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Celebrate Independence Day by plugging into an electric car — and leave Big...
Driving an electric car delivers independence from Big Oil — forever! On this 4th of July, 2019, let’s celebrate the joy of fueling independence An electric vehicle frees you from trips to the gas...
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Global climate strikes underscore need to move to 100 percent renewable energy
Yes, this IS TRUE: We ARE running out of time on the Climate Crisis. [Photo by Christof Demont-Heinrich]Not all electric car advocates are motivated by environmentalism. But I am one of those greenie...
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Gas Huggers are deliberately blocking access to Tesla Superchargers in the U.S.
These dudes DELIBERATELY blocked ALL Tesla Superchargers at the Yorktown Heights, New York Tesla Supercharger. They are what I call GAS HUGGERS, every single one of them, trying to hold on to gasoline...
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Oxford Dictionary picks ‘climate emergency’ as word of year for 2019 — and...
Yup, climate action starts here! Oxford Dictionaries has declared “climate emergency” the word of the year for 2019, following a hundred-fold increase in usage that it says demonstrated a “greater...
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10 things you can do to reduce your carbon footprint in 2020
Protestors at a Denver, Colo. Climate Strike in Sept. 2019. [Photo by Christof Demont-Heinrich]As we usher in a new year — and decade — it’s a good time to reflect on what each of us can do to reduce...
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Harvard study: Air pollution increases COVID19 deaths
A new study shows that higher air pollution rates = more COVID19 deaths in the United States — and around the world. We’ve known for a long time that air pollution kills. The World Health Organization...
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COVID19 lock downs have cleaned up the air. Let’s use electric cars +...
A clear, clean air day in Echo Park in Los Angeles, Calif. in late March AFTER California Gov. Gavin Newsom had ordered California residents to stay at home. [Photo by Gabriel Duarte; Instagram =...
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COVID-19 stay-at-home orders were great for clean air — while they lasted :-(
Air pollution obscures the Denver, Colo. skyline. [Associated Press Photo] For past five years, always in the spring, I have developed a consistent, irritating dry cough. I have been tested three times...
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Coordinated telecommuting: A creative and new way to help keep our air clean
Traffic jams (left) like this one in Miami produce large amounts of air pollution, create tremendous social stress, and steal time away from us all. The COVID-19 lockdowns have temporarily radically...
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To choose an environmentally responsible mortgage, or not to?
It can be difficult to find a bank or lender that doesn’t use your money to invest in fossil fuels. [Flickr Creative Commons Photo by Visible Hand]I am a lifelong and committed environmental activist....
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Doing my part to combat climate change and move toward a fossil fuel free life
I hope one day soon to replace my gas furnace with an electric heat pump. I have been doing a lot to reduce my direct burning of, and support of, fossil fuels over the past decade. However, I’ve still...
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The climate emergency has our house on fire — and we’re still barely even...
Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been sounding the alarm about the climate emergency for two years now. Thanks to the continued, massive burning of fossil fuels, our house, the earth, is literally...
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Go green in your home: Replace old/aging gas home appliances with electric ones
Some key electric appliances for your home. [Graphic Credit: CleanTechnica.Com]When you need to replace a hot water heater, your furnace and/or air conditioner, your stove/oven, consider electric...
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Cool electric grid mix interactive data visualization from ElectricRate.Com
ElectricRate.Com’s interactive electricity grid mix graphic is a cool way to check the grid mix where you live. You can find it at https://www.electricrate.com/viz/electricity-sources-by-state/. In the...
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Solar-charged electric car dwarfed by SUVs and pick-up trucks parked around it
My BLUE all-electric, solar-charged 2020 Chevy Bolt (roughly in center of photo) is dwarfed by the gas hogs parked around it as viewed from the 8th floor at Children’s Hospital in Aurora, Colo. [Photo...
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Yes, if being green is your thing, it DOES matter when you plug your electric...
A Chevy Volt charges with solar-generated electricity. I have long been very interested in the question of how much it (does not) matter(s) when one plugs one’s electric vehicle in, especially if, like...
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Climate change’s disappearing winters might feel great — but they are dangerous
Winter has been virtually non-existent along Colorado’s Front Range this year. Yes, I know, during the winter it can be rather nice to have milder and milder winters, but the long-term repercussions of...
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Solar power + batteries would reduce Texas-type power grid problems
A screen shot of the current Texas power situation taken at 10 a.m. Mountain Standard Time on Feb. 17, 2021. To the right-wing folks who are INCORRECTLY claiming greening the grid caused the power...
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VERY discouraged — again — on solar + EV advocacy
Colorado only has about 37,000 registered plug-in vehicles — out of 1.7 million total registered vehicles. One of those is my solar-charged 2020 Bolt (upper right). We need A LOT more EVs, ASAP here in...
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