It looks like I’ll be taking on some marketing responsibilities for my client WindStream, a start-up with a fabulous breakthrough in “microwind,” i.e., small, inexpensive, easily installed wind turbines. I certainly won’t be able to publish every aspect of the …
WindStream, Cost-Effective Breakthrough in MicroWind, Targets Schools Read More »
Frequent commenter Frank Eggers writes in response to my recent piece in which I railed on the food industry. I suggested that Big Food – or Big Anything – needs to shoulder some responsibility for the effects that its actions …
Like Big Energy, Big Food Needs to Shoulder Responsibility for Its Effects on Society Read More »
Solar panel systems from the Japanese manufacturer Kyocera that were installed in a small French near Lyon has been up and running for exactly two decades now. This about how long the warranty for solar panels lasts. What is remarkable …
From Guest Blogger Mathias: Kyocera's Solar Panels Seems to Degrade Slower Read More »
I’ve often written that Big Energy is on the same path that Big Tobacco chose to take in the mid 20th Century: knowingly causing significant damage to the population’s health and safety, but covering it up as long as possible. In …
Neither Big Energy Nor Big Food Are Behaving Princely Re: Public Health Read More »
After four years of service as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson is stepping down. Thus far, she has provided no reason for her decision to leave. Let me go out on a limb and suggest one: …
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson Steps Down Read More »
It is not too difficult to convert your house in a solar-powered one. If you have made up your mind about installing solar energy panels, then the first place to start with would be to check your roof for inclinations. …
From Guest Blogger Alia: Solar Energy Panels for Your Home Read More »
Yesterday was the birthday of Rod Serling, creator of the iconic mid-20th Century television program “The Twilight Zone.” According to the Writer’s Almanac, “Serling believed it was the writer’s job to ‘menace the public consciousness’ and considered television and radio as …
Social Consciousness and Civilization's Sustainability Read More »
Girl (pictured here): Well, I want a peaceful, sustainable world, where humankind comes together to deal with its major challenges, you know, climate change, social injustice — that kind of thing. Can you make that happen? Santa: Ho ho …
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, If I weren’t covering renewables, I’d feel like a louse. Or perhaps…. About the lack of clean energy I continue to grouse. Be this as it may…. I look …
"CSP Today" Offers Great Coverage of Concentrated Solar Power Read More »
Those of us who live near major cities spend a great deal of time stuck in traffic, when we’re unfortunate enough to be forced to drive at rush-hour, or encounter some special circumstance like an accident. I’m sure many of …
Another Benefit of Sustainable Transportation: Less Traffic Congestion Read More »
