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Tesla Solar Roof

Tesla introduces Solar Roof, Version 3, and just in time

They are bigger! More powerful! Easier to install! And there is a huge market for this right now.

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter in Solar Technology October 28, 2019

Cubbit in hands

Cubbit stores your data with a footprint that is a fraction of the cloud's

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter November 5, 2019

Fairphone in use

Fairphone 3, a more ethical, reliable and sustainable phone, is released

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 19, 2019

horn

Young people are growing horns, thanks to phones + tablets

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer June 21, 2019

Tap map view

Carry a water bottle? Get the Tap app

Katherine Martinko

By Katherine Martinko June 12, 2019

Neo the robot

Meet Neo, the floor-scrubbing robot

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 22, 2019

Tesla House

Is Elon Musk's SolarCity circling the drain?

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 21, 2019

biorpinter

3D printing grows up, heals wounds by printing skin

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer March 1, 2019

xenon thruster

Does this new rocket engine threaten to fill the atmosphere with mercury?

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter November 21, 2018

coal emissions photo

Are negative emissions technologies about to go mainstream?

Clean Technology

By Sami Grover November 19, 2018

Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel station

Is hydrogen back in the energy picture? Or is it all just shilling for oil companies?

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter November 13, 2018

Jimmy Carter with solar panels

Whatever happened to Jimmy Carter's solar panels: The sequel

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter October 29, 2018

orkney island view from coast out to sea

Innovative floating tidal-power turbine generates 3 GWh of energy in its first year of testing

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy October 16, 2018

tilos greece

Greek island Tilos on its way to becoming fully powered by renewable energy

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy October 10, 2018

Just what we needed dept.: An air-filtering diesel bus

Clean Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 27, 2018

server setup

Low-Tech Magazine switches to a low-tech, low carbon website

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 26, 2018

solar roadway in france

Solar road in France generates half the power expected

Solar Technology

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter September 24, 2018

iphone

Resist disastrous planned obsolescence by making old iPhones sexy again

Melissa Breyer

By Melissa Breyer September 11, 2018

nasa icesat-2

NASA launching a new ice monitoring tool that can identify changes the width of a pencil

Clean Technology

By Megan Treacy August 28, 2018

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Game Changers poster

'The Game Changers' documentary challenges assumptions about meat, protein and strength

hardy houseplants

5 forgiving houseplants that don't ask for much

Building a new community in Munich

Why is architecture and building so different in Europe?

humpback whale calf

The incredible reason whales could be worth $2 million each

christmas gifts

10 strategies for smart gift-giving this year

Octopus

Octopus outsmarts testers in intelligence experiment

reading a newspaper

9 old-fashioned habits that I stubbornly cling to

roasted veg

Glazing roasted vegetables makes them even better

Jane Fonda protest

Jane Fonda says she's done with shopping

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