One clean energy solution you may be underestimating
When I was a kid, my favorite grandfather--a retired businessman and a dreamer--bought us a windmill. We were excited by the idea of wind generating some of our electricity, but that's not what happened. After a series of delays and mishaps, the assembled structure was...
Improbable is not impossible: Choosing optimism about solving climate change
Even at times when I can't see a clear path to solving climate change, I find reasons for optimism. No one knows what will happen in the next few years, but a full scale transformation to contain climate change is not impossible. I take heart...
The single most important action you can take to fight climate change: Just say yes!
What I've learned in my years as a climate solutions advocate is that it's very easy to find flaws with someone else's plan to bring down carbon emissions. What is much harder is to be for it. I used to bristle when anyone would argue that...
Seven things we can do now to fight climate change
One thing that gets me out of bed in the morning is my belief that we know what to do to begin tackling the climate crisis, we just need to get to it! Last month, Brad Plumer and Blacki Migliozzi wrote in the New York...
Why we won’t be focusing on changing your lifestyle
Power Up for Climate Solutions is here to help people take action to tackle climate change. So I’ve spent a lot of time considering this question: What are most of us not yet doing that will make a big difference? It may surprise you to hear...