How to Build a Solar Car

This past Saturday afternoon, after doing my dance duty at the annual "Dancing in the Street" at Grand Center, across from Powell Symphony Hall, I wandered the booths of the adjacent "Green Homes and Renewable Energy Festival" going on in Grandel Square behind the stage. There were plenty of solar…

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Al Gore calls for civil disobedience to prevent new coal plants

Al Gore said it starkly: it's time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new dirty coal plants. If you’re a young person, looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now and not done, I believe we’ve reached the stage where…

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Palin, the alleged energy expert

According to John McCain, Sara Palin "knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America." Here's Tom Tomorrow's response: Really? Sarah Palin knows more about energy than, say, anyone in the Department of Energy, thousands of Ph.Ds in academia, or the CEOs of dozens of…

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