Yesterday brought us an executive order rolling back much of the (meager) progress we’ve made reducing the US’ reliance on carbon energy and the resulting impact on climate change.
The New York Times has a good editorial piece today on this and other moves this administration has made in its short tenure to protect the carbon energy industry.
I am of two minds on this. On one hand, I am pissed off, annoyed, irritated, upset, and dismayed that we have such a luddite in the White House that he can’t see what carbon energy has done, is doing, and will do to our planet. But on the other hand, I am well aware of the progress that wind and solar and other clean energy technologies have made in the last couple decades and I believe that market forces are on the side of our planet and against the carbon fuel industry and that these market forces are getting stronger every day.
Among other things, we will be doing our monthly match this weekend for a climate change focused non-profit and I hope you all will join us to raise money for climate change and stand up against these outrageous acts.
We are considering the following organizations:
Natural Resource Defense Counsel
Earth Justice
Sierra Club
Nature Conservancy
Environmental Defense Fund
We may add others to this list. If you have any thoughts on these organizations or want to propose others, please do that in the comments.
