I am not a tree hugger. I am proud, however, to be called an environmentalist and not so proud to be called a lot of other things. I do believe I have a personal obligation to try my best to… Continue Reading →
Recently, the U.S. Energy Information Agency announced that carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption in the U.S. during 2012 fell to the lowest level since 1994. Further, in 2012, emissions were 12.1% below the peak of 6 billion tons in… Continue Reading →
Remember the Cold War! Remember when the Russians launched Sputnik 1! It caused some of our political leaders to go up the wall. The Russians had seemingly beaten us in space; they were ahead in the race to the moon… Continue Reading →
I bet most of you have heard the dictum often passed on by management consultants, sometimes with humor and sometimes with tears, that you’re only an expert when you fly. Translated, the greater the distance you fly to either speak… Continue Reading →
On Sunday, The New York Times ran a provocative story by distinguished journalist Elisabeth Rosenthal. Its gist was that if we look hard at recent reports by the National Research Council, the IEA, Stanford, and the experiences of different areas… Continue Reading →
Before reading, I am going to ask you, dear reader, to get in the mood and start singing the following song to the music and my amended set of words of Rogers and Hammerstein’s “Pore Jud is Daid” (from “Oklahoma!”).… Continue Reading →
It’s been many years since the very honorable Sen. George Aiken (D) indicated that in effect, America should declare it won the war in Vietnam and get out. His profound remarks were more extensive than my quick summary. He was… Continue Reading →
One of my favorite quotes — I have used it before in this column — is from Lewis Carroll: “It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.” If you are a policy optimist like me (and an aging… Continue Reading →
I hate to say I told you so. But maybe repeating an analytically based mantra, over and over again, and backing it up with current data will allow policy decisions made by Washington and state governments to be evidence-based and… Continue Reading →
“The natural gas boom has led to cleaner power and greater energy independence…much of our newfound energy is drawn from lands and waters that we, the public, own together. So tonight, I propose we use some of our oil and… Continue Reading →
