#515
Who Owns the Sun?
John O'Connor who, with Daniel Berman, authored Who Owns the Sun? People Politics and the Struggle for a Solar Economy, presents the book's message that now existing solar technologies combined with local, democratic management can best provide for energy needs. Who Owns The Sun?, says Ralph Nader, "can reactivate the solar movement in America."

#516
The Heat Is On
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ross Gelbspan, author of The Heat Is On: The High Stakes Battle Over Earth's Threatened Climate, provides documentation on how global warming is real and increasing. He exposes the campaign by oil and coal interests, teamed with conservative politicians, to confuse the public on the issue.

#522
Electric Cars: Vehicles for the Future
Selectria Corp. of Wilmington, Massachusetts is on the cutting edge of producing cars run with electric motors -- their power sources some energized by the sun. A Selectria electric/solar vehicles are is shown in this Enviro Close-Up. Karl E. Thiedemann of the Wilmington, Massachusetts company explains how Selectria engines and cars work.

#529
Driving on Hydrogen
The new hybrid engine using hydrogen manufactured by Arthur D. Little, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts is shown and how it was developed and works is explained by William L. Mitchell, senior program manager of the company's Hydrogen Technologies Unit.

#122
Communicating Safe Energy
Scott Denman, executive director of the Safe Energy Communication Council, speaks about the group’s work spreading information on clean, safe, renewable energy sources.

#127
Solar Electricity
Solar energy author Steven J. Strong, president of Solar Design Associates, which develops solar-powered residential and industrial buildings throughout the U.S., explains how solar photovoltaic systems work and the great recent advances made in gathering power from the sun.

 #153
Solar Energy Now
Richard Gottlieb, president of Sunnyside Solar, Inc., Brattleboro, Vermont, which specializes in solar photovoltaic systems, and Jim Newberry of Earth Star Energy Systems, Waldoboro, Maine, which focuses on solar thermal applications, discuss the state of solar technology today. Eric Karplus, co-director of Full Circle Energy Project, Inc. of Falmouth, Massachusetts, tells what people can do to push for more reliance on solar power.

#161
Hydrogen: Abundant Clean Energy
Hydrogen, easily produced from water through solar energy, is a fuel that is safe, clean and a permanent alternative to fossil fuels, says Dr. T. Nejat Veziroglu, president of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy. Dr. Veziroglu, a coauthor of Solar Hydrogen Energy, The Power to Save the Earth, tells how hydrogen fuel is now being used - for purposes ranging from electricity generation to fueling vehicles - and speaks of its vast potential. "It's a fuel forever," says Dr. Veziroglu, director of the Clean Energy Research Institute at the University of Miami and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

#176
Biodiesel: An Alternative Fuel
Biodiesel, a clean-burning fuel made from soybean oil and the oil of other vegetables is a low-cost, clean alternative to petroleum and is now in wide use. With Steve Mello senior vice president of Twin Rivers Technology of Massachusetts, which produces biodiesel, and Doug Wheaton of Massport, which runs biodiesel-fueled buses.

#181
Renewables Are Ready
How renewable energy technologies are being put to use in communities all over is discussed by Nancy Cole and P.J. Skerrett of the Union of Concerned Scientists and coauthors of the book, Renewables Are Ready: People Creating Renewable Energy Solutions. People are not waiting for politicians and mainstream media to wake up to the economic and environmental benefits of renewable energy, they show, but are moving ahead at the grassroots level.

#184
Quantum Leap in Solar Electricity
Revolutionary breakthroughs in solar photovoltaic systems — including thin electricity-producing panels now being used to inexpensively cover buildings are outlined by Deanne Evans, American Institute of Architects's vice president for research, and architect Greg Kiss.

#191
Down East Energy Activism
“Safe energy for Maine's future...It's in your hands” is the motto of the Committee for a Safe Energy Future. In this Enviro Close-Up, Bill Linell describes how his group has successfully fought for safe energy down east.

#194
Second Wind
Dramatic advances are being made in wind power technology which will make it the least expensive source of electricity in the 2lst Century. Susan Giordano and Kenneth Cohn of Second Wind, Inc. outline the impressive developments in this richly illustrated Enviro Close-Up.

#195
Dr. Alvin Marks, Solar Pioneer
Dr. Alvin is a pioneer in the development of solar electricity. The inventor and scientist speaks on his decades of work in harnessing the sun's power and his newest breakthrough: the Lumeloid system providing an astounding 80% efficiency in converting sunlight to electricity. With Dr. Marks' associate, Dr. Maki Angandi.

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