For those who don't like CFL's but still want to shed light while burning less electricity for less money, there's a new option. Read More...

The designer of the “Ridgeblaster” wind turbine and the creator of a photovoltaic concentrator using Fresnel mirrors have worked it out so that their two complementary energy systems for powering homes can work together on one roof. Both are “most commented-on ideas” in General Electric’s “Ecoimagination Challenge.” The Challenge holds annual open submissions of... Read More...

Everywhere that green innovations are introduced, the neighbors grouse and groups challenge them. What is surprising and dismaying is that many of these groups think of themselves and liberals, but they cannot get past the conservative idea that change is fine - but not in my back yard. Read More...

It's going to take 30 years of constant operation instead of 200 to reclaim a Superfund site in Davis, CA, so it's a good thing that the cleanup system will be powered by solar-generated electricity. As usual, the people who created all the pollution (Frontier Fertilizer) have left the site, as the taxpayers clean... Read More...

The U.S. military is looking for better batteries and is using solar cells to cut its dependence on oil. Even as the Congress, with its usual lack of foresight, seeks to defund alternative energy research, the military is soldiering on with its plans to find new technology that will free us from our slavery... Read More...

This scary story in the Toronto Star reminds us how foolishly we sprayed toxic chemicals on ourselves in the 1960's, and the price we are still paying for that time. With the EPA and chemical regulation under attack again, this is a cautionary tale to remind us that there is no excuse for ignorance... Read More...

We write so often about stuff that’s bad for you, that it’s time we wrote about something that’s good for you, like chocolate. Research — real research by respected scientific organizations — has provided evidence that at least some of the fantasies of chocolate lovers – that they are really doing something positive for... Read More...

The press had a field day in January when the Evergreen Solar Corporation announced that it was leaving for China, laying off 800 Massachusetts workers in the process. decampment to China. The company is reported to have received subsidies from the state of from $45 to $113 million in land, forgiven taxes, and other... Read More...

A 222,000 net zero office building, using existing technology, was built by the Department of Energy for its Renewable Energy Lab in Boulder, Colorado for less than the cost of a conventional office building per sq ft -- a model for the country, and the world. Read More...

Normally sent to landfills, the sludge, methane gas and other products left after New York City treats its wastewater are going to be processed, reused and even sold, reducing costs and greatly reducing our wastewater's environmental impact. Read More...