[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] ALSO PUBLISHED BY: Huffington Post 27 March 2013 Would the Keystone XL pipeline make America more secure or less? What contribution would it make, if any, to stabilizing our energy supplies or keeping us out of messes elsewhere in the world? Would it have an adverse impact on global climate disruption, or no impact at all? Informed people want to know. Unfortunately, some of the pipeline’s supporters are fogging up the issue with deceptive numbers...
Why We Must Put Nature Back to Work
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] On March 19, The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released its new report card on the condition of America’s infrastructure. Overall, our infrastructure in 16 categories ranging from bridges to water systems earned only a D+. ASCE estimates the United States needs to invest $3.6 trillion by 2020 to bring America’s infrastructure up to good repair. Among these systems are several that are critical to reducing the loss of life and property from the growing impacts of...
13 Mar 2013 | Berkeley, CA | UCB Lab for Manufacturing & Sustainability
“Engineering for Sustainability” by L. Hunter Lovins (Download PDF Slideshow Here) Please contact info@natcapsolutions.org for the powerpoint slides. This is Hunter’s guest lecture for Dr. Dave Dornfield’s Lab for Manufacturing & Sustainability.
12 Mar 2013 | Berkeley, CA | UCB Product Design Class
“Natural Capitalism – Climate Capitalism” by L. Hunter Lovins (Download PDF Slideshow Here) Please contact info@natcapsolutions.org for the powerpoint slides. This is Hunter’s guest lecture for Dr. Alice Agogino’s Product design classes during her Regent’s Lectureship.
8 Mar 2013 | Berkeley, CA | UCB i4Energy
University of California at Berkeley – i4energy lunch series “Sustainable Economic Development” by L. Hunter Lovins Hunter was a Regents Lecturer 4-15 March 2013 and this was her second public talk. (Download PDF Slideshow Here) Please contact info@natcapsolutions.org for the powerpoint slides. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUvsndbPFHI&w=560&h=315/][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
Obama’s Choice: Ethical Energy or “the Devil’s Excrement”
[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] ALSO POSTED BY: Think Progress & Huffington Post 6 March 2013 & 7 March 2013 As debate heats up again over the Keystone XL pipeline, each side will drop cluster bombs of data on why President Obama should or should not allow the project to proceed. The conventional arguments can be summarized in two words: jobs and carbon. There are much bigger issues to consider, however. They include Obama’s credibility in the fight against climate disruption, the United...
6 March 2013 | Berkeley, CA | UC Berkeley Regents Lecture
University of California at Berkeley Regents Lecture “Happiness, Economics, and Sustainability” by L. Hunter Lovins (Download PDF Slideshow Here) Please contact info@natcapsolutions.org for the powerpoint slides.
Fostering Competition Through Municipalization
Boulder Daily Camera 3 March 2013 Boulder can create a cleaner, more affordable, and more reliable power system. The analysis of Boulder’s energy options, released last Thursday, found that the formation of a city owned and operated utility would slash greenhouse gas emissions while matching Xcel’s energy rates. Importantly, by giving Boulder control over its electrical system, municipalization allows the city to drive a decentralized, clean energy transformation. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] With a municipal utility, Boulder could easily implement...
28 Feb 2013 | Ogden, UT | 4th Annual Intermountain Sustainability Summit
4th Annual Intermountain Sustainability Summit Weber State University in Ogden, UT “The Business Case for Sustainability” by L. Hunter Lovins
The First Climate Test For Obama 2.0
ALSO POSTED BY: Huffington Post 21 February 2013 It has not taken long for Barack Obama to face the first big test of his resolve on combatting global climate disruption. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”] That test is the Keystone Pipeline, which would carry one of the dirtiest of all fossil fuels from the tar sands of Canada to refineries on the Gulf of Mexico. Obama ultimately is “the decider” on whether or not to let the pipeline proceed. A great...