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The Tyranny of Unions

As we quite rightfully expose and attempt to rid our society of corruption in the corporate and financial sectors, and as we ...

Greentech Predictions 2009

On nearly the eve of the new year, a couple of noted industry observers have already gone public with their greentech predict...

Pessimistic Reporting,

Washington Post correspondant Juliet Eilperin, in her 12-26-08 report entitled "New climate change estimates more pessimisti...

California's Renewable

In the aftermath of the defeat of Proposition 7, the ambitious citizen's initiative that would have required California's uti...

Natural Gas & Ultracapacitors

A recent comment on our report entitled "Ford Delivers Electric Vehicles" (written in April 2001 when USPS tried out a fle...

Editor-at-Large Posts

'Energy Tower' Combines the Old

When innovative buildings pop up in the news, no one is ever surprised to hear that the next architectural wonder will be bui...

Sea Shepherds Use Any Measures

Almost ten years ago, Time Magazine proclaimed Paul Watson as one of the major environmental heroes of the 20th century. Duri...

BioVigilant-Always Know What

When it comes to testing for contaminants-whether in your lab, production facility, or even in your own body-nothing is more ...

Outdoor Air Conditioning

Sitting on a beach is the last thing most of us think about in the cold month of December, but it is an appealing escape. Bea...

Moses Project Planned to Part

Venice floods more than one hundred times a year. At the beginning of this month, Venice was caught in another onslaught, as ...

Guest Editor Posts

Material Elixir for Oily Water

Oil and water do mix - all too often. And they're not so easy to separate. Just ask the research scientists trying to dev...

Turning On Solar Thermal Power

An interview with Dr. David Mills, Chief Scientific Officer and Founder of Ausra: Dr. David Mills has worked in the altern...

The Nanocantilever Toxin Alert

Research teams at Clemson, UCLA and the University of Southampton in the UK are pioneering novel nanoscale sensors for de...

Upgrading the Electric Grid

For years engineers and utilities have been waxing on and on about the future of the utility grid and the economic importance...

Electricity Powered Bikes

The attention some of the electric automobile designs have attracted over the past few years has tended to take the focus awa...

Recent Energy Posts

Turning On Solar Thermal Power
California's Renewable Electricity
How Much for a Degree?
Upgrading the Electric Grid
Feedstock Flexible Ethanol
India's Jatropha Tussle
Dynamic Tower-Room with a Rotatin...
The X-Games, Microbe Edition
Solar Sailor-Winged Ships
Mid-Level Ethanol Blends & Impact...
Ausra's Kimberlina Solar Thermal...
Epic Correction Leads to Depresse...
The Dirt On Solar Panels
Global Solar Energy Update
Solio-Charge Anything Under the Sun

Recent Civilization Posts

The Tyranny of Unions
Sea Shepherds Use Any Measures to...
Greentech Predictions 2009
Pessimistic Reporting, Optimistic...
California's Renewable Electricity
How Much for a Degree?
Quantitative Environmentalism
Principles of New Suburbanism
Saving the Big Three
Sundown for California
A Centrist Agenda for Obama
Epic Correction Leads to Depresse...
Global Warming: Why cut one 3,000...
Climate Science
Both Sides of CA Prop 7

Recent CleanTech Posts

'Energy Tower' Combines the Old w...
BioVigilant-Always Know What You'...
Outdoor Air Conditioning
The Nanocantilever Toxin Alert
Moses Project Planned to Part Ven...
Natural Gas & Ultracapacitors
Electricity Powered Bikes
The Elusive Innovation ROI
Quantitative Environmentalism
Dynamic Tower-Room with a Rotatin...
Saving the Big Three
Planet Metrics CIM Software
Solar Sailor-Winged Ships
Biologically Inspired Repair for...
Cleaning Without Poison

Recent Nature Posts

Trees Water & People
BioVigilant-Always Know What You'...
Material Elixir for Oily Water
Turning Air into Water
Biologically Inspired Repair for...
Cleaning Without Poison
The Ultimate Bioreactor
Using Soybeans to Create Nanopart...
Greenhouse Provides Glimpses into...
On the Edge - Managing Forest Fir...
Cost-Effective Wastewater Treatment
AbTech Sucking Up Pollution
Cancer Scares Devils Too
Green Public Works
The Tibetan Plateau