Published

3 years ago

March 12, 2024

Alice Rush

Below, environmentalist Zan Dubin, whom I highly respect, makes a point not too dissimilar to what I’ve often said about the failure of the media to cover Biden’s accomplishments, especially those pertaining to climate change mitigation and adaptation. She writes:

A small minority of Americans know about the historic contribution the Biden Admin has made to fighting climate change. Please take one fact here and keep talking about it. Here are some juicy points:

In his first term, Joe Biden has done more to address climate change than any President before him. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) alone is expected to wipe out 21 billion tons of planet-warming pollution between now and 2050. For comparison, that’s 73 times more emissions than the infamous Willow Project will emit over the same period. It’s like canceling out the emissions from the entire country of India for a decade.

Trump talked a lot about bringing manufacturing back to America and creating blue-collar jobs. But under Biden, manufacturing investment has grown faster than at any time in recent history thanks largely to the IRA. During Trump’s presidency, manufacturing spending grew by 5%. Under Biden, it has grown by 279%.

For decades, environmental advocates have tried to convince lawmakers to pass even the most marginal climate policies. And they’ve failed. It wasn’t until Biden took office that the logjam broke and the climate policies flowed. Since then, America has experienced remarkable progress.

Understanding Biden’s Climate Accomplishments

Renewable Energy

Ørsted Finishes Revolution Wind, RWE Wins German Auction

Published

13 hours ago

September 21, 2026

Alice Rush

Weather Guard Lightning Tech

Ørsted Finishes Revolution Wind, RWE Wins German Auction

Allen covers record bank financing for clean energy, Oracle’s 1.7 GW Texas wind deal, RWE’s German auction win, Denmark scrapping its turbine cap, and Revolution Wind finishing off Rhode Island.

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Ørsted Finishes Revolution Wind, RWE Wins German Auction

Renewable Energy

Did Fox News Take Us Down?

Published

13 hours ago

September 21, 2026

Alice Rush

I’m not sure that Fox News caused the decline of our nation, but it certainly makes some level of sense.

When I was young, there was no source of “news” that was based solely on the profit to be made by making Americans stupid and mean. In fact, news in most of the 20th Century really didn’t have any real commercial value, because it wasn’t used to sell drugs and useless crap to elderly, addle-minded white people 24 hours a day.

Thirty years later, we have people who are as addicted to this hate news as alcoholics need another shot of booze.

Did Fox News Take Us Down?

Renewable Energy

The Catholic Church Has Started to Get It

Published

13 hours ago

September 21, 2026

Alice Rush

The civilized world is thrilled to see the Catholic church take on the mantle of environmentalism, especially since the religious right still quotes from the Book of Genesis: Only God can destroy the Earth to justify climate denialism.