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What Must Be Done Dr. James Hansen is considered by many to be the father of climate change awareness. Photo: Flickr By Dr. James Hansen, 11 January 2017 I do few interviews because of the time required and my difficulty in making things clear orally. The Rolling Stone interview by Jeff […] Wind turbines. Credit: D. O’Keefe, Michigan Sea Grant. CC BY-SA 2.0 By George Harvey The declining costs of solar photovoltaics (PVs) and wind turbines have had effects on the entire energy market. These are clear in data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The FERC says that in the first quarter of […] This lawn was a former cow pasture. No fertilizers, no seeding, and no ammendments, except the mowing. The owners have stopped mowing the lawn – and let this robot mower keep it looking like a golf course. Photo: N. R. Mallery By N.R. Mallery According to the EPA, gas-powered mowers produce 5% […] Rendering of the 85 homes at the Summit Oaks development at Village Hill in Northampton, MA. Photos courtesy of Transformations, Inc. By R. Carter Scott Buildings account for about 42% of the carbon emissions in the United States. The transportation sector uses another 25%. Why not use the building sector to drive […] We Will Win the Climate War! By George Harvey While the bad climate news looks bad, the good news is stunningly good. It is clear that economics now favor renewable power strongly. Many people expected the sharp reduction in fossil fuel prices to undermine renewable power, but that did not happen. […] By George Harvey According to NASA, it is official: 2015 was the hottest year in the 136 years records have been kept. In achieving that goal, it blew away the record set in 2014, which beat a record set in 2010, which topped a record set in 2005, which beat the record set […] “I found myself in a schoolroom where I could not fail to see and hear things worth seeing and hearing.” Henry David Thoreau, speaking of being in nature. Rendering of the Walden Pond Visitors’ Center. Photo courtesy of Maryann Thompson Architects By Emma Rumple There was a time when people in this […] Net Zero Home in Greenfield, MA. Courtesy of Spartan Giordano By George Harvey There are reasons to support each side on the question of buying versus leasing solar systems. Different people have very different points of view. There is a temptation for many people to lease simply because it is made […] By George Harvey We should start with a disclaimer. No one at Green Energy Times is a stock market analyst. Nevertheless, we can see a hand writing on the wall, and what it writes looks a lot like, “Divest – before it is too late.” Oil industry analysts are in a bit […] The glacier has melted at the world’s highest ski resort at the Chacaltaya glacier, and so it has closed for good. Author Ville Miettinen from Helsinki, Finland. Photo: CC BY-SA 2.0. Wikimedia Commons Ski and Ride While You Still Can. By G. Harvey and N.R. Mallery The January-February issue of the Sierra Club’s magazine, […] |
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