Jack Dini
John William Dini, know to all as ‘Jack’, passed away at the age of 89 on June 17, 2026. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio on Nov. 14, 1936.
He published two books, a technical book on materials science and coatings and another on environmental issues. In retirement, he wrote extensively on various environmental issues for online publications.
He was a skilled leaded glass hobbyist, creating more than 20 lamps and many panels. He was a jogger for many years, competing in over 300 long distance races. He was a slow runner, not wanting to take the glory away from others. His secret was to start slow and taper. He and Anne traveled extensively, visiting over 70 countries.
He is survived by his wife, Anne, of 67 years, and sons Mike, Steve, and Paul. If you were to meet him somewhere, he would sum up his life as ‘peaches and cream’.
Most Recent Articles by Jack Dini:
India- ‘Green’ With Heavy Pollution
December 29, 2011
National Geographic ends up giving the ‘green’ lifestyle a pretty bad name
Denmark- Seeming Green, But Questionable
December 19, 2011
Green-energy policies currently being pursued are not helping the environment or the economy
Electricity Prices Soar in United States and Elsewhere
December 16, 2011
Prices hit a record 11.8 cents per residential kilowatt hour so far this year,
Germany and Increasing Worldwide Coal Consumption
December 2, 2011
Worldwide, coal consumption has increased by almost 50% over the last ten years alone
Questionable Stimulus-Funded Projects
November 16, 2011
Senators John McCain and Tom Coburn: A report entitled Summertime Blues which catalogs our misspent tax dollars in painful detail
China’s Monopoly on Rare Earth Metals
October 31, 2011
The world is at China’s mercy for now when it comes to rare earth supplies
Is An Ice Age Coming?
October 24, 2011
What can the sun possibly have to do with warming the planet?
Are You Suffering From Carborexia?
October 11, 2011
Carbon footprint and other pathologies, ecopsychology
Memo to Al Gore—Get an Update on Extreme Weather Fatalities
October 4, 2011
Risk of death from extreme weather events has been heavily oversold
Bird Death Fines Depend On Who Kills The Birds
September 19, 2011
So, what’s the life of a bird worth? If you’re Big Oil it can range from $7,000 to $20,000 per bird. Yet, if you’re wind energy, it costs nothing
Solar Setbacks Worldwide
September 15, 2011
Solyndra, Q Cells, Solaria Energia, Evergreen Solar
Are “Green Jobs” Pipe Dreams?
August 24, 2011
Green economy is not proving to be the job-creation engine that many politicians envisioned
Plagiarism and Copycatting in China
August 15, 2011
A third of the 6,000 scientists polled in a recent government study of the nation’s top science institutions said they had plagiarized or fabricated data
A Depressing Saga About Jobs
August 9, 2011
More Americans work for the government than work in construction, farming, fishing, forestry, manufacturing, mining and utilities combined
Dunes Sagebrush Lizards- Another Spotted Owl Fiasco?
July 27, 2011
Feds are using this dated, incomplete and conflicting science to justify moving forward with the Endagered Species listing
Apples Get Rotten Press Coverage
July 19, 2011
Apples, celery and strawberries led this years' Environmental Working Group's (EWG) list of Dirty Dozen fruits and vegetables
Arsenic and Cancer Treatment
June 27, 2011
Poison surrounds us. However, more and more research studies are revealing that a little bit of some poisons can be quite helpful to human health.
Chad: Eco-Conscious But a Failed State
June 7, 2011
The Failed States Index, The Global Hunger Index, The 2010 Corruption Perception Index, The Environmental Performance Index
Poverty is the Worst Carcinogen
June 3, 2011
What kills the most people is dung smoke and diarrhea, which are both directly related to poverty
Jobs Go Overseas, Claims that governments can create jobs by forcing or inducing people to purchase expensive renewable electricity are a myth
Light Pollution and Dark Skies
April 14, 2011
Dark Sky Parks
Many Of Our ‘Green Jobs” Go To China
April 5, 2011
Chinese wind-turbine company, wind-farm developments in the US
Wind and Solar Subsidies Drying Up In Europe
March 19, 2011
Wind and solar energy subsidies are experiencing drastic cutbacks in many European nations and some places in the United states
Daylight Saving Time- Does It Really Make Sense?
March 13, 2011
The idea was first suggested by Benjamin Franklin during his tenure as an American delegate in Paris. A well-known skinflint, Franklin calculated that thousands of pounds of candle wax could be saved with his idea
Perchlorate and chromium are on EPA's bucket list of 'toxic chemicals'
Germany’s New Big-Brother Energy Law-
January 7, 2011
A Harbinger Of Things To Come In the United States?
Criminal Carbon Trading Schemes Escalate
January 2, 2011
Carbon trading is now the fastest growing commodities market on earth
Carbon Trading Schemes in Trouble and Ignored
December 17, 2010
California’s Carbon Folly, Chicago Climate Exchange
So regardless of what developed countries like the US and others do to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, developing countries like China will continue their reliance on coal, the largest fossil fuel emitter of carbon dioxide