States Mandate Renewable Energy

For Hawaii, it’s 100%. Vermont, 70%. State by US state, renewable energy standards are increasing, partly as a response to Continue reading →

Data That Matters June 2015

The poorest 40% of Americans have negative net worth. Since June 2010, the four biggest coal companies have gone from Continue reading →

Renewables Are Winning

Wind and solar energy installations are accelerating. In the next 25 years, 60% of new power generation facilities will be Continue reading →

Fossil Fuel Subsidies

The International Monetary Fund released a draft report on how much governments subsidize fossil fuels, both extraction and remediation. The Continue reading →

Energy Wisdom In Developing Countries

Many projections of global warming worry about developing nations creating a lot more pollution as their citizens begin living ‘Middle-Class Continue reading →

More Trouble For Coal

Coal was king, note the change in tense. The four largest coal companies were worth a combined $21.7 billion dollars Continue reading →

Data That Matters May 2015

The US drops to #10 in R&D spending. California’s Snowpack is as 0% of normal, which isn’t normal. Alaska hits Continue reading →

Fossil Fuel Subsidies In Perspective

Big numbers are so common that we become numb to them. Fossil fuel subsidies are $5.3T per year. Break that Continue reading →