Articles by: Roy Morrison

 Merrimack Station: A Fifty Year NH Disaster Continues

 Merrimack Station: A Fifty Year NH Disaster Continues

Merrimack Station, the coal fired power plant on the banks of the Merrimack River in Bow New Hampshire, has recently passed its fiftieth anniversary. It’s New England’s last remaining coal plant. It’s also NH’s  largest point source of carbon pollution. The plant owners, Granite Shore Power,  proclaim that they  scrupulously comply with EPA and state regulations. The plant uses the Merrimack River water[Read More…]

by 07/02/2023 Comments are Disabled Climate Change
US and China cooperation In building and linking super-grids

US and China cooperation In building and linking super-grids

Asian and North American super-grid interconnection can represent the capstone of global renewable energy development There is a path for renewable energy cooperation through the development and then interconnection of a North American and an Asian renewable super-grid. That’s in the mutual long-term interest of the United States and China. Solar energy alone can “lead to full power availability all[Read More…]

by 03/02/2023 Comments are Disabled World
The Power of Non-Violence in 1965 and 2020

The Power of Non-Violence in 1965 and 2020

Watching a horse drawn wagon carrying the body of John Lewis cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Alabama one final time is a stunning testament to the power of non-violence in 1965 and 2020. The body of Congressman John Lewis will lie in state in Montgomery and the U.S.capital as an honored American hero, a brave man, a moral[Read More…]

by 27/07/2020 Comments are Disabled Life/Philosophy
A Plan for Social and Ecological Justice

A Plan for Social and Ecological Justice

The death of John Lewis is a reminder that power concedes nothing without a struggle and that social and ecological justice is a consequence of generational efforts. Building a fair, just, and prosperous ecological future, rooted in social and ecological justice means fundamental change of how we treat one another, how we govern, how we work, how we protect and[Read More…]

by 20/07/2020 Comments are Disabled Environmental Protection
After George Floyd’s Murder: Social and Ecological Justice Converge

After George Floyd’s Murder: Social and Ecological Justice Converge

The visceral reaction to the murder of George Floyd unleashed deep personal reflection about racism, social justice, and fairness, and launched a powerful, broad based social movement. The pursuit of justice, fairness, and the shape of our common futures encompasses but also transcends the questions of racism and raises questions about the nature of our civilization. In this way, the[Read More…]

by 06/07/2020 Comments are Disabled Counter Solutions
Sadness and Fury: Trump’s Betrayal of our Soldiers

Sadness and Fury: Trump’s Betrayal of our Soldiers

There’s a particular kind of sadness and fury in my gut as a member of a military family after hearing the news that Commander in Chief, Donald Trump either did not know or did not respond to intelligence that Putin’s Russia paid bounties to the Taliban for killing American soldiers in Afghanistan. Here’s what it means if you have a[Read More…]

by 29/06/2020 Comments are Disabled World
SMART? – Solar In Massachusetts

SMART? – Solar In Massachusetts

Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (“DOER”) will finalize by July 15 regulations doubling the size of MA SMART solar photovoltaic program from 1,600 to 3,200 megawatts (MW). On the surface this is a reasonable, if limited, step forward. But like most things, the devil and long-term consequences are in the details. Unless changed by DOER, or the legislature, the latest[Read More…]

by 22/06/2020 Comments are Disabled Alternative Energy
Cops: Protectors or Predators?

Cops: Protectors or Predators?

The killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta in a Wendy’s parking lot by Officer Garrett Rolfe is a reflection not only of racism, but also the transformation of police from protector to predator, and the criminalization of social problems like DWI. Officer Garrett Rolfe was a reputed “expert” in detecting drunk driving. “Failing” sobriety test automatically leads to arrest, slapping[Read More…]

by 18/06/2020 Comments are Disabled World
Reality in the Time of Covid-19

Reality in the Time of Covid-19

  First the good. There’s an outpouring of spontaneous actions, large and small, to feed the hungry, help the desperate, aid seniors, the economically afflicted. There is public art and and an endless steam of performances, gatherings and flash mobs on line. Mask Oakland distributes N95 Masks to the homeless. In Aurora Colorado, librarians assemble kits of essentials for seniors[Read More…]

by 18/05/2020 Comments are Disabled World
"Politicians have responded with indifference to our crippling summer of record heat, bushfires, and floods. It's no wonder so many came out in support today," Nosrat Fareha a 16-year-old climate activist from Western Sydney, said as more than 150,000 students and adult supporters poured into the streets across Australia on Friday. (Photo: School Strike/Flickr/cc)

Global Climate Movement: Darkest Before the Dawn

“Locally, city-wide, state-wide, nationally, internationally we must join the fight as if our lives depends upon it, because they do. Now’s the time to join the movement for stopping global climate change and for climate justice.” Wildfires burning  in the Amazon and Siberia, unrelenting heat waves, 100-year floods happening yearly are signs of our times—the worst of times. A global[Read More…]

by 26/08/2019 Comments are Disabled Climate Change
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