The Hybrid Highway

Date: 1 Jan 2004 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Hybrid Highway The hydrogen-fueled transit vision being peddled in Washington and Sacramento obscures a more achievable alternative. by David Morris Originally published in Mother Jones, January/February 2004 For the first time in history, California and Washington may be on the same page when it comes to transportation. That is wonderful or worrisome depending on one’s … Read More

Solar Comes to (Part Of) The Earth

Date: 18 Dec 2003 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Solar Comes to (Part Of) The Earth by David Morris Originally published in Alternet, December 18, 2003 Solar energy is wildly popular. For good reason. Free and universally available sunshine can dramatically reduce our dependence on global energy conglomerates and imported oil. The key fact is this. In most parts of the world sufficient sunlight strikes … Read More

A Tale of Two Countries

Date: 8 Dec 2003 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

A Tale of Two Countries by David Morris Originally published in Alternet, December 8, 2003 The most telling similarity between Japan and the United States is not our shared addiction to baseball, but our shared dependency on imported oil for our survival. Roused to action by the first Gulf War and memories of the destructive impacts … Read More

Energy Doldrums

Date: 9 Nov 2003 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Energy Doldrums by David Morris Originally published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 9, 2003 We’re coming up on the 10th anniversary of a Minnesota legislative session described by two veteran political reporters in this newspaper at the time as “one of the most divisive and emotionally draining in memory.” The key issue was the expansion … Read More

The Totalitarian Pope

Date: 20 Oct 2003 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Totalitarian Pope by David Morris Originally published on Alternet, October 20, 2003 Last week John Paul II celebrated the 25th anniversary of his pontificate to thunderous applause by many conservatives. The Weekly Standard’s David Brooks argues in his new column in the New York Times that the Pope deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. The San … Read More

Corporations Don’t Have the Same Rights as People

Date: 21 Sep 2003 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Corporations Don’t Have the Same Rights as People by David Morris Originally published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, September 21, 2003 In a remarkable editorial aptly titled “Even Fibs,” the Star Tribune declares, “In the realm of law, companies aren’t much more than passels of people.” It goes on to explain why a giant corporation should … Read More

A Tale of Two Septembers

Date: 5 Sep 2003 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

A Tale of Two Septembers by David Morris Originally published on Alternet, September 5, 2003 September 11th, 2003 marks the second anniversary of the aerial attack by terrorists that killed 2,700 people and profoundly changed American society. September 11th also marks the anniversary, in this case the thirtieth, of the aerial attack by terrorists that led … Read More

Blackout Proves Nation’s Infrastructure is Still Vulnerable Since 9/11

Date: 2 Sep 2003 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

Blackout Proves Nation’s Infrastructure is Still Vulnerable Since 9/11 by David Morris Originally published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, September 2, 2003 Last summer a Minnesota reporter asked me to attend a visit to the Twin Cities by Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Christie Whitman to deliver two $115,000 checks to the Minneapolis and St. Paul … Read More

The Ethanol Glass Is Still Only Half Full

Date: 1 Sep 2003 | posted in: From the Desk of David Morris, The Public Good | 0 Facebooktwitterredditmail

The Ethanol Glass Is Still Only Half Full by David Morris originally published in Ethanol Today, September 2003 The ethanol industry is alive and well. By the middle of next year demand could exceed 3 billion gallons. As New York, Connecticut and other states phase out MTBE demand could surpass 4 billion gallons by 2007. These … Read More

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