Turning Farms Into Solar Farms
Consolidating precious natural resources in a warming world is a must.
CLI-FI
Americans Want Solar to Replace Fossil Fuels
Navigant’s poll results hit the presses this week alongside the IPCC’s terrifying tale of two futures.
Renewable Energy Can Save Us From Climate Change
No one on the planet, the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report reminds us, will be left untouched.
The Canada Solar Power Boom
Canada is in photovoltaic bloom. So why is electricity generated from its solar panels declining?
Countries Embrace Renewable Energy Future
The International Energy Agency’s new report says global integration of variable renewable energies (VRE) like solar and wind into our obsolete power systems is just a matter of time.
Solar’s Role In The Climate Change Talkathon
America got a much-deserved earful when over two dozen Democratic senators pulled an all-nighter in Congress to shine a light on catastrophic climate change. About solar, specifically,
Arizona Needs Solar Utilities
Protracted and unnecessary turf battles for utility and residential control of the state’s solar bounty could stall governor Jan Brewer’s emPOWER Arizona.
Are You A Vet? Work For Solar
Over 13,000 military veterans now work within the sunshine industry, comprising over 9 percent of its quickly growing workforce. Mission accomplished.
Solar Growth Greens Industry Future
Solar stocks are astronomically higher than they were years ago. And so is your investment portfolio, if you have been brave enough to throw some skin into the game.
What Will Renewable Energy Look Like In 2030?
Like many others, the International Renewable Energy Association has released a global road map to clean energy.
SolarCity Crowdfunds The Solar Boom
In the last year, SolarCity’s common stock has gone supernova, from the $10s to the $70s at the speed of light.
Can Gamification Dent Home Energy Use?
Gamificationl is cool terminology. But despite its fuzzy logic, it continues to attract eyeballs and investment.
Can Rewiring the Home for DC Power Increase Solar Adoption?
AC/DC evidently can just get along, long after Thomas Edison and Nikolai Tesla’s bitter war.
Winners and Losers in U.S. Energy Efficiency
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s state energy efficiency scorecard is out, and the winners remains winners while the losers are losing less.
Terror and Terraformation: Alan Moore
“There’s something quaint about these attempts to control us today, in a period where we are boiling with information and complexity, both of which have reached levels that could be called fractal, if that wasn’t a polite way of saying chaotic.“
Five Ways Elon Musk’s Future Industries Could Change the World
Tesla Motors, SolarCity and more are already helping save us all from a cli-fi apocalypse.
Here Comes the Sun Journo!
As I turned my back last year on writing about cultural, environmental, political, economic and other lofty concerns for money — because it wasn’t really paying any — I decided to plot another devious experiment.
Obama Administration Invests $60 Million In Solar Technology
The U.S. government has managed to scrape together $60 million for essential research and development.
Everything Looks Bright At The 2013 Solar Decathlon
Canada’s Pure Energies asked me to cover America’s latest solar conference, and it was shiny indeed.
Why Is Solar The Bad Guy In CPUC’s Report?
It’s a bold claim and a startling number. But both are wrong.
Seven States Leading Clean Energy‘s Charge
Here’s a refresher on the realities of recent green blooms in red states and blue, including some who may be worse polluters than you think.
Four Things You Should Know About Your Third Eye
Located in nearly the direct center of the brain, the tiny pinecone-shaped pineal gland, which habitually secretes the wondrous neurohormone melatonin while we sleep at night, was once thought to […]
Goro Miyazaki’s Anxiety of Animation Influence
My father’s generation lived through and after the war, and basically had nothing. They forged their paths with their own hands, and created their whole world themselves.
Ten Lessons Of The Environmental Movement, According To A Fierce Green Fire
I spoke with A Fierce Green Fire‘s director Mark Kitchell.
‘We Are Slaves To Fossil Fuels:’ Interview With Chasing Ice Director Jeff Orlowski
One of the things that amazes me is how incredibly conservative scientists are about climate change prediction. Their livelihoods and careers are based on being as accurate as possible, and if they’re not they’re looked at fringe and pushed to the outskirts of the community.