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Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – July 2026
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade…
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Preserving the Photographic History of Coral Reefs
I saw a story online from BBC about a series of photos of Jamaican coral reefs from the 1960s (https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260506-the-1960s-photos-capturing-jamaicas-lost-paradise) a week or so ago. It reminded me of the work of my friend Dr Tom Goreau of the Global Coral Reef Alliance (https://www.globalcoral.org) so I sent it to him. Turns out, the photos the…
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Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – June 2026
This month there seems to be some concentration on AI and health and how to make climate communication more effective. These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that…
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City Agriculture – May 16, 2026
Automated hydroponic lettuce growing in Chinahttps://x.com/volcaholic1/status/2035321762620035560 Raising shrimp indoorshttps://www.agritecture.com/blog/can-controlled-environments-fix-the-worlds-favorite-seafood Gaviotas, a long-standing sustainable villagehttps://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260331-a-1960s-green-utopia-tried-to-reinvent-the-worldBook: Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World by Alan Weismanhttps://www.chelseagreen.com/product/gaviotas/ The big benefits of pocket gardenshttps://grist.org/cities/pocket-gardens-the-tiny-urban-oases-with-surprisingly-big-benefits/Editorial Comment: Pocket gardens and guerrilla gardens can be powerful. There are many ways to make the cities green and even the smallest efforts help. Feeding…
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Zero Net Energy – May 6, 2026
Massachusetts Building Inventory [MABI] explore the economics and environmental implications of a variety of upgrades from insulation and efficient appliances to heat electrification and rooftop PV for any residential address in the Commonwealthhttps://mabi.mit.edu Ontario net zero energy house using PV, an air-source heat pump, and a latent heat thermal phase-change batteryhttps://eepower.com/tech-insights/net-zero-house-uses-pv-thermal-battery-and-heat-pump-combo/Editorial Comment: Maria Telkes would…
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One Reason Why Clarence Thomas Dislikes Progressivism
I happened to be reading The Progressive Movement: 1900 to 1915 edited by Richard Hofstadter (NY: Simon and Schuster, 1963 ISBN 0-671-62824-0) around April 15, 2026 when Clarence Thomas gave a speech protesting early 20th century progressivism. These quotes from the book strongly indicate one of the reasons why Clarence Thomas would dislike the Progressive…
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Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – May 2026
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts. Would be good to have a place that helped people access them. This is a more global version of the local listings I did for about a decade…
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Notes on Benjamin Franklin’s Writings
A friend recently reminded me of Ben Franklin and his works. Years ago, I read through a big book of his writings and thought I had published the notes, quotes from his work. I found I had not and so remedy that situation now. Mr Franklin rewards rereading. Benjamin Franklin: The WritingsThe Library of America,…
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Growing Food in Hard Times
USAmerica’s WWII Victory Garden program harvested 40% of the vegetables on the Home Front within a couple of growing seasons (1942-1945) 55% of U.S. households (≈71.5 million) garden Up to 74% of U.S. adults have gardened 43% of gardeners garden to produce food, with tomatoes grown in 86% of food gardens 30% of all households…
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China Plans: Energy in the 15th Five Year Plan 2025-2030
I recently read through China’s 15th Five Year Plan 2025-2030 https://npcobserver.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-Government-Work-Report_NON-FINAL_EN.
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Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – April 2026
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts.
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City Agriculture – March 22, 2026
SolaRoof Greenhouse/Shelter in Action https://pyrapod.com/ Vietnamese self-irrigating vertical farming towers https://www.linkedin.com/posts/
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Child Sexual Abuse Is So Much More Than Epstein and/or Trmp
I was watching an old cowboy movie on TV yesterday. It starred Jock Mahoney, a former stuntman who became an actor. I looked him up and found that he was Sally…
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Windspeed
Windspeed – how fast the air around us can move https://solarray.blogspot.com/2026/03/windspeed.html Tornados are rated up to and beyond 200 mph/322…
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Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – March 2026
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts.
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Resources for the Integrity of the 2026 Election
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/opinion/trump-midterms-election-security.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JVA.flMt.B5b-6g_22gwp&smid=url-share This NYTimes…
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Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – February 2026
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts.
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City Agriculture – January 20, 2026
Cows may safely graze under solar? https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02112025/cattle-solar-grazing/ or https://archive.ph/6GBJ7 American Solar Grazing…
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The Little Old Man & the Godzilla of Righteous Energy
I’m thinking about two Terry Dobson aikido stories: the subway story (https://www.dailygood.org/story/133/an-old-japanese-love-warrior-terry-dobson/
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Backcasting Climate Success with a Large Language Model
[For years I’ve wondered if there was anyone backcasting climate success based upon the Carbon Clock (https://www.pik-potsdam.de/Carbonclock/Carbonclock.htm)…
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Jack Smith in His Own Words
I read through the whole deposition and collected the main points I discovered. The Republicans tried hard to paint Smith as prejudiced against Trmp and…
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Energy (and Other) Events Monthly – January 2026
These kinds of events below are happening all over the world every day and most of them, now, are webcast and archived, sometimes even with accurate transcripts.
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Thomas Paine & Trmp
Explore how the new child savings program recalls Thomas Paine’s ideas and see why this policy is drawing historic comparisons.
