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Archives: Green Energy
![100% Green Energy is Possible & a Chinese Province Just Proved It](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/100-green-energy-is-possible-a-c-187x137.jpg)
![Trump’s Folly: Oil is a Worthless Commodity and Saudi’s Crown Prince Knows It](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trumps-folly-oil-is-a-worthless-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Folly: Oil is a Worthless Commodity and Saudi’s Crown Prince Knows It
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Crude oil prices are cratering, down 20% this year, in the biggest 6-month free fall in years. As Annie Pei of CNBC notes,…![Green France: Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/green-france-macron-bans-frackin-187x137.jpg)
Green France: Macron bans Fracking and welcomes US renewables Scientists fleeing Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The French government wants to steal increasingly unemployed US green energy scientists, who are being systematically defunded by the Trump administration. After Trump…![In March for 1st Time, 10% of US Electricity came from Wind and Solar](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/in-march-for-1st-time-10-of-us-e-187x137.jpg)
In March for 1st Time, 10% of US Electricity came from Wind and Solar
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I've been a booster of renewable energy for years and years. I can remember when readers would taunt me that only one percent…![Why Saudi Extremism, Instability is an Argument for EVs, Wind and Solar Energy](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/why-saudi-extremism-instability-187x137.jpg)
Why Saudi Extremism, Instability is an Argument for EVs, Wind and Solar Energy
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi Arabia has gotten too big for its britches, and the oil-producing Middle East is turning even more unstable. Not to mention that…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/file-20170612-10193-dgxxt2-187x137.jpg)
Science: Back Electric Cars if your City wants to defy Trump & Go Green
By Daniel Cohan | (The Conversation) | - - President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement reaffirmed what was already clear: The federal government is no longer leading American…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/klarepbk2012-180x137.jpeg)
Trump’s new Clash of Civilizations: Carbonites v. Greens
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - That Donald Trump is a grand disruptor when it comes to international affairs is now a commonplace observation in the establishment…![Sorry, Trump, Electric Car sales doubled last Year, dooming dirty Fossil fuels](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/sorry-trump-electric-car-sales-d-187x137.jpg)
Sorry, Trump, Electric Car sales doubled last Year, dooming dirty Fossil fuels
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road doubled worldwide to 2 million in the past year with 40% of EVs being…![Is China Now the Adult in the Room? Xi and Macron Consult](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/is-china-now-the-adult-in-the-ro-187x137.jpg)
Is China Now the Adult in the Room? Xi and Macron Consult
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald Trump preferred the Neofascist Marine Le Pen as president of France, who wanted to pull out of NATO and the European Union.…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/file-20170508-20732-1o7df4n-187x137.png)
China’s covering a Football field with Solar Panels Every Hour in Quest to End Coal
By Janet Xuanli Liao | (The Conversation) | - - China’s remarkable growth over the past three decades has elevated it to global superpower status. But its economic miracle has also attracted…![India’s Electric-Car Plans could Leave Trump & US in Dust](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/indias-electric-car-plans-could-187x137.jpg)
India’s Electric-Car Plans could Leave Trump & US in Dust
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - India's announcement that it wants to have its automobile fleet go completely electric by 2030 is a bigger deal than it seems on…![Top 3 Ways the People can build a Trump-Free, Carbon-Free Future](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/top-3-ways-the-people-can-build-187x137.jpg)
Top 3 Ways the People can build a Trump-Free, Carbon-Free Future
By Jeremy Brecher | ( Waging Nonviolence ) | - - As the thousands of foot-weary protesters look back on the Peoples Climate March in Washington, D.C. — and its scores of…![As Millions March for Climate, Stab in Back by EPA & NYT](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/as-millions-march-for-climate-st-187x137.jpg)
As Millions March for Climate, Stab in Back by EPA & NYT
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - An estimated 200,000 climate protesters rallied in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, braving record temperatures in the 90s, well above the average temperature for…![Trump has it Backward: It is Dirty Coal that’s Killing Green Jobs](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/trump-has-it-backward-it-is-dirt-187x137.jpg)
Trump has it Backwards: It is Dirty Coal that’s Killing Green Jobs
By Basav Sen | (Otherwords.org) | - - Wind and solar could create many, many more jobs than coal — especially if the government stops propping it up. When Donald Trump announced…![Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change? (If only poisonous CO2 were black)](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/why-humans-are-so-bad-at-thinkin-187x137.jpg)
Why humans are so bad at thinking about climate change (If only poisonous CO2 were black)
Vox/ UCLA | (Video News Clip) | - - "The biggest problem for the climate change fight isn’t technology – it’s human psychology. This is the first episode of Climate Lab, a…![40% of California Grid Power from Solar, Sometimes Costs less than Nothing](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/40-of-california-grid-power-from-187x137.jpg)
40% of California Grid Power from Solar, Sometimes Costs less than Nothing
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - For the first time, on the day of March 23, 40% of Californian grid power between 11 am and 2 pm was generated…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/image-20170329-8593-13p35fo-187x137.jpg)
1 in 50 new Jobs in US is in Solar Energy, despite Trump
Bill Ritter, Jr. | (The Conversation) | On Tuesday, March 28, President Trump traveled to the Environmental Protection Agency to sign an executive order rolling back a number of climate-related regulations that…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/image-20170407-29410-tkaqzp-187x137.jpg)
Sorry, Trump: China is Leading World toward first “Ecological Civilization”
David Tyfield | (The Conversation) | - - The Trump administration’s hostility towards climate action and research leaves a void in global climate politics. Could China step up? The world’s largest absolute…![“No new Coal Plants!” – European Energy Companies](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/no-new-coal-plants-european-ener-187x137.jpg)
“No new Coal Plants!” – European Energy Companies
Newsy |. (Video News Clip) | / The Tree | - - "Energy companies representing almost the entire European Union have promised not to build new coal power plants after 2020." Newsy:…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701014307im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/Mines-2-big-750x422-1-187x137.jpg)