Energy

The Nazi Playbook

EnergyJune 25, 2026

Always blame your opposition for the crimes you committed. We baby boomers remember when the two dominant political parties were essentially indistinguishable. Eisenhower, a Republican,...

Ormat Bets on Standardization to Win the Geothermal Race

EnergyJune 25, 2026

Electricity demand is climbing at a pace the power industry hasn’t seen in a generation, and the companies trying to feed it with geothermal...

Trump’s Obsession with Obama

EnergyJune 25, 2026

The meme here raises an important point: Why are 30% of American voters still supporting a man who spends a great deal of time...

Satellite data reveals high emissions in San Joaquin Valley, offering California officials clear opportunity to protect communities, climate

EnergyJune 25, 2026

By Benek Robertson Satellite data confirms what frontline communities have been saying for years: methane leaks are a serious problem in the San Joaquin...

Google Backs CO₂ Battery Breakthrough of Energy Dome in a First Bilateral Energy Storage Project in Ireland

Climate & ResourceJune 25, 2026

Google and Energy Dome have taken a major step in long-duration energy storage (LDES) with a new 23 MW / 200 MWh CO₂ battery...

This island in the Great Lakes wants to tap waves for energy

EnergyJune 25, 2026

Beaver Island sits in the middle of the northernmost end of Lake Michigan, not far from the Canadian border. The forested island, just a...

Democracy v. Constitutional Republic

EnergyJune 24, 2026

I wish I had $100 for every time I heard some uneducated Trump supporter tell me this. A democracy is a system where governmental power...

Why Trump Is So Repugnant

EnergyJune 24, 2026

My biggest beef with Trump isn’t the many individual points of failure, but the fact that they are all the product of the mind...

Scientific Illiteracy

EnergyJune 24, 2026

Neil DeGrasse Tyson says that our problem isn’t that our children don’t understand science, but that our adults don’t. Three comments: 1) Wind is not a...

Government Watch List

EnergyJune 24, 2026

At this point in the decay of the American democracy, anyone overtly and publicly critical of Trump who believes he’s not on a government...

World’s Richest 10% Consumers Cause Up to $5.7T in Environmental Damage a Year, New Study Finds

Climate & ResourceJune 24, 2026

A new study has put a price tag on one of the biggest drivers of environmental damage: consumption by the world’s wealthiest households. Researchers...