.4%. These job losses are almost certainly due to Governor Baker's refusal to … [Read more...]
From School Strike to Teach-in to Global Hackathon for Climate Friday After Friday
Friday School Strike for Climate to Friday Teach-ins on Climate to Friday Global Hackathons on Climate that is the progression I’d like to see and so I am passing on the idea. It came to me when I found that Harvard Divest was going to … [Read more...]
Healing Earth (Through the Waters)
John Todd, author of Healing Earth: An Ecologist’s Journey of Innovation and Environmental Stewardship (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2019 ISBN 9781623172985) (https://www.northatlanticbooks.com/shop/healing-earth/), has spent his … [Read more...]
3/13 – What would a Massachusetts “Green New Deal” look like?
What would a Massachusetts "Green New Deal" look like? Date and Time: Wed, Mar 13, 2019 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (Local Time) RSVP at https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=7010Z0000027PDCQA2 Add to Calendar Organized … [Read more...]
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