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Climate change has thrown off the balance. Florida floods and California's dry.

Climate Change Trends Across America

Weather patterns all over the world are unstable, generating excessive rains in some areas, while depriving other areas of it. Climate change may be...
Tesla Motors keeps right on expanding.

Tesla Motors is California’s Biggest Automotive Employer

Comparing Tesla Motors and Toyota Motor Corporation may not be fair, but it’s interesting to note Tesla’s growth in California. Toyota has been around for...
Wind turbine blade can be extended to improve efficiency without replacing anything else.

General Electric Wind Turbine Blade Extensions Improve Efficiency

Wind turbines, or at least their predecessors, the wind mills, have been around for millennia, always improving their power and efficiency. Generally-speaking, however, the wind...

Carbon in Ancient Soil May Exacerbate Climate Change

According to scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, soil that was formed on the surface of the Earth and is now buried deep underground...
Renault Twingo EV Launch TBD

Due to Lack of Interest, the Renault Twingo EV Has Been Delayed

The Renault Twingo EV was to launch this year, but with nearly-empty order books, Renault has decided to delay the launch for some undetermined...
Solar Power in India to Aid Some 400 Million without electricity

Solar Power Program to Bring Electricity to 400 Million of India’s Poorest

India’s National Solar Mission aims to implement some GW (giga-watts) of solar power, across the country, by 2022, and the newest government is working...

Super Cool Outdoor Stove Powers Electronics While Cooking Your Dinner

Summer is coming! At least for us in the Northern hemisphere, anyway. Days are longer, the sun is stronger, people are happier, and all...

California Bets on Solar, Gives Energy Storage Innovations a Boost

Solar is brilliant, everyone knows that. Fitting panels on rooftops of houses is now moving from being a super cool, yet rare scene, to...

World’s Most Dangerous Motorcycle Race Allows Electric Bikes

The world’s craziest motorcycle race, the International Isle of Man TT kicked off this weekend. Held since 1907, the race takes place on the...

Giant Glaciers Melting Past the Point of No Return

You’ve probably heard the recent news that the ice sheets covering Greenland and Antarctica are melting at an even faster rate than previously suspected. To...