News features: Activism

Our core driving principle is environmentalism. And we want to help you help the environment. To this end, we have created this Solar, envirionmental & EV/PHEV Activism section. This section is devoted to publicizing and promoting solar, renewable energy, EV & PHEV and general environmental activism. Please e-mail us information about upcoming events. We look forward to hearing from you — and to working together with you to build a greener, more sustainable world for us all!

EV + renewables crucial to sustainability says prof

Morgan Tilton, SCD.Com Staff Writer

May 23, 2011

The technology needed to sustain an environmentally friendly grid exists. What is needed are experts who are driven to research these technologies, teach others about their benefits, and incorporate them into ...

Key EV and PV tax incentives on the line

Christof Demont-Heinrich

December 9, 2010

Two crucial tax incentives, one integral to solar, the other crucial to electric vehicles, are set to expire at the end of 2010. Both solar and EV advocates are working feverishly to ensure the tax measures sta...

Solar advocate: ‘White House, go solar today!’

Christof Demont-Heinrich

February 19, 2010

President Obama has frequently talked about the significance of greening America. And, to his credit, he has taken political and economic action to do exactly this. Now, Solar Fred, a.k.a Tor Valenza, is trying...

Ten + things you can do to drive solar forward

Christof Demont-Heinrich

January 7, 2010

If you are interested in promoting solar energy, and solar-charged driving, there are a number of things you can do. We offer a partial list below. We anticipate adding more ideas to this list as they come to m...

Support Repower America’s renewable energy wall

Christof Demont-Heinrich

December 9, 2009

Repower America WallRepower America is devoted to promoting the incredible vision of a completely renewable-energy fired America within a few short years. This wall is a really cool feature that allows you -- a...

World’s oil supply drying up — fast

Christof Demont-Heinrich

November 7, 2009

Even if you don't think about it -- or you want to deny it -- oil is a finite resource. And it's not going to last much longer at the rate we're consuming, almost certainly not much longer than 100 years. If yo...