Solar Energy Projects

Small Durable Solar Panels Provide Energy In Developing Countries

nytimes.com | Jeffrey Marlow | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


For decades, governments and non-governmental organizations have been trying to bring electricity to the world's poorest and most isolated regions thr...

Schwarzenegger, Solar Power, and Midland School

Ming Holden | Posted 10.14.2009 | Green


Ming Holden

Midland just won California's highest environmental honor, and out of 2009's fifteen recipients it was the only school to have done so.

The Brilliance (and Stupidity) of The Age of Stupid

Steven G. Brant | Posted 11.22.2009 | Entertainment


Steven G. Brant

The film is essentially the same rant against stupid behavior we've heard for years, dressed up in an elaborate, well-intended package.

Electrifying Health Care in Rwanda

Josh Ruxin | Posted 05.18.2009 | World


Josh Ruxin

Solar power needs to be integrated into public health approaches across Africa going forward, just as AIDS drugs have been during the past several years.

Green News Report - April 16, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Goodbye Tax Day '08, Hello Tax Day '09 (with big new incentives to sweeten the deal); Birds taking the long way home; "Green...

Nature Has a Way with Black Swans

Harry Fuller | Posted 02.04.2009 | Green


Harry Fuller

How the money's spent matters not just because the "stimulus" might work or fail... It matters because we're despoiling the planet at an ever greater rate and we don't have a replacement.

Solar Panel Mandate In Marburg: Too Green, Too Soon?

New York Times | Nicholas Kulish | Posted 09.08.2008 | Green


MARBURG, Germany -- This fairy-tale town is stuck in the middle of a utopian struggle over renewable energy. The town council's decision to require so...

Colorado Considers Large-Scale Solar

Rocky Mountain News | Gargi Chakrabarty | Posted 09.07.2008 | Green


Electricity produced from Colorado's bright, hot sun could supply half the state's peak demand during summer, helping 1.7 million homes crank up their...

Solar Energy Projects Frozen By Federal Government

New York Times | DAN FROSCH | Posted 07.04.2008 | Green


Faced with a surge in the number of proposed solar power plants, the federal government has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land u...