PV Tax and Rebate Guide

Federal Residential Renewable Energy Tax CreditTaxpayers may claim a credit of 30 percent of net qualified expenditures, after state rebates, for residential solar, wind, geothermal or fuel-cell-based systems. Systems put on line before January, 2009, are subject to a...

Hard (on) Labor

Fewer than 13 percent of workers in the U.S. today belong to a labor union, a statistic that anti-union forces will point to as evidence that unions are relics of the past, and no longer appeal to most Americans.But a new report from Cornell University suggests...
Practically Organic

Practically Organic

My wife and I have nearly gone organic. Our gardens have remained largely free of commercial fertilizers and insecticides. Our lawn has never, in the years we've been caring for it, tasted weed killer or turf builder. The water we use for irrigation, drawn from an...
It's In the Water

It's In the Water

One of the main places homeowners can get significant reductions in both their utility bills and their carbon footprint is in the way they heat their water. Tankless electric water heaters save the cost of keeping a large amount of water hot by employing a system that...

ImperiumWatch: Someday Your Prince Will Come

Former FBI chief Louis Freeh now works for Prince Bandar bin Sultan of Saudi Arabia, one of the suavest diplomats in the world. This is the prince known as Bandar Bush because of his close relations with the Bush family—the prince with whom President G.W. Bush...