By Shaun Chapman •
October 10, 2007
"Argh!!!" - The insightful words of a frustrated Charlie Brown
Though I do not believe he is related to the immortal Peanuts scribbler Charles Schultz (the c is silent), former Secretary of State George Shultz took a sample from the Charlie Brown lexicon when he described the process of trying to install solar panels on his roof. Addressing the Society of Environmental Journalists at Stanford University, where he is a fellow at [...]
By Shaun Chapman •
September 12, 2007
Mere discussion of the N-Word will have just about every [white] American wriggling in their seats. This effect was probably not lost on Grist contributor Mike Tidwell when he wrote "Consider Using the N-word Less" and it is certainly not lost on me.
The recent Grist feature is meant to highlight the problem we face with global climate change and, in a darkly comic way, highlight that we can no longer afford to remain [...]
By Shaun Chapman •
August 29, 2007
"An anti-something movement displays a purely negative attitude. It has no chance whatever to succeed. Its passionate diatribes virtually advertise the program they attack. People must fight for something that they want to achieve, not simply reject an evil, however bad it may be." - Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises
"Blowin’ in the Wind," an homage to Bob Dylan’s 1963 song, has become the cliché for renewable energy advocates. Google "Blowin’ in the wind," and [...]
By Shaun Chapman •
August 15, 2007
Editor’s note: We’re pleased to welcome the Network for New Energy Choices as a new non-profit content partner. Every other Wednesday, Shaun Chapman, NNEC’s Communications Director, will have a new post for you related to the organization’s mission of promoting "safe, clean and environmentally responsible energy choices."
People don’t want a few stories thoroughly investigated, they want a lot of stories barely mentioned.
–John Stewart of The Daily Show
In our line [...]
By Shaun Chapman •
July 12, 2007
Image source: Clipart.comEditor's note: We're pleased to publish this post from the Network for New Energy Choices, an organization that "promotes safe, clean, and environmentally responsible energy options. We advocate for energy conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy as the solutions to our energy crisis and we work to transform the public consciousness about the way we produce, distribute and consume energy." Large-scale ethanol production, at least from current feedstocks, [...]
