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Climate Movement Sends Highly Organized Members to Colorado Caucuses

March 6, 2018

Securing political support for 2,500 foot drilling setbacks, abolishing the COGCC, removing public funds from banks who make loans to fossil fuel companies The movement against shale development has progressed considerably beyond a group of activists holding signs and shouting anti-fracing slogans in front of the capitol. The “climate justice” movement, which calls its goal of replacing fossil fuels with

Fossil Fuel Free ETF? Not Remotely Possible

October 4, 2016

Perusing the Inter-web, we found State Street Global Advisors SPDR S&P 500 FOSSIL FUEL FREE ETF, and just wondered “is that even possible.” No. Well, that didn’t take long. According to State Street: “The ETF Fund may purchase a subset of the securities in the “Index” in an effort to hold a portfolio of securities with generally the same risk

Renewable Energy could Replace Fossil Fuels for Power Gen by 2066: an OAG360® Exclusive Interview with NREL Director Martin Keller

June 17, 2016

If Martin Keller’s prediction comes true, in 50 years the U.S. won’t be using nearly the amount of crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas or coal as the legacy energy industry has been supplying for the past 100 years – Part One The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, or NREL, is a place you might label as the federal government’s

First Zero-Emissions Natural Gas Plant Coming to a Grid Near You – Yes, It’s Powered by a Fossil Fuel

March 18, 2016

If zero-emissions technology takes off, is there a need for the environmental movement? Look out wind and solar, a North Carolina company, NET Power, LLC, has broken ground on a first-of-its-kind: a zero-emissions natural gas demonstration power plant. A collaborative effort between Exelon Generation (ticker: EXC, ExcelonCorp.com) , CB&I (ticker: CBI, cbi.com), 8 Rivers Capital (8riverscapital.com) and Toshiba (ticker: TYO, toshiba.com),

Fossil Fuel v. Renewable Energy: Did Green Slip through the Door while North American Oil & Gas Companies were Busy Creating the Shale Boom?

November 23, 2015

Cultural Attitudes: 55 Years can make a World of Difference. So can 12. Remember the iconic 1960-era engineer? He wore a pocket protector in the shirt pocket of his short-sleeved white dress shirt. He usually had two or three ballpoint pens sticking up next to a small slide rule—he was the symbol of a culture that respected and emphasized things

Presidential Candidates on Energy: Sanders

September 4, 2015

Sanders wants to kill Keystone, transform system away from fossil fuels Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, campaigning for the Democrat Party nomination for president, issued statements about his energy position after the administration’s Clean Power Plan was announced in August. As quoted by the Des Moines Register, Sanders said: “President Obama understands that climate change is the great planetary crisis facing

At What Point Will Renewable Energy be Able to Replace Fossil Fuels?

May 8, 2015

Renewable Energy vs. Fossil Fuels: Sprint or Cross Country? Last week Tesla Motors’ (ticker: TSLA) innovation-infused CEO Elon Musk unveiled the latest offering from the all-electric auto maker: a new home battery. This battery is an enlarged version of the battery used in Tesla electric cars and would be placed in homes to store electrical energy. The benefit of this

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