Here’s an article by Peter Lehner, Executive Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), who writes on the levels of air pollution in Beijing, which last week reached a level of 755–on a scale of 0 to 500 (the scale …
China, Coal-Fired Power Plants, and Ecological Disaster Read More »
I just had a terrific conversation on the subject of energy efficiency, where the caller wanted to know why businesses don’t invest in capital improvements that will lower their utility bills at such rapid and proven rates that the pay-back …
Caltech Makes Energy Efficiency a Hot Priority. Can't We All? Read More »
Here’s a piece from the Executive Director of the Sierra Club, announcing that, after 120 years of endorsing only strictly legal actions, the organization for the first time will be embracing civil disobedience. Two quick observations, if I may: • It’s …
An Angry Country Rethinks Its Stance on Civil Disobedience Read More »
Whenever I come across an article like this on microgrids, i.e., “islands” of distributed energy generation, storage, and consumption that are not connected to a power utility, I look at the numbers. If I were a utility exec, how scared …
For readers who may feel a deep-seated feeling of grief associated with the environmental devastation that our society is visiting upon its home planet, this “train wreck in slow motion,” as it’s so often been described, here is a breathtakingly …
The Emotions Connected with Environmentalism Are Sometimes Not Too Positive Read More »
It’s so easy to look at the levels of stupidity and corruption that have so overwhelmed the U.S. democracy over the last half-century and conclude that there is no hope. Some of us may have thought that perhaps the Supreme …
Supreme Court’s 2010 Decision “Citizens United” Could Be Gone Soon Read More »
I just got back from Crestron Masters programming training where I learned about all of their new products coming out and currently available. Crestron got its start doing programmable controllers and touch panels for the AV industry. In the process …
From Guest Blogger Brian McGowan: Whole Building Energy Control Read More »
A reader points out: French automaker Peugeot Citroen has invented a brand new air-powered hybrid. The ‘Hybrid Air’ system uses compressed air to move the car’s wheels when driving under 43 mph. Peugeot says the new hybrid system should get …
My thanks to AltEnergyStocks.com’s Tom Konrad for his recommendation that I buy stock in cleantech up-and-comer Maxwell Technologies! It’s up a mere 43% from when I bought it just a couple of months ago, not to mention 7.39% today — and …
Clean Energy's Maxwell Technologies Shows Serious Growth Read More »
Some days, I’m proud to be an American. Other days, I come across stuff like this piece on climate change, and I want to try to find a rock to crawl under. Obviously, antics like this piece from Fox News, …
Fox News Accuses All Climate Scientists of Corruption Read More »
