Category: Go Green Go
In this crucial time for the climate crisis, the decisions we make have real consequences for the future of humanity. In this important interview, former Vice President and founder of The Climate Reality Project, Al Gore talks with John Kerry, the US Special Envoy for Climate on what comes next now that the US is […]
There is some debate about the environmental impact of renewable energy sources. Let’s look closer. The generation of electrical power accounts for over 40 percent of the earth’s greenhouse gas emissions. It also creates a significant percentage of water and other air pollution. Therefore, the conversion to clean, renewable methods of power generation ought to […]
Does recycling and safe disposal have to be so segmented and time-consuming? We have a perfectly good baby crib in our basement. It’s been there well over a decade now. Because safety laws have changed we cannot donate it, but we don’t have the heart to just throw it away, sentencing it to a […]
Open Letter to Messrs Mike DeWine, Ohio Governor, Robert Cupp, Speaker of Ohio House, Larry Obhof, Ohio Senate President The State of Ohio is undergoing yet another embarrassment as Sam Randazzo has stepped down from his position as Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). At the time of this writing, it is […]
During the 1992 presidential election, Bill Clinton’s campaign (notably, James Carville) coined the phrase, ‘It’s the economy, stupid’ to emphasize their candidate’s purported ability to correct and change the course of an otherwise poor economy. It worked. Clinton won the election. In the process, the mantra was repeated so often it became a part of […]
There are no permanent victories in the environmental business. ~ Bill McKibben That the coronavirus pandemic sucks all the oxygen out of the room should surprise no one. It garners nearly all our attention these days, leaving little room for concern about other matters. The Trump Administration has chosen to use this health and economic […]
It’s hard to know where to begin. A perfect storm of multiple injustices and preventable tragedies have laid bare our country’s many long-standing and neglected troubles. From racial inequality, unchecked police brutality, wealth disparity, a global pandemic, unprecedented unemployment, and massive, criminal environmental deregulation, all in a vacuum of national leadership from elected officials. It […]
In May of 2000, I moved back to Northeast Ohio after being away for two decades. Soon, I began hearing about plans to build a wind farm offshore in Lake Erie. This freshwater wind energy installation would be the first of its kind in the United States. The prospect of renewable energy leadership made me […]
Earth Day 2020 is upon us, bringing with it more urgent reminders about the need to act on the climate crisis and other pressing environmental issues. This year, on April 22, Earth Day celebrates 50 years. While some groups have been forced to cancel events because of COVID-19, many more around the world will commemorate […]
In some ways COVID-19 has given us a very important gift. It has given us time – time with family, time with our thoughts, and time to look at things much bigger than ourselves. Today was supposed to be our spring litter clean up event. We planned it for this weekend because we thought it […]