What is balcony solar?A law that allows people to plug small solar panels on balconies or patios into ordinary outlets for enough electricity to run their home appliances without paying any power company for it -- just as millions of people have long been able to do in Germany and other countries.…

Today is the International Day of Peace.  It arrives 10 days after September 11, which some have turned into a day of bigotry and willful ignorance.After a quarter-century of calming down, it's now possible in some corners of this country to talk rationally about how massive, counterproductive…

The United States and Israel continue an unprovoked, illegal, immoral and barbaric war on Iran. Your representative and senators need to hear from you now!Congress has several tools available to exercise its authority. Lawmakers can:use the War Powers Resolution to address unauthorized hostilities,…

The U.S. Congress has always given dramatically larger subsidies to fossil fuels than to solar or wind. Yet, just now, in the middle of a heat wave, with renewables having just become the world's largest source of electricity, not to mention the most affordable, the Energy Secretary has announced…