When your power supply goes on the fritz, or even if you simply need to supplement the power available on the regular grid, what can you do to keep electricity flowing and your electronics working? Consider solar charging tables. WHAT ARE SOLAR CHARGING TABLES? Increasingly, communities are turning to compact solar energy charging stations to […]
I live in Maryland, where I have consumer electricity choice. In other words, it is possible to source my electricity from clean, renewable energy instead of from coal-fired power plants. That’s because in my state (and several others), the utility industry has been deregulated so that competitors can also provide power to meet consumer needs. […]
As you shop around to find a fuel-efficient vehicle, you’ll notice different average mileage figures given for driving in the city and on a motorway. Yet there are many other reasons why a car’s mileage could vary. Fuel economy can fluctuate not only according to the car you drive, but also to how you drive […]
Natural disasters aren’t going away any time soon. In fact, given the increasing effects that climate change is having on the weather, scientists expect the number of natural disasters globally to grow. You only need to review the skyrocketing frequency of hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, fires and floods that have destroyed homes and communities in the […]
Kids should be able to be kids, right? They should be able to run and laugh and go to school and aim for a future that is bright and hopeful and full of promise. But for children in the Philippines and Syria, that definitely is not the case. And even though those places may be […]
The colder it gets outside, the more people want to heat up their cars inside – even before they get in the car. Leaving an engine to idle — in other words, turning the car on and leaving it on when it is parked for longer than about the wait at a stop light — […]
Tornadoes keep striking the Midwest like so many hammers pounding away at one nail after another. On Sunday, November 17, 81 tornadoes hammered southeastern Illinois, impacting as many as nine states total, killing eight people, flattening hundreds of homes, and decimating farms and businesses. At one point, more than 19,000 people were without power. Illinois […]
If you’ve been wondering what fracking is and whether it’s good or bad, you’re not alone. It’s a complicated, high tech process whose advocates say it produces abundant clean energy. As an environmentalist as well as a consumer, though, I’m concerned about the impacts fracking is having on drinking water, clean air, and farmland. To […]
