Category Archives: Renewable Energy

Tweet This week is one for the history books; including my very own personal history book! As of August 24, 2011, close to 300 people have been arrested in the largest civil disobedience action in the American environmental movement’s recent … Continue reading

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Tweet What is the connection between the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline that would carry Tar Sands Oil from Alberta, Canada to Texas, and my children’s health? And why would risk arrest to stop this pipeline from being build. As a … Continue reading

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Tweet I flew across the country recently, and I knew we would succeed. I could stop worrying every minute, as there below me were signs of hope. I believe that America will win the renewable energy race against time. The … Continue reading

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Tweet Question to self, do I want my kids to read this about me, and….do I believe in serendipity? [Serendipity: the phenomenon of finding valuable things not sought for.] A week after I visited the Canadian Tar Sands “to see … Continue reading

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Tweet My take on the Canadian Tar Sands?! A juggernaut, seemingly unstoppable, a source of unimaginable profits for multinational energy companies versus shortsighted Russian roulette for the rest of us, for our planet, for our environment and for our economy. … Continue reading

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Tweet A few quick “Tar Sands Facts” are to help you understand the basics of ‘what all the fuss is about!” As a general comment, the Tar Sands found in Alberta are in fact an oily, sticky, sand like substance … Continue reading

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Tweet As a busy parent, where and how I get the energy that heats and cools my home and “keeps the lights” on, my TV working and my kids Xbox and cell phones charged isn’t really on my radar, and … Continue reading

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Tweet Fort McMurray, Canada is home to the Tar Sands, one of the most controversial environmental flash points in the world. An ideal place for a special birthday celebration, you might say? I would hazard to guess that in most … Continue reading

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Tweet Go New Jersey! On June 29th, New Jersey became the first state in the USA to ban “fracking” a process used to extract natural gas which has quickly become extremely controversial. “Fracking” is and will be more and more … Continue reading

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Tweet In a state that is second only to California in its progressive and positive business and policy stance on the environment, Gov. Christie, who campaigned as a “clean energy advocate” is pulling NJ from a more than 20 year … Continue reading

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