Join us as we speak with Roger Ballentine, President of Green Strategies and former Chairman of the White House Climate Change Task Force and Deputy Assistant to the President for Environmental Initiatives in the Clinton Administration.
Category: Uncategorized
OpEd: Re framing Renewable Energy as National Security
A recent Center for Naval Analysis Military Advisory Board paper clearly states that a modernized, diversified energy portfolio is essential to national security. Yet, Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s policy to “stockpile coal” continues to threaten our nation’s ability to respond to grid attacks.
A new Hill op-ed by Green Strategies’ Roger Ballentine and Miranda A.A. Ballentine lays out why DOE must get on board with what DoD (and many others) already know: renewable energy = national security.
Secretary Perry, it’s time to accept renewable energy is a good defense policy too
By Miranda A.A. and Roger S. Ballentine, Opinion Contributors
Photo: © Victoria Sarno Jordan
When it comes to energy security, Energy Secretary Rick Perry could learn a lot from the Department of Defense. Renewable energy is not a national security problem — it is a key part of the solution.
Sustainability and pallets: Making change for the long haul
Roger Ballentine and Adam Pener
photo: shutterstock/DutchScenery
Maybe it’s time for corporate sustainability to get a bit more boring. Rightfully so, bold commitments by leading companies to 100 percent renewable energy or zero waste garner headlines. But the durability (or perhaps the sustainability) of sustainability comes from business practices that reduce environmental impacts while saving money.
Corporate demand driving new wave of green tariffs
Utility Dive recently quoted Roger on the growing trend of large corporate consumers demanding sustainable electricity choices. Read more on how Puget Sound and Omaha have tackled the latest wave of green tariff negotiations.
