Finally, some good news from the frontlines of the beeapocalypse: Significantly fewer honey bees died in the winter of 2013-2014 in the US than in…
BRIGHT SOURCE
Pilots complain that glare from the world’s biggest solar power plant is blinding them
Airplane pilots reported that they were blinded by the intense sunlight reflecting off some of the 340,000 mirrors at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System…
WHAT A GAS
Why hydrogen-powered cars will drive Elon Musk crazy
Forget the Tesla Model S. Another car of the future is finally hitting the highway. After decades of development—and no small amount of skepticism—major automakers…
DRONE SWARM
The internet of bees could save our food supply
Australian scientists have devised a way to pinpoint the causes of the global die-off of bees that pollinate a third of the world’s crops: Attach…
THE BANK OF ELON MUSK
SolarCity wants to raise billions of dollars in capital—from you
Solar panel installer SolarCity has relied on big banks and corporate investors to finance solar arrays for homeowners that let them cut the cord to…
APIAN ACCOUNTING
Something else for Europe to worry about: the disastrous consequences of a huge bee deficit
The great bee die-off in the US and Europe has been known about for a while. A shortage of honeybees, it’s feared, threatens various crops…
Ford’s solar-powered electric car takes transportation off the grid
If electric cars are bad news for the oil industry, solar-powered electric cars are bad for utility executives. Take the C-MAX Solar Energi Concept that…
GREEN JOBS
Why China is building a massive solar power plant in the middle of nowhere
Back in 2009 when China announced it would build the world’s largest photovoltaic power plant in the Mongolian desert, it choose a US company, First…
JAWS BREAKER
Sharks are tweeting their location—to save their lives, not yours
Right now there’s a potentially deadly tiger shark cruising the ocean 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) off a popular surf beach in Scarborough, Western Australia. How…
NOT A DROP TO SPARE
California faces a catastrophic drought next year
In the run-up to the holidays, few noticed a rather horrifying number California water managers released last week: 5%. That’s the percentage of requested water…
BEE VS. THE MAN
A new suspect in bee deaths: the US government
As scientists race to pinpoint the cause of the global collapse of honey bee populations that pollinate a third of the world’s crops, environmental groups…
PANEL PUZZLE
If the US solar business is booming, why are jobs in it declining?
The solar industry is on track for another record year in the US. In November solar accounted for 45% of all new electricity generating capacity…
