In an excellent Oulook piece in the September 20, 2009 edition of the Washington Post, Lester Brown, in self-admitted uncharacteristically optimistic mode, lays out the progress already made in carbon emissions reduction and the rising, and positive contribution renewable energy is already making to offset the effects of climate change. The article is a virtual handbook of essential facts for all advocates of renewable energy and, since it is about meaningful contributions to reducing carbon emissions, does not mention nuclear power at all.