Countries that innovate first get the new jobs, developing an economic edge over the C-free laggards that end up having to later import the technology.

Countries that innovate first get the new jobs, developing an economic edge over the C-free laggards that end up having to later import the technology.

If we don't start thinking big about the CO2 problem, we may miss our opportunity to stop a climate runaway that will trash the habitable parts of the earth.

Carbon-free energy is simply something we have to do. The time for talk is past. If we turn around net carbon emissions by 2020 rather than 2040, we get another 2° of fever rather than 3° - and that's a big difference.

Carrying on as usual carries enormous risks, condemning today's students to a world of constant insecurity and frequent catastrophes.

The real focus needs to be on political action to stop this runaway train, real soon.

Trusting your energy policy to the fossil fuel lobby is like trusting your health care system to the tobacco lobby.