In a new op-ed in the New York Times, John Kerry and Ro Khanna make the case for stronger clean energy investment to compete with China. They write: Today we have 2.3 million clean energy jobs. A national strategy focused on winning the clean energy race can create millions of new jobs, considering solar panel…
Planetary Indicators Send Warning on Climate Change
A New York Times piece from this week provides a comprehensive overview of recent findings underscoring the urgency of action to fight climate change, and the severity of the impacts we already face. Since the rise of industry in the second half of the 19th century, when widespread emissions of greenhouse gases began, the world…
A Small Correction
By Reed Hundt. This is a quote from a New York Times opinion piece: If oil consumption is to drop globally, we need to drive fewer miles in more fuel- efficient cars, most of them powered by renewable electricity. It is not quite right. We will drive approximately the same number of miles. That’s not…
PV Magazine: National Climate Bank could be boon for solar
A great new story in PV Magazine takes an in-depth look at legislative leadership from Rep. Debbie Dingell and Sens. Ed Markey and Chris Van Hollen to create a National Climate Bank. “The arrival of a National Climate Bank would be a boon for developers, installers, contractors and panel manufacturers because it would pry open…
How you say it matters
By Reed Hundt. The quote below from a recent NYT op ed explores the language used to talk about political candidates, but it also teaches how to talk about climate change. First, the words: “Our studies found that the degree of support for Scott Miller [the hypothetical candidate] wasn’t much affected by whether his policy…
Right Goal, Wrong Start
By Reed Hundt. As this plan provides, all transportation must be electric powered. In time. But the right first step is to replace gas miles with electric miles. Not cars- miles. That means step one is to get all shared vehicles to be electric. Why? Because they are driven seven to ten times as many…