Archive for the ‘Health Insurance Reform’ Category

Thoughts on Thomas Friedman’s Sept 15th Op-Ed on Solar Investment

Friday, September 18th, 2009

In a September 15th NY Time op-ed piece, Thomas Friedman makes that case that innovative solar technology is invented in the US, but only finds manufacturing customers overseas, primarily in China and Germany.  Applied Materials, he writes, is a US company that makes the machinery that produces microchips and another silicon ...

What Could Renewable Energy Learn from the Health Care Controversy?

Monday, August 17th, 2009

When the shouting stops and Congress passes some form of Health Insurance Reform, the nation will not rest.  Environmental concerns loom: Carbon Emissions and Energy Policy are next on the President's ambitious agenda.  The fossil fuel industry, from extraction to energy production, have marshaled their forces and sent several thousand lobbyists ...