My career, primarily in the electric utility industry, has focused on renewable energy and energy conservation. I would like to respond to recent advocacy for nuclear power and skepticism relating to renewable resources. Here is my overview of the attributes of renewals. Continue reading
My first travel experience with Frontier Airlines gave me more than a cheap fare. I received a surprising environmental education.
Departure
Having no experience with budget airlines, I decided to give Frontier a try after attending a funeral. Its fare was less than half that of competing airlines. But it took a while to get on board so to say. Continue reading
The world has shut down 1631 coal-fired power plants since 2010. However, there are 2433 coal-fired power plants still in operation as of mid-2023. China has almost half at 1142. India has 282 and the U.S. has 210. A lot of carbon-dioxide is still going into the atmosphere! How do you crack that nut any time soon? Continue reading
Any time we take the initiative to create sustainability, we are intervening in a system. Systems are messy and resist being changed. Think capitalism (aka greed), or our weather (e.g., Climate Change), or local government (government of any size), or my daily routine (how dare you mess with that). What hubris, thinking that we as individuals can change these systems! Continue reading
Thank you for this opportunity to share some insights from my book, Our Environmental Handprints: Recover the Land, Reverse Global Warming, Reclaim the Future.
What is the Environmental Handprint and why should I care about it?
The Handprint is deceptively simple. If you do good, you have created a Handprint. If you do good for the environment, like planting a tree or shifting to paperless bill paying, you create an Environmental Handprint. Continue reading