Tisha Schuller is an energy and environmental consultant; she used to be the president of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. This week she joins us to talk about what it’s like to straddle that divide. In her career, Tisha has learned to move past the tribalism that often dominates environmental politics, and she shares …
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This post originally featured in The Breakthrough Institute’s Winter 2018 Journal. In hindsight, I don’t blame them for being hostile. I was insufferable. I would come from Boulder, Colorado, with my long, straight hair and peasant skirts to a remote field location in, say, rural Georgia. My job: introduce oil and gas workers to the …
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by Jane Ingalls & Tisha Schuller When we conduct workshops for energy companies, the atmosphere in the room is usually positive and productive. On this particular day last fall, we could sense the tension rising when the conversation turned to a sensitive topic. Last summer, the District of Columbia Retirement Board announced that it would …
Executive Guide: Don’t Dismiss The Fossil Fuel Divest Movement Read More »
This post originally appeared in Scientific American. Life without access to energy is simply miserable. The most mundane task, such as heating water to cook rice, can require an entire day’s labor to gather both water and firewood. That labor can be physically exhausting, in some cases immediately dangerous, and often with unfortunate health outcomes. …
There is no doubt that the results of this week’s presidential election will have ripple effects throughout the energy business. The casual observer may conclude that President-elect Trump will be great for energy companies and their projects! The more nuanced, thoughtful veteran – especially those charged with executing an energy project – will ponder what …
It’s taken a long time for me to admit that a key error underlying most conflicts over energy and the environment is the presumption that each of us behaves rationally. I assess my position with facts and figures, drawing the best conclusion. And I assume that others are doing the same. So the energy wars …
This post originally appeared at Scientific American. I spend my time uncomfortably among groups of people that are either palpably disgusted by the climate change debate or completely enthralled by the movement underway. I fall into neither camp, but love people in both. Which has made me a student of the debate and a seeker of …
