tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8445812087572846722024-03-21T10:14:40.765-04:00Clean Energy NOW !<b>Shift to Clean Energy to benefit the Environment, Human Health, Economy, and Energy Security.</b> <br><br>
<b><i>Move beyond fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy - Create jobs, reduce pollution & sustain life.</i></b>David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-7436703496604216742011-01-31T18:47:00.008-05:002011-02-01T05:37:44.793-05:00Growing Renewable Energy in the U.S. through CLEAN Contracts - a Perfect FitA Policy to Repower the Nation with Clean EnergyNo policy has helped other countries expand their renewable sources of electricity more than the CLEAN contract, also known as a feed-in tariff or FIT. Transparency, certainty and longevity of the contract forms the basis for its widespread acceptance, and its success in developing wind and solar power in other countries and a few states.A CLEAN David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-47478226770104866092011-01-31T18:14:00.003-05:002011-01-31T21:11:38.385-05:00Clean Energy NewsObama Asks Congress to Eliminate Oil Subsidies and Invest in Tomorrow's EnergyPresident Obama spoke in the State of the Union address of the promise of renewable energy, and the need to reinvent our energy policy and support innovation.Obama said, "to help pay for it, I’m asking Congress to eliminate the billions in taxpayer dollars we currently give to oil companies." He added, "I don’t know ifDavid Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-61632700035363735662011-01-23T18:01:00.001-05:002011-01-23T21:52:41.837-05:00Wind Action of a Different SortWind turbines are for generating electricity from a clean, renewable energy source, the wind. The local Wind Action Group in Buffalo promotes ways of developing our wind resources that maximize the benefits to the public. However, they do not advocate utilizing our resources for the type of wind action shown in the video below.Please do NOT try this at Steel Winds or any other wind farm!To learnDavid Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-2685861255703038692010-12-12T13:26:00.011-05:002010-12-12T14:19:31.275-05:00VIDEO: Abreviated History of Fossil FuelsFossil fuels have powered human growth and ingenuity for centuries. However, fossil fuel resources are limited, and obtaining, transporting and burning fossil fuels are creating problems for the environment, public health and national security. We need to prepare for moving beyond fossil fuels and transitioning to clean, renewable energy sources.The video below depicts an abbreviated history of David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-85106046936700232292010-12-12T12:22:00.014-05:002011-02-13T17:25:47.163-05:00Power Shift 2011: April 15-18, DC Convention CenterPower Shift 2011 is now set for April 15-18 in Washington DC’s Convention Center — the largest available space in the nation’s capital.The event is organized by the Energy Action Coalition, a coalition of 50 youth-led environmental and social justice groups working together to build the youth clean energy and climate movement. Their website states:Power Shift 2011 is our opportunity to come David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-82254087707345981412010-11-21T21:48:00.002-05:002014-02-06T17:13:48.723-05:00Where does electricity come from?Do you know where your electricity comes from?Fifty percent of the electricity in the U.S. is generated from burning coal.Despite all of the industry hype about "clean coal", there is no such thing, and there never will be. Coal is dirty from start to finish: mining, mountaintop removal, watershed pollution, transportation, burning, greenhouse gas emissions, mercury and acid pollution of David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-33532072401513156082010-11-14T21:34:00.009-05:002010-11-14T21:57:52.399-05:00Climate Action and Energy Policy NewsBill McKibben is the recipient of the 2010 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. The award is given to an individual who has challenged the status quo through distinctive, courageous, imaginative, and socially responsible work of significance. Read more here.The recent elections will have major consequences for U.S. climate and energy policy. Read about the Election Results, State David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-59330284734760023752010-11-07T12:48:00.004-05:002010-11-07T19:59:46.784-05:00Don't believe in global warming? That's not very conservative.By Bracken HendricksThe Washington PostSunday, November 7, 2010Few causes unite the conservatives of the newly elected 112th Congress as unanimously as their opposition to government action on climate change.In September, the Center for American Progress Action Fund surveyed Republican candidates in congressional and gubernatorial races and found that nearly all disputed the scientific consensus David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-80418621331932173072010-11-06T11:45:00.002-04:002010-11-06T11:52:44.411-04:00Karl Rove denies climate change, likes fracking - GASLAND's Josh Fox respondsKarl Rove is in denial about climate change, and the GOP thinks it's a scientific fraud. Rove is also promoting gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale by hydraulic fracturing, i.e., fracking.Josh Fox, GASLAND filmmaker, exposes the water and air pollution caused by fracking, and advocates the switch to renewable energy for America's future.Watch the report by Keith Olbermann and interview with Josh David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-28236627537001096142010-09-28T21:45:00.002-04:002010-09-28T22:38:29.926-04:00Burn Dirty Coal, Lose Facebook FriendsMark Zuckerberg, co-founder of Facebook, is facing criticism from many, including clean energy activists. Greenpeace, for one, objects to Facebook’s decision to build a massive new data center that will be powered disproportionately by burning coal, emissions from which are a major contributor to global warming. Greenpeace wants Facebook to use more energy from renewable sources, such as the windDavid Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-92120177994837142892010-09-11T11:10:00.012-04:002010-09-12T16:34:18.645-04:00A Road Not Taken ... Again!President Jimmy Carter's White House Solar Panels Rejected AgainThe film "A Road Not Taken" tells the story about the solar thermal panels that were put on the White House in 1979 during the administration of President Jimmy Carter, a solar energy advocate who also created the Department of Energy.The solar panels were taken down during the Reagan administration, warehoused, and later put back David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-84821615747960325392010-09-01T20:45:00.008-04:002010-09-09T22:28:01.616-04:00Bill McKibben on the Letterman ShowEnvironmentalist Bill McKibben appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and discussed climate change, putting solar back on the White House, and a Global Work Party on October 10, 2010 -- 10/10/10.David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-36631303416248963372010-08-29T20:51:00.006-04:002010-08-29T21:04:52.360-04:00Moving Beyond the BP Oil SpillBeyond BPRestoring the gulf will take decades. But we can start getting off oil now.By MICHAEL BRUNE, Executive Director of the Sierra Club.It looks a lot worse out on the water than it does on TV. The Gulf of Mexico is literally a sea of oil, with countless orange-brown waves of sludge washing into its beautiful salt marshes. We passed oil-drenched pelicans and dolphins, with no rescue crews David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-3648049741024657452010-08-21T18:20:00.023-04:002010-08-22T18:30:47.916-04:00BP Oil Spill: Is 75% of the Oil Really GONE?An estimated 5 million barrels (~200 million gallons!) of oil gushed out of the Deepwater Horizon well. White House advisor on energy and climate change, Carol Browner, announced that "more than three-quarters of the oil is gone". This estimate was called overly optimistic, to say the least, by experts.Here is how a pelican on the gulf coast reacted to the initial "good news" from the David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-54673875214389035852010-07-16T19:11:00.001-04:002010-07-18T14:07:27.301-04:00Get Serious about Clean, Renewable EnergyPresident, after president, after president...for the past 40 years...has given lip service to the need for ending our addiction to fossil fuels. We have seen what offshore oil drilling can do to damage the environment, the fishing industry and tourism. We have seen what dirty coal can do in terms of mountaintop removal, smog, acid rain, mercury pollution, and fly ash waste. We have watched the David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-50851716404508964782010-06-21T21:08:00.012-04:002010-06-21T21:42:57.716-04:00How BP Execs handle a SpillThe tragedy of the BP oil spill, and the multiple failures to contain and stop it, beg for some comic relief. Watch a video showing how BP executives deal with a different type of spill. David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-4175766859648731892010-06-09T20:52:00.008-04:002010-06-09T21:46:02.125-04:00Oil Spill: What are We Thinking?Excerpts from the article:Missing the real drama of the Deepwater Horizon blowoutBy Bill McKibbenLet’s think about the stories that are suggested by this trouble.One has something to do with Peak Oil. BP has gone to all this trouble for a well that taps into what they now think may be 100 million barrels of oil. And that’s…5 days supply for the U.S? Does that give you any sense of the David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-82956272637527506442010-06-06T21:07:00.011-04:002010-06-06T21:47:08.930-04:00Oil Spill: Obama's chance to Lead on EnergyMr. President, lead now on fossil fuelsThe gulf oil spill is Obama's chance to take bold steps on climate change.By Bill McKibbenWhich one is the real Obama? Has he really been transformed by the oil spill in the gulf, or is he merely trying to ride out the public reaction with stronger words? I think the answer is as murky as the water off Mobile. We don't know because so far it's all words; theDavid Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-91198166068696595502010-06-06T20:47:00.011-04:002010-06-06T21:42:49.976-04:00Veterans for Clean American PowerCut our dependence on oil -- switch to Clean, American Power.David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-51112230380843539732010-05-16T17:20:00.003-04:002010-05-16T20:32:49.410-04:00Obama's Crude AwakeningUS set to hit BP retrospectively with increased finesThe White House has expressed its frustration at the lack of progress on stopping the Gulf of Mexico oil leak and its intention to introduce retrospective legislation to lift the cap on compensation that BP could be liable to pay -- from millions to Billions of dollars. This comes as bosses from BP and other companies involved in the spill haveDavid Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-38471203303794036752010-05-16T16:01:00.003-04:002010-05-16T19:18:34.588-04:00Oil Spill: Are we Doomed to Repeat it?Never again will we take the environment for granted or abuse it. Never again will we be held hostage to foreign oil. The words have been repeated, president after president, oil spill after oil spill, explosion after explosion, for four decades.Rachel Maddow, reporting from Louisiana, provides an excellent summary looking at present and past oil spills. She poses the question: Are we Doomed to David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-55361926357334107252010-05-16T13:50:00.001-04:002010-05-16T19:18:27.510-04:00Oill Spill: Environmental Impacts[Click image to enlarge]David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-85798841554623844362010-05-06T22:07:00.011-04:002010-05-16T19:18:20.485-04:00Steven Colbert on the BP Oil SpillSteven Colbert illustrates methods used to try to stop the BP Oil Spill.The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cBP's Undersea Domewww.colbertnation.comDavid Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-17667616556959594992010-05-04T05:51:00.003-04:002010-05-04T07:05:41.633-04:00Oil Spill: Look, Learn and ChangeI recently posted photos of the tragedy at the offshore drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico and some of the initial impacts of oil spill on the environment.The catastrophic oil spill is something that all can see. It's visibility offers an opportunity for change, as described in The NY Times opinion article entitled "Drilling, Disaster, Denial". Some excerpts appear below:Environmentalism began asDavid Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-844581208757284672.post-83425770508270820552010-05-02T17:16:00.007-04:002010-05-02T17:50:08.806-04:00BP Oil Spill - Map & Editorial CartoonsMap of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and editorial cartoons, each worth a thousand words, by Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News.[Click image to enlarge]David Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13538421831651853794noreply@blogger.com