Secretary Salazar's approval of the nation's first offshore wind farm is an important step towards transitioning our nation to cleaner, more secure sources of energy.
Greg Bourne, who is a member of the Climate Council and an energy expert, said businesses who transitioned to renewable energy to cut costs and take control of their power bills were also "playing a crucial role in transitioning the nation away from ageing, polluting and unreliable fossil fuels".
And that's good for prospects of transitioning the nation away from the fossil fuels that cause air pollution and contribute to climate change.
But let's stick to Moore's takeaway, which is that "radical Greens," like Tom Steyer, the Sierra Club and President Barack Obama, want to take us all back to the Stone Age by transitioning the nation to more expensive, therefore less accessible, sources of power than natural gas and coal and oil.
However, without an economic vision and development plan for transitioning participating nations into a post-carbon era, governments are reluctant to commit their countries to these benchmarks in a period where GDP is slowing, productivity is waning and unemployment remains high.
"We're confident President Obama's cabinet will work together," he said, "and meet his goals of combating climate change and building a clean energy future that transitions our nation away from dirty sources of energy".
The typology separates out the oil exporters, the diversified economies, and the transition nations.
"You can see this nation could be transitioning to a floating nation, and the question becomes, does the world recognise them as a nation?" Sealand and the Seasteading Institute share some core aims and values, but they're also substantially different.
New Caledonia, often referred to as the pearl of Oceania, is an island in the Pacific that, despite its manifold scars, seems to be emerging from the shadows of colonisation as a new nation, transitioning towards a status of shared power with its colonising entity: France.
While the two prior lineups had similar instrumentation and temperaments, in transitioning to Lolita Nation, Scott turned that template upside down, enlisting second guitarist Donnette Thayer and bassist Gui Gassuan, who brought a much tougher sound.
Even in nations transitioning from conflict to a new civil state, individuals can steer events by their presence, by giving voice to their conscience, by learning from others, and by staying engaged over time.
