04 2026 August
Speaking Truth to the Mob
While preparing to facilitate a role-playing session at the National Conservative Energy Summit this week, I’ve been thinking about how conservative clean energy advocates often...
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03 2026 July
Gut Punch Anniversary, Wildfire Fears, and the Limits of Factual Accuracy
With the one-year anniversary of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act approaching on July 4, here’s a quick reflection on the gut punch it delivered...
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01 2026 June
Should Sam Altman Represent You at a Permitting Meeting?
This month I went to Climate Week Boston, where a dominant topic was permitting reform – which is shaping up to be a key priority...
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21 2026 April
Beer Can Influencers & the Failure of Corporate Pandering
Three years ago this month, Bud Light — America’s best-selling beer for over two decades — sent Dylan Mulvaney (an actress, influencer, and trans woman)...
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17 2026 March
In Defense of (Some) Lawyers
Last month, a federal court ruled in favor of the legal challenge to the White House’s freeze of the NEVI (National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure) program...
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29 2026 January
Must “He” Actually Be Named?
In the Harry Potter series, most wizards refuse to say Voldemort’s name (referring to him instead as He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named or You-Know-Who) out of fear that doing...
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23 2025 December
How’s that Cowardice Working Out for You?
One of the things that’s always driven my work is the belief that choosing silence as a response to fear never works out well. We’re...
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04 2025 December
TEDx Insights, Corporate Silence on Climate, and My Next Professional Chapter
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance it’s because you know me from my documentary film work with the American Resilience Project, the organization...
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