Utility scale solar thermal power is something you still don’t hear much about, but along with photovoltaic power, it is a big part of the reason solar power is possibly the only source of renewable energy that is not only absolutely clean and sustainable, but capable of exponential growth for decades to come.  And Ausra, [...]

It’s appalling that the European environmentalists allowed biodiesel subsidies.  The idea we can burn our biosphere in the tanks of our cars, and that this is somehow better than using petroleum, is the death knell to tropical forests.  In turn this is the cause of droughts due to loss of transpiration, extreme weather because tropical [...]

When will China do something about the cloud of air pollution that drifts across the Pacific?  It’s going to cause an ice age, for goodness sakes.  Can’t we have economic growth, without asthma?  This isn’t to say China shouldn’t increase her footprint - isn’t the Three Gorges complex just like America’s Grand Coulee and Hoover Dam and many other glorious national achievements?  It’s their [...]

The average amount California sets aside from public employee payrolls and invests into CALPRS and CALSTRS each year is about 16% of each active employee’s salary.  This money is invested by CALPRS and CALSTRS all over the world.  In fact, a CALPRS representative once boasted for the record that “20% of our fund we invest in California!”  The [...]

The Ziggurat building in West Sacramento looks like a step pyramid, like the ones you might see in ancient Egypt or Mesopotamia.  But this modern pyramid has eleven steps, corresponding to its eleven stories, a bit more than the step pyramids of Egypt or the ziggurats of Mesopotamia.  The Ziggurat building is currently owned by California’s State Dept. [...]

Last week we had the chance to talk with Bill Davis, the President of Ze-gen.  This three year old company is possibly the furthest along in the race to develop technology to turn waste into fuel - eliminating the need for landfills in the bargain.
Each year, the United States produces about 100 million tons of construction debris, [...]

Our top feature this month on EcoWorld is an in-depth report on India’s hydroelectric power by Avilash Roul entitled “India’s Hydro Power.”  Within this article the reader is provided a comprehensive survey of India’s current hydroelectric generating capacity, their potential hydroelectric capacity, as well as the current plans India has to develop more of their potential [...]