Category Archives: Climate Change
Solar Panel Carports: What’s So Ugly About Saving the Planet?
Stories have been done recently about new carports made of solar panels. This NYT contribution spends a fair amount of space on the argument in California about the esthetics of PVs versus their environmental logic. It’s somewhat ironic given California’s … Continue reading
EPA Crackdown on Cement, Mercury Pollution; Finally a Solution?
Inexplicably, people have been scratching their heads for decades over where all the mercury pollution in our lakes, rivers, and other waterways is coming from. It’s been steadily increasing in our fish supply during this time and prompted occasional then permanent … Continue reading
China Now World’s Biggest Energy Hog; Is America Losing- or Learning?
The U.S. is still by far the biggest energy consumer per capita, with the average American burning five times as much energy annually as the average Chinese citizen…” – Fatih Birol, chief economist, International Energy Agency There was a time … Continue reading
Like Earth’s Climate, Web Video Business is Hotter Than Ever; Dress for the Weather
2010 has been a good year for me so far. Besides getting the studio renovated and being able to take some fantastic time off to play in southern Utah, Schreiner Productions and my web ad video company ProBusiness Video have … Continue reading
Chile, Haiti Earthquakes: Lessons on Dealing with Nature, Institutional Polluters, Religious Fraud
“Chile can do things right, Haiti defenders argue, because it’s more developed. Wrong. It’s the other way around: Chile is more developed because it’s doing things right.” – Tim Padgett, Time Magazine Why did Chile sustain fewer fatalities and damage than … Continue reading
Shocking Revelation: Glenn Beck Goes Green; Apocalyptic Panderer or Al Gore as Grim Reaper?
“I’m willing to do anything but use the CFLs… I put them in once and couldn’t stand the way they lit up the room.” – Glenn Beck A headline is supposed to shock you into reading the article. And the … Continue reading
Republicans Cite Washington Blizzards to Dispute Climate Change: When Your Worldview is the View Out Your Window
“It’s going to keep snowing in DC until Al Gore cries ‘uncle.’” Senator Jim DeMint, a Republican from South Carolina I’m not totally convinced that climate change is human-induced. What I can say is there’s evidence that climate change happens and temperatures … Continue reading
Joys of Winter Can’t Be Destroyed by News Media Whining, Christian Dualism
I’d finished my work and was feeling cooped in and oppressed by the home renovation going on above me. So I threw the snowshoes into the car, and drove a half-hour to Mill Creek Canyon’s Elbow Fork. It was a … Continue reading
Science vs. Mythology: Poll Shows Americans Don’t Know How the Universe Really Works
This new poll confirms what shockingly few of us have been suspicious of for some time. Americans really don’t want to believe that humans evolved, that the planet is getting warmer and that scientists are smart and important people. This despite … Continue reading
Repower America, 350.org Video Ads; Green Media Goes Mainstream
“The ad lays out how threats to our economy, national security and environment are all connected to our national energy policies and how we’ve got to transition to a clean energy economy and create jobs right here in America.” – … Continue reading
