Roz Savage launched her boat, The Brocade August 12th at 7:00 a.m. from Point Saint George, located in the town of Crescent City, Calif. (on the Oregon border). Roz’s launch was postponed nearly a month due to unfavorable weather conditions. [See the full post…]

Burton Richter is professor emeritus at Stanford University, a 1976 Nobel Prize winner and an expert on nuclear energy. This is the last in our five-part series with Richter. [See the full post…]

One of the founders of Plug In America, Paul Scott, was on hand at the West Coast launch of the Vectrix, the new zero-emissions vehiclez, (ZEV). I had the opportunity to talk with him about the new scooter, [See the full post…]

Part four of our interview with nuclear energy expert, Stanford University Professor Emeritus and 1976 Nobel Prize Winner Burton Richter. [See the full post…]

During the launch of the ZEV Vectrix Maxi in San Francisco, Chelsea Sexton of Who Killed the Electric Car, gave some opening remarks. Afterwards, I spoke with her about the promise of the vehicle and other topics. [See the full post…]

The third installment of our interview with Burton Richter, professor emeritus at Stanford University, 1976 Nobel Prize winner and an expert on nuclear energy. [See the full post…]

Vectrix USA unveiled their zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) in San Francisco at the Presidio last week. I had the opportunity to ride it with Jeff Morrill, Vectrix marketing director, and it was a lot of fun! (I want one!) At $11k, [See the full post…]

Listen to the second part of the interview with Burton Richter, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, 1976 Nobel Prize winner and an expert on nuclear energy. [See the full post…]

Lauren Casey recently graduated from Stanford with a major in Earth Sciences. She is a wonderful example of young talent determined to make a positive contribution to the preservation of our environment. Listen to this phone interview with Lauren conducted [See the full post…]

I know: nuclear energy has long had a bad name in the US. I believe, however, that it is an essential part of our future energy portfolio. Nuclear energy is clean, its generation is efficient, its resources are still abundant. [See the full post…]

At Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., the University of Wisconsin had their Challenge X team present. The team placed 2nd in the competition for the last 2 years with its diesel electric propulsion system. [See the full post…]

During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., Jonathan Foley, from the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), gave a presentation titled, “News From A Warming Planet.” [See the full post…]

I’m always excited to find creative, DIY, ways to generate energy from waste. Jim Mason gives a wonderful example. Check out his informative website and enjoy his interview with my students. You may also want to check out the podcast [See the full post…]

During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., I met Jamie Derr, a farmer and advocate for biodiesel and biofuels. He’s also COO of Great Lakes BioFuels, a privately-held biodiesel distribution and services company that’s also involved in biofuel raw materials (feedstock) [See the full post…]

During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., I met Dr. Rich McKone of Peoria, Ill. A proud owner of a 1967 Aston Martin, Rich competed in the Great Race in his british race car with some impressive results. He will be [See the full post…]

European designer Marie-Louise Hellgren creates every day items like bowls, mugs and plates. Her objects have sold in millions in places like Scandinavia, Japan and the United States.

Marie-Louise, who works for large industries and Design House Stockholm among others, [See the full post…]

The concept of car sharing is growing. Not a rental car company, the model is to pay for only the time you use a vehicle. In Madison, Wisc., Community Car has been around for four years and continues to expand. [See the full post…]

While at Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., I took a ride on the GM Hybrid Bus with driver Dave Carey, who was a wealth of information about the vehicle. With it’s Allison transmission system, the bus delivers better fuel economy [See the full post…]

Jeffrey Radtke is owner/president of Neodymics, of Madison, Wisc. During Hybridfest, Jeffrey demonstrated his Cyclemotor, a bicycle-to-moped upgrade that replaces the front wheel on any standard bicycle with a power on demand control mechanism complete with batteries, motor, [See the full post…]

During Hybridfest 2007 in Madison, Wisc., I met Theodore (Ted) Bohn of Argonne National Laboratory. As a power electronics engineer, Bohn is at the forefront of assessing advanced and hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) technologies for the FreedomCAR and Vehicle [See the full post…]

During Hybridfest, in Madison, Wisc., I met Bill Kinney, a hypermiler from the Seattle area, who traveled to the event in his Honda Insight, averaging about 108 miles per gallon and spending only $56 on gas for the [See the full post…]

Meet Y2E2, Stanford University‘s new green Environment and Energy building, in the making. In this podcast we interview Jeffrey R Koseff, director of Woods Institute for the Environment. He tells us that Y2E2 aims at using 50 percent less [See the full post…]

After rowing across the Atlantic in 2006, Roz Savage is leaving San Francisco (her Website has updated departure dates) to conquer her next ocean: the Pacific.

Roz’s rowing vessel is fully self-sustained. During this two-plus months adventure, a total [See the full post…]

A few facts: in the U.S., residential and commercial space accounts for 40 percent of our primary energy consumption and 38 percent of CO2 emissions are from operating buildings. Why, then, is so little attention paid to building energy efficient [See the full post…]

During Hybridfest 2007 in Madison, Wisc., Francis Vogel, executive director of Clean Cities Wisconsin, gave a talk about Fleet Vehicles and Emissions. [See the full post…]