by Susan Wayo | Nov 3, 2021 | Building Electrification, Climate Change, Climate Disaster, Decarbonization Strategies, Grid structure
Photo by NASA on Unsplash The following by environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben appeared in an article titled “The End of Nature: The rise of greenhouse gases and our warming earth.” published in September 3, 1989 in The New Yorker: “Forever we have read...
by Susan Wayo | Sep 7, 2021 | Building Electrification, Climate Change, Climate Disaster, Decarbonization Strategies, Grid structure
We’ve all seen the dramatic pictures of downed energy infrastructure as pictured in this article, “Entergy Says 2,000 Miles of High-Voltage Lines Knocked Out by Hurricane Ida” from the Wall Street Journal Replacing or repairing 2000 miles of downed grid infrastructure...
by Susan Wayo | May 21, 2021 | Climate Change, Climate Disaster, Pollution Impacts
Photo by Nicholas Doherty on Unsplash The Covid-19 pandemic has had damaging effects on many industries. Many individuals have faced economic stress due to job loss and other factors causing them to limit discretionary spending and change their spending habits to...
by Susan Wayo | Mar 30, 2021 | Climate Change, Climate Disaster, Pollution Impacts
Photo by Patrick Campanale – from Unsplash Looking back at the 2020 fire history: The Guardian recently released an article outlining some of the severe consequences of wildfire smoke in California. In 2020 California experienced the “state’s worst wildfire...
by Susan Wayo | Mar 23, 2021 | Climate Change, Climate Disaster, Dust Bowl, Supporting CCE
Image: From U.S. National Archives Are we on the cusp of moving from “I” to “we” – finally? This is the beginning—from “I” to “we”. If you who own the things people must have could understand this, you might preserve yourself. If you could...