Green Leadership Overcomes Greenwashing
By Kathryn CooperWilliam Pinar once wrote that we are what we know and also what we do not know . For me, this idea that our id...

Canadian Hydro Developers: High-Powered Alternative Energy Stock
Scotia Capital's Ben Isaacson is gushing over the earnings potential of Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. (CHDVF.PK), predicting a 300% jump in...

Yellow toad births offer hope for extinct-in-the-wild species
The birth of Kihansi spray toadlet at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo has renewed hopes that the species can someday be succes...

Letter from Bangkok
Here's how ten intensive days in Bangkok -- spent training sustainability change agents, government officials, and business leaders, from Th...

Hydroelectric vs. Slow Volcanic Power
One very keen analyst visited the Grand Coulee Dam this summer. Grand Coulee is the largest concrete structure in North America, and the fo...

Scotia Capital Analyst: Alternative Energy Sector - Long-Term 'Overweight'
Scotia Capital markets is launching coverage of alternative and renewable energy stocks with a long-term overweight recommendation.Spe...

The Shiny Copper Penny Plan for Energy and Cleantech
I wrote a piece last week arguing that McCain / Palin was my energy/cleantech dream ticket, and promptly got slammed by my readers on the le...

Piezoelectric Hydropower System May Power 20-40% of Pennsylvania Town
photo: Casey WestHydroelectric power generally conjures up images of massive dams creating reservoirs behind them, submerging trees and some...

Checking the Baseline
To the relief of the residents of New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast, Hurricane Gustav has been much less destructive than Katrina. Altho...