Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 19:37:32 +0000
With Buttigieg surging, and CleanTechnica’s deep dives into the front runners (and Yang’s) plans completed, it’s time for the overview comparison, now with Mayor Pete added
Credit to Author: Winter Wilson| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 00:00:10 +0000
In the second half of this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zach Shahan continues his conversation with Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor, about the role of climate change plans and policies in the 2020 presidential election. You can listen to the full conversation in the embedded player below. Below that embedded SoundCloud player is a brief summarization of the topics covered, but tune into the podcast to follow the full discussion
Credit to Author: Daniel Newhauser| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 01:24:12 +0000
The Democratic field is still too big for any candidate to muster a breakout moment. “I need a list,” said one Iowa voter. “Can’t tell the players without a program.”
Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 00:32:57 +0000
Seven years ago, CleanTechnica published its policy position to not cover thorium nuclear reactors. Today, the United States has a Democratic Presidential candidate in the top 10 who loves thorium, yet CleanTechnica still ignores it. Why is that
Credit to Author: Alex Norcia| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:06:59 +0000
“I’m more political than I’ve ever been in my entire life.”
Read moreCredit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 17:10:50 +0000
US conservative concerns about the Green New Deal are odd. Each ‘bad’ section is tied to the New Deal, climate change, real problems, and sensible plans
Credit to Author: Winter Wilson| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 06:49:57 +0000
Mike has been a global technology strategist and architect for major global technology companies, and is considered an expert on many topics within the clean technology field. He has worked in almost every sector, including health care, automation, freight transportation and finance. Mike attributes this breadth of expertise to being a bit of a nerd, or “just a generally interested guy.” In the one-hour podcast, Zach and Mike covered universal basic income, Andrew Yang, the Green New Deal, Tesla, and more
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 01:00:45 +0000
Warren’s new climate commitments add a trillion dollars, specific targets in some areas, and significant improvements on electrification, industry, and transportation. They improve the plan substantially
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 21:15:10 +0000
Biden’s climate plan is good on transportation and foreign policy, land use is adequate, but won’t get out the Democratic base or draw many Independents. It’s a plan to not lose votes, not a plan to get votes, and it’s not a sufficient plan for climate action
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 03:50:26 +0000
Yang’s single largest dollar expenditure, 62% of his US$4.9 trillion budget, would only impact 2% to 5% of US energy consumption. And his investments on geoengineering, fusion, and thorium nuclear generation are purely wasted expenditures