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.
Greenvesting
Neurio Promises Smart, Efficient Home
For all the hype, smart housing is still in search of greater data integration and analysis.
Solar 4 America Brings Domestic Focus Home
Atlanta-based Suniva bills itself as the leading American manufacturer of home solar modules, with an emphasis on American.
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.
Next Home Solar Frontier? Heating And Cooling
America needs solar alternatives more than ever.
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.
Ten Lessons Of The Environmental Movement, According To A Fierce Green Fire
I spoke with A Fierce Green Fire‘s director Mark Kitchell.
Exclusive: David Lloyd’s Ballsy Occupy Comics Cover
“The timing is perfect, because as year two begins there is a lot of soul searching about what the movement means and how it can evolve.”
Patagonia Rising’s Water Shock Doctrine
Set in South America’s breathtaking Andes landscape, the visually sweeping new documentary Patagonia Rising bills itself as a frontier story of water and power. But both its frontier and its story nevertheless belong to anyone on the planet that needs water to live.
California’s Unregulated Fracking Problem
Punch the term “fracking” into DOGGR’s search today and you’ll receive a white screen with the perhaps accidentally ironic query “Did you mean: cracking” in response.
Michael Bloomberg May Have His Own Army, But Has He Already Lost the War?
“No matter which door he picks in this Let’s Make a Deal episode, he comes out a loser. It’s kind of awesome.”
Fracking’s Addiction to Frackquakes
To what should be the surprise of no one, earthquakes caused by the junkie gas sector’s hydraulic fracturing process, known as fracking, have been returning like Freud’s repressed.
10 Things For Progressives to Be Thankful For
It’s been an insane year for progressives, who have seized the international spotlight thanks to populist uprisings in politics, economics, media and elsewhere. I shared my list on Thanksgiving at […]
Occupy Hip Hop
“I hope hip hop can open itself to the possibilities that Occupy Wall Street presents. If we can use its power, we may see some lasting change from this after all.”
Welcome to Population Overload
“We’ve already crossed the threshold.”
Six Heroes Who Fought The Power and Won
While winners ultimately writes histories, what makes a winner often depends on the tenor of the times. And the times they are a-changin’. Again.
Nuclear Cinema: Ten Prescient Meltdowns
Fukushima and worse could have been avoided if the public and proper authorities would have just watched the following 10 destabilizing cinema and documentary meltdowns.
We’ve Entered the Age of Mass Extinction
Every species has but one goal: To take over the planet. And every species that could, would, if it got the chance.
Peak Oil and Climate Change Suck. High-Speed Rail Can Help.
I recently revisited the War on Terra for AlterNet. This time, in a double-barreled breakdown of the national high-speed rail network gaining ground in America, which is still lamely to […]
Facebook Co-Founder Unveils Socially Conscious Networker Jumo
Facebook is great for sharing hyperbole about what we ate, saw or spent. But its co-founder Chris Hughes has a new startup called Jumo, which takes social networking into the […]
Cli-Fi: Green Patriots Posterize War On Terra
The visual meditations on sustainability and overload evoke World War II–era posters that inspired the campaign. The posters can be torn out of the book and plastered somewhere useful.