Like many people, I am saddened and distressed by the massive oil leak destroying the Gulf of Mexico, for a whole bunch of reasons. As a child who grew up sketching mushroom clouds during the... read more

If we look around us, outdoor heating is everywhere. It's also perhaps one of our largest wasteful energy indulgences. Certainly something we could do without? When I grew up, I was told to shut the... read more

Recently the Victorian Smart program set to roll out time of use pricing for smart meters has been put on hold, citing reasons of price increases affecting pensioners and other groups. This hasn't stopped the... read more

It's a little known fact, but perhaps your old dumb meter is smarter than your new smart meter? If you are using electric hot water, you will pay a lot more for your hot water,... read more

I came across this infographic from ReflectionsOf.Me that shows bottled water's sources, health and energy impacts.       Sam, @samotage   read more

David Archer's Global warming video lectures take some time to watch but appear to me (a layman) to be a good introduction to the science of climate change.     read more

I can still clearly recall from my youth the lyrics from the song Blue Sky Mine, from a popular band of the day Midnight Oil - written by Peter Garret, now Australia's minister for the... read more

It seems that these problems may get a fair bit worse with the city facing the prospect of running out of water by the end of Summer 2010. Steve Hopkings, @stevehopkins rocked my morning at... read more

Being a humble American taxpayer, it's almost dizzying to consider that I now own a car company, a giant that was once known by the name of General Motors and once worth over $41 billion... read more

re in Victoria, Australia, homes with solar systems are about to get access to a feed-in tariff scheme that's claimed by the Minister for Energy and resources as "a pillar of Victoria's climate change strategy."... read more