Category Archives: Climate_Crock

Music Break: Molly Tuttle – Helpless

Guitar ace and singer Molly Tuttle has a nice cover.

Could Old Coal Plants be Reborn?

Across the country and the world, coal fired power plants are being shut down and abandoned. This usually means that a community is losing not...

Green Steel Ramping Up

Rocky Mountain Institute: A recent announcement by Europe’s largest iron ore producer, LKAB, may seem like a technical detail only relevant for metallurgists and steel...

Why Investors Are Loving Green Energy

The Wall Street Journal is, of course, a Rupert Murdoch property, and their opinions page reflects that ignorance and bias. The news side of the...

View from the Midwest: Renewables on a Roll

If we’re going to deploy enough renewable energy to make a difference, the US midwest is going to have to be a big player. The...

Finding a Future for Scientific Conferences

Just registered for the upcoming American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting – aka Burning Man for Scientists – which normally takes place the second week of...

The Weekend Wonk: California’s Brownouts – Were Renewables to Blame? (Spoiler – no.)

Above, presentation by Loretta Lynch, former President of California Public Utilities Commission, begins at about 19:30. Wonk warning in effect. PV Magazine: Former CPUC President...

Music Break: Sturgill Simpson – Breakers Roar

Bluegrass version of his original. Check out the exceptional mandolin solo.

Canadian Glaciers Thicker than Thought, but Still Melting

In 2012, I spent time with Ben Pelto and his Dad Mauri surveying glaciers in the Northern Cascades. Ben is now a researcher working in...

Sailing to the Antarctic Peninsula

Youtube channel called Sophie & Chris Ocean Sailing has some astounding footage.These folks are rather hard core. Description: Voyage to South Georgia aboard sailing yacht,...