Steve Kirsch is a philanthropist and entrepreneur based in San Jose, CA. He has founded five high technology companies. He is currently CEO of Abaca, an anti-spam company. While not battling spam and Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia (a fatal incurable blood cancer he was diagnosed with in 2007), he spends his spare time educating key decision makers on what they can do to avert a climate crisis so that his 3 daughters can grow up on a planet that hasn't been trashed by his generation.

Blog Entries by Steve Kirsch

New Poll Shows Americans Prefer Fee-and-Dividend

5 Comments | Posted December 3, 2009 | 01:26 PM (EST)


Climate change is the most important issue of our time and what the US does to control carbon emissions may well be the most important decision we will ever make.

The bad news is we are on the verge of blowing it... big time.

Jim Hansen says in his new...

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Cash for Coal Anyone?

27 Comments | Posted August 26, 2009 | 06:26 PM (EST)


Since the "Cash for Clunkers" program was so successful in stimulating demand for new autos, why not use the same concept to stimulate the demand for new clean power plants to replace our dirty coal plants?

How about a "Cash for Coal" program? The government will pay you for the...

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IPCC Chair Says 350ppm Is the Number

17 Comments | Posted August 26, 2009 | 11:58 AM (EST)


Yesterday, on August 25, 2009, the UN's top climate scientist has, for the first time, backed ambitious goals for slashing greenhouse gas emissions that many climate negotiators say are beyond reach.

Rajendra Pachauri, head of the IPCC, said clearly and unequivocally that 350 is the number. This is the...

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Add a Gigawatt a Day to Keep the Climate Crisis at Bay

268 Comments | Posted August 18, 2009 | 03:46 PM (EST)


You'd think that after all the press coverage that global warming has received that the public would be pretty well educated on exactly how fast we need to install clean power to avert an irreversible climate disaster. But the public has no clue.

As far as I know, only...

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How Does Obama Expect to Solve the Climate Crisis Without a Plan?

356 Comments | Posted July 16, 2009 | 11:48 PM (EST)


The climate crisis is the most important issue of all time. But the White House has no plan to solve it. How do we save the planet without a viable plan?

The ship is sinking slowly and we are quickly running out of time to develop and implement any such...

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Climate Bill Ignores Our Biggest Clean Energy Source

379 Comments | Posted June 27, 2009 | 07:28 PM (EST)


Do you think our country's energy policy is in good hands now that the American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) climate bill has passed the House? I'm very worried and I think you should be too. Experts fret about balancing energy, environment, and the economy. But there is a way...

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Waxman-Markey: Three Tough, Unanswered Questions

38 Comments | Posted June 15, 2009 | 05:22 PM (EST)


On June 10, 1Sky sponsored a conference call with Waxman, Markey, and their staff to talk about the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) a.k.a. the Waxman-Markey bill. I had three really tough questions that weren't addressed in the call, so I e-mailed the House staffers who spoke on...

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The Leadership Test

Posted June 6, 2007 | 09:41 PM (EST)


In early May 2007, I was an undecided voter. The one thing I was sure about is that, because global warming requires us to act immediately and the war in Iraq continues to disintegrate, this election is critical to the future of our country, more so than any other election...

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