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policy
- PostI hate the word sustainability
I hate the word sustainability. Before everyone starts picking up rocks to throw . . . please consider the physics. The Second Law of Thermodynamics forbids stasis. Earth produces 23 times more entropy than it receives from the Sun.
- EssayEnvironmental Superintelligence: Independent First-Principles Impact Assessment
Independent first-principles comparison of environmental investment scenarios, framing ESI as the 'sharpened axe' before the chopping work begins.
- PostIn 1944, Schr’dinger asked "What is Life
In 1944, Schr’dinger asked "What is Life?" His answer launched molecular biology. 80 years later, we can finally write the sequel: "What is Life... and How to Protect It." The answer hiding in plain sight: Knowing is 10?? times cheaper than moving.
- PostWE ARE FIGHTING ENTROPY WITH THE WRONG TOOLS (10^20 TIMES
WE ARE FIGHTING ENTROPY WITH THE WRONG TOOLS (10^20 TIMES WRONG). This paper makes a claim that will strike many as radical: THE MARGINAL COST OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IS CONVERGING TOWARD ZERO. This is not policy advocacy.
- PostThe Most Complicated Law in Human History
The U.S. Clean Air Act has been found to be the most complicated law in human history.
- PostTCEQ Commissioner Job is Opening
## Jed Anderson says . . . “I’m running”
- Post“I solved it.”
I solved one of our nation’s biggest challenges.
- PostThe Goal of the Current Clean Air Act is Mediocrity. The Goal of My New Act . . . Perfection.
The goal of the current Clean Air Act of 1970-1990 is mediocrity. The purpose is to find a “safe” level of pollution using an increasing amount of regulations. Mediocrity. Like a student setting a goal of getting a “C”.
- Post“Artificial Intelligence” and the Clean Air Act
| | | | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | **The simplified Clean Air Act of 2018 will unleash the power of advancements in new sensoring technology, big data, and artificial intelligence**–creating astounding new economic and environmental opportunities in the United States.
- PostTechnology is Undermining the Clean Air Act
## ***Advancements in air quality monitoring are undermining the foundations of the U.S. air quality management system***
- PostTCEQ to Decide Fate of Effort to Simplify the Texas Regulatory System
 ## **Will TCEQ choose to incorporate regulatory self-discipline into their lives on Wednesday . . .
- PostTCEQ Out of Touch with Simplicity
TCEQ believes their rules are written with the goal of simplicity in mind.
- PostComment Filed on Trump Executive Order to Reduce Regulations that Includes Plan for Simplifying the Air Quality Management System
A public comment was filed on Executive Order E.O. 13771 that includes a plan for simplifying the air quality management system at its foundation: (see below or <https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OA-2017-0190-0226>).
- Post2017 Clean Air Act Reauthorization
Here are slides from the draft legislation to reauthorize the U.S. Clean Air Act.
- PostPresident Obama Calls on Congress to Reform the Clean Air Act in NPR Exit Interview
[](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEjeKrZxDFQ&t=36m8s)
- PostLegislation Calls for Foreign Pollution Study
[](/images/sip/olson-bill.png)Fantastic! What bold Congressional leadership! Hopefully this helps lead to comprehensive improvements to the Clean Air Act. Thank you Congressmen Olson, Latta, Cuellar, and Kirkpatrick!
- PostParis Accord Signed
[](/images/sip/whitfield-and-clean-air-act-reform.jpg)President wants climate change legacy protected. Congressional Republicans want a better working environmental protection system.
- Post2016 Draft – “Clean Air and Climate Change Act”
**Add your revisions to the latest draft of the “Clean Air and Climate Change Act”** (see <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wEFHhoJMpeY_-SqRmK8P7ZYLtxu0gX-QE9tYCUYfoAw/edit?usp=sharing>)
- Post“Reevaluating the CAA would prove Disastrous”
[](/images/sip/clean-air-act-and-courage.jpg)Many Republican and Democrat leaders think that reevaluating the Clean Air Act would prove “disastrous” (see quotes in last Friday’s Politico)
- PostSimplicity and the Clean Air Act
[](/images/sip/clean-air-act-and-simplicity.png)The reason things are still complicated is that we do not fully understand them. Once we fully understand them . . . they will become simple.
- PostAir Pollution: Eastern States Point Fingers at Midwestern States
[](/images/sip/governors-and-clean-air-act.png)Everyone get a chance to read the Northeast’s petition to include the Midwest in the OTC (see link)? A few questions:
- PostBruce Lee and the Clean Air Act
[](/images/sip/bruce-lee-and-the-clean-air-act.png)I wonder what Bruce Lee would think about the Clean Air Act?
- PostEinstein and the Clean Air Act
[](/images/sip/einstein-and-the-clean-air-act.png)I wonder what Einstein would think about the Clean Air Act?
- PostIsaac Newton and the Clean Air Act
[](/images/sip/isaac-newton-and-the-clean-air-act.png)I wonder what Isaac Newton would think about the Clean Air Act?
- PostSteve Jobs and the Clean Air Act
[](/images/sip/steve-jobs-and-the-clean-air-act.png)I wonder what Steve Jobs would think about the Clean Air Act?
- PostThoreau and the Clean Air Act
[](/images/sip/thoreau-and-the-clean-air-act2.png)I wonder what Thoreau would think about the Clean Air Act?
- PostWinston Churchill and the Clean Air Act
[](/images/sip/churchill-and-the-clean-air-act.jpg)I wonder what Churchill would think about the Clean Air Act?
- PostCongress Hears from States and Local Governments in Clean Air Act Forums—Fix the SIP Process!!!
Today at 10:00 am is the 3rd forum in the House Energy & Commerce Committee on the Clean Air Act (see link).
- PostWant Cleaner Air? Simplify the Clean Air Act
Is your life too busy? Are you having problems getting everything done? As counterintuitive as this might seem, one of the easiest ways to get more done is to try to do less. Reduce the clutter. Simplify.
- PostReforming the Clean Air Act: A New Approach to Addressing Stationary Sources
[](/images/sip/future2.png)How about working to build something new together? Here is an idea. If we succeeded in this endeavor we could greatly reduce costs to industry and the public–and improve environmental quality.