Passing on this news sent out from Andy McDonald of the Kentucky Solar Energy Society and Kentucky Solar Partnership. This information is slightly dated since I’ve been unable to post much lately but was new to me as of the 9th of October. But better late than never, no? Hurrah to the governor’s commission!
The Governor’s Commission on Global Warming on Thursday voted 11-10 that there be a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants in the state until carbon sequestration technology, which captures and stores carbon dioxide emissions rather than releasing …

Last night I read a column at StarTribune.com that got me thinking again about our idea of what sustainability is and how we share that idea with others.

The disappointment in this column is author Katherine Kersten’s failure to make clear that sustainability will never lead to tyranny. Unfortunately, a great opportunity was lost to really clarify some definitions. Specifically, her sloppy follow-up on her question of the actual meaning of “sustainability” created all the room in the world for misinformation and holes in reasoning.
Institutions can usher in …