IKEA is hoping to light up your summer nights with its new line of SOLIG solar lights. Each light is equipped with a solar cell that transfers the su...
treehugger.com | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green
The fridge was developed by mechanic engineering students Frederik Knop, Nicolás Ripoll, and Olivier Bernade, the last one a French exchange student....
AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 04.21.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — California's Mojave Desert may seem ideally suited for solar energy production, but concern over what several proposed projects mig...
Carl Pope | Posted 04.20.2009 | Green
It turns out that, even in today's economy, we've got many more green energy opportunities than we can fund -- and no need for boondoggles like nuclear.
nytimes.com | LESLIE KAUFMAN | Posted 04.18.2009 | Green
Bronzed and deeply lined from decades of life in the desert sun, Mr. Clark is not one to worry about global warming. He suspects that if the planet's ...
Robert Redford | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green
If we don't seize this moment, we will be too late to get the competitive advantage in a global marketplace, too late for the economic dividends, and too late to stave off the worst of global warming.
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green
"The Simpsons" does it again -- they mock something I love in a way that I love. Here's a quick clip from season 20, episode 13, "Gone Maggie Gone" t...
nytimes.com | KATE GALBRAITH | Posted 04.13.2009 | Green
This month Gainesville, Fla., became the first city in the United States to introduce higher payments for solar power, which is otherwise too expensiv...
AP | Posted 04.13.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — The skies are dimming, for most of the world. Increases in airborne pollution have dimmed the skies by blocking sunlight over the p...
guardian.co.uk | Dave Burdick | Posted 04.12.2009 | Green
The Guardian reports that a proposed solar project that would take up the space of a "small country" in the Sahara could provide all of Europe's power...
Javier Sierra | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green
To the environmental movement, the first month and a half of the Obama presidency has been what the New York Times calls "an astonishing turnaround."
Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green
The time has come for society to pay the true environmental and national security price tag of burning fossil fuels.
Posted 04.05.2009 | Green
Austin, Texas, is getting closer to its self-imposed goal of using more renewable energy, and creating jobs in the bargain. The Texas-sized solar plan...
earth2tech.com | Posted 04.04.2009 | Green
Instead of focusing on a new solar chemistry or production technology, the company hopes to differentiate itself with its aesthetics, appeal and ease ...
treehugger.com | Posted 04.03.2009 | Green
The ad, titled "Solar," explains how harnessing the power of the sun -- as the American West is "the Saudi Arabia of solar power" -- can both drive th...
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 04.02.2009 | Green
Now is the time to take bold action to invest in programs that will create green, sustainable industries that will provide good jobs and provide long term economic and environmental benefits.
Carl Pope | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green
The U.S. is rapidly moving past the ideological stage of the debate about a green energy future -- the question now is how fast we can get it done in the real, as opposed to the abstract, policy world.
Jack Hidary | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green
While clean energy broadly speaking is on the table, the summit is mainly focused on power transmission -- how do you get solar, wind and other renewables to the grid?
AP | CHRIS KAHN | Posted 03.23.2009 | Green
After 30 years of trying to squeeze electricity from sunlight, the solar energy industry is finally gaining some traction in its effort to compete wit...
SunRun | Lynn Jurich | Posted 03.21.2009 | Green
It's a lot easier and less expensive to take your home solar than most people think. Thanks to generous financial incentives from the government and i...
Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.19.2009 | Green
There's never enough of one thing: moderation. With the green light for green energy should come a warning -- there's a catch to everything. With el...
Wall Street Journal | MIRIAM JORDAN | Posted 03.19.2009 | Green
In the race to train America's "green-collar" work force, a group composed mostly of former Los Angeles gang members on parole is an early participant...
instructables.com | Posted 03.14.2009 | Green
This kettle will heat 16 oz of water in full sun to a nice hot/warm temperature for some sun tea or washing hands, but you'll have to wait a few hours...
Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green
Barack asked all of us. Your turn. I found solutions. Maybe they're not for you, but find your own. They're out there. Don't wait for a bail out or a government program or hand. Take the lead.
AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 03.12.2009 | Green
WASHINGTON — Carol Browner, the White House energy and climate director, says prompt approval of the economic recovery package is needed to stem...
alternativeconsumer.com | Posted 04.24.2009 | Green