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No GDP of a nation without environmental representation

My Political Science professor answered the question of “Why do we need politics, politicians, and government?” with two answers. One of these answers was to distribute scarce resources, such as water...

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Division outside of math class

I was initially elated by Obama’s time spent on addressing climate change in his inaugural address last week. Two quotes that stood out are his stance that America must lead the shift toward...

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The Keystone XL Pipeline and Power of the People

I’ve addressed how GDP does not include environmental externalities, and how partisanship seen in the government today will potentially halt climate change movements. While both of these blogs were...

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Offshore wind power to the rescue…sort of

In the last two weeks, Maryland succeeded in passing the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013. The act will provide for a large subsidy that will help the first offshore wind project to stand up...

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