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Energy Technology

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2012

    PG&E Pipeline Pressure Surges Are a Real Threat

    PG&E is starting to feel some unwanted pressure over its gas pipelines. The company is being asked to be much more transparent following a federal directive requiring all utilities to maintain and report instances of pressure surges along their gas pipelines. That might be a tall order for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Mission Pie Goes Solar

    Mission Pie, already one of the few restaurants to achieve green certification, just ramped up its sustainability with the installation of rooftop solar panels to provide up to a third of its power. "It keeps getting windier in the Mission. Maybe we should have gone with wind power," joked co-owner ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Occupy SF, Please Come Pick Up Your Stuff

    Um, whoever was occupying this, please come get it. ​Dump trucks swept through Justin Herman Plaza early this morning, collecting all the stuff that protesters left behind after police raided the Occupy SF encampment early this morning. Rest assured, the city has no desire to hang onto any of thes ... More >>

  • News

    May 25, 2011

    List: How $248 Million Will Improve S.F. Streets

    Um, whoever was occupying this, please come get it. ​Dump trucks swept through Justin Herman Plaza early this morning, collecting all the stuff that protesters left behind after police raided the Occupy SF encampment early this morning. Rest assured, the city has no desire to hang onto any of thes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Hillary Clinton Sued by S.F. Environmental Group Over Alleged Oil Pipeline Project Bias

    Playing favorites?​Environmental groups are going after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, worried that she's allowing Washington lobbyists close to her get away with building a massive oil pipeline from Canada to Texas.Friends of the Earth, a nonprofit with offices in Washington, D.C. and San Fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Obama Asks San Francisco "Are You In" for 2012?

    Are you FB friends with Obama?​After a short and public visit to Facebook in Silicon Valley, President Barack Obama headed up to San Francisco yesterday evening where he drove past the Golden Gate Bridge on his way to the Masonic Center in Nob Hill.  "One of the greatest views in the world," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Japan Crisis Escalates, S.F. to Join Nation in Candlelight Vigil

    It's the least we could do ​As news spread on Friday that Japan is facing a possible breach at the troubled nuclear plant, San Francisco residents and politicians decided they would show their support with a candlelight vigil Monday after sunset. Media outlets are reporting that radioactive contam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    San Francisco's Clean Power Program Collapses, Starts Over

    Electricity never strikes out twice in one place... we hope.​After spending months attempting and failing to negotiate the terms of a new program to provide clean, relatively cheap power to the local citizenry, San Francisco's Public Utilities Commission earlier this month began the process anew w ... More >>

  • News

    July 28, 2010

    Standing Up with the Aboriginal Blackmen United

    The rabble-rousers of the ABU have helped to achieve local hiring goals.

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    City Has $2.6 Million Stimulus Surplus Burning Hole in its Pocket

    Program's implosion leaves San Francisco with millions to spend and nothing to buy.That was fast...​As City Hall struggles to close a $483 million budget gap, bureaucrats a block away at the San Francisco Department of the Environment are faced with the opposite quandary: They must figure out how ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Union Rules Shut Down Solar Farm Construction

    Recurrent EnergyNo work today​In the rock-paper-scissors game of progressive political causes, union work rules beat renewable energy AND local hiring mandates, reports The Examiner today. Construction on the behind-schedule, massive Sunset Reservoir Solar Project was halted this week after labore ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2010

    Boxer, Feinstein to Call for Permanent Moratorium on Offshore Oil Drilling

    Good riddance? ​California Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein -- along with their counterparts from both Oregon and Washington -- will tomorrow officially introduce legislation calling for a permanent ban on oil drilling off the West Coast, Boxer's office has told SF Weekly. The call for a m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Industrial Corn's Solution for Gulf Oil Spill? Create Bigger Nitrogen Dead Zone!

    AP News/NASANitrogen-filled sediment flowing from the Mississippi into the Gulf, as seen from space.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. Shucked: Grist's Tom Philpott registers outrage ― outrage! ― in Big Corn's positioning re: the Gulf oil oil spill. Philpott, take it away: As if being b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2010

    New City Program Helps Homeowners Slash PG&E Bill

    Look! Green! Green!​But Some Consumers May Be Better Off Looking Elsewhere To Fund Green Home Improvements, Program's Architect AcknowledgesMayor Gavin Newsom this evening will hold an "Internet town hall" to tout a new program helping property owners pay for energy-saving improvements. Dubbed Gre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Green-Energy Agency's Response to Critical Grand Jury Report: Screw You Guys, We're Goin' Home.

    Marin County's civil grand jury caused an uproar in the ranks of Bay Area eco-activists earlier this month when it released a scathing report on a proposed overhaul of the county's energy policy. The grand jury's panning of Marin Clean Energy, a plan to provide many areas of the county with governme ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    State Not Ready to Shut Down Mirant Power Plant Just Yet

    ​City clean power activists and politicos were split in their reactions to the outcome of a state power regulatory body meeting today in Folsom, as San Francisco's plans to shutter the Mirant power plant "irrevocably" by 2010 took something of a hit. While Cal-ISO -- the state body that determines ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Dead Prez Boots Riley Tonight @Black Dot

    EKAphotographyRBGz at YBG: dead prez @G4G's solar-powered concert​ Outside Lands, Shmoutside Lands. The hundreds of folks who came out to Yerba Buena Gardens to see dead prez and Mistah F.A.B. perform for free yesterday may have gotten a better deal than the tens of thousands who shelled out $90 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    Hand Off That Funky Fry Oil at Various S.F. Drop Points

    Daniel Greene/FlickrYou could make someone's '83 Volvo very happy with this.​You can now repurpose used cooking oil in the greenest of ways, even if you haven't converted your own car to drive on biofuels. If you live in San Francisco, you can now get rid of that dodgy fry oil left from cookin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Raising the Roof: San Francisco Places Well In Solar Power Study -- But Not at the Top

    Look, Ma! Solar panels and a three-car garage!If asked to guess which city in California sported the most rooftop solar installations, you might well guess San Francisco, right? And if asked which city would be most likely to include such information on its official travel brochure or within the stu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    Still Crazy After All These Years: Bay Guardian's Warblings Drown Rational Discussion of Solar Project

    The price is wrongA grumpy minority on the Board of Supervisors tries in vain to put the brakes on a renewable power project that makes bad business sense. This may sound familiar to observers of politics in San Francisco, where left-wing Democrats on the board tend to outflank their more moderate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Living In a Van Down By the River: San Francisco Studio Apartment Gets 15 Miles Per Gallon

    Joe EskenaziCozy studio -- with a piano! It's the 'Peggy M.'There's no denying it: Crockett Bodelson and Sandra Wang's studio apartment is as cute as a bug's ear -- albeit not much larger than one. It's well-lit, was almost entirely stocked via freebies on Craigslist (including an upright piano), an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    SF Gov InAction: Meet the Guardian's Imaginary Friend and Congratulate the Department of Technology on Its Fictitous $750,000 Tech Center

    When your whole government shuts down so that it can go to Washington D.C. and lobby for handouts, you know you've reached a point of no return. Economically it's a sign of total defeat, an acknowledgment that we are a zombie municipality that needs fresh infusions of federal blood just to go thr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2009

    Central Coast Weekly Blasts Chron's Environmental Coverage

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Music

    January 14, 2009

    Brightblack Morning Light

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    Free Coke

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2008

    Election Night Storylines

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    The Prop. H Campaign's Big Lie

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2008

    San Franciscans, Environmentalists, Gays Voiceless in VP Debate

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2008

    SF Weekly Letters

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2008

    Green Eats: Vegan-To-Go in the Financial District

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2008

    Bay Blogosphere: Think Links!

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2008

    SF Gov InAction: Special "Budget Week" Edition! DO: Tip Your Skycap! DON'T: Pay Any Fees

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2008

    Is This the Death of the San Francisco Party Bus?

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 29, 2007

    The Mother Lode

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • News

    January 17, 2007

    The Pro-Bacon Lobby

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    The Tide Is High

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • News

    May 24, 2006

    Invasive Species

    While the San Francisco Chronicle is busy fêting itself with daily retrospectives, journalists beyond the walls of 901 Mission are sounding a less complimentary note. In an editorial published last week, the weekly Carmel Pine Cone takes the Chron to task for its reporting on environmental question ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 12, 2005

    The Nuclear Option

    An original opera about the makers of the atomic bomb fails to ignite

  • Calendar

    July 13, 2005

    Women on the Water

    Take a cruise with a real Rosie

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Place to Pick Up a Sailor

    Cal Sailing Club's "Open House"

  • News

    December 10, 2003

    A Modest Post-Election Proposal

    For Preventing the Homeless People of San Francisco From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and For Making Them Beneficial to the Public in an Energy-Efficient Manner

  • News

    August 28, 2002

    The Stealth Campaign

    At a seemingly innocuous event in the Sunset, Willie Brown proves again why he's the patron saint of patronage

  • News

    July 18, 2001

    Letters to the Editor

    Power to the People; A Love/Hate Relationship

  • News

    July 4, 2001

    The November Wild Card

    Upcoming ballot proposals on public power could complicate the fight over the Potrero Hill plant.

  • News

    March 7, 2001

    Dim Bulbs

    Greedy out-of-state profiteers make easy targets, but the real villains of California's energy debacle are the ones under the state capitol dome.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Bookstore for the Frustrated Architect in You

    Builders Booksource

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best New Tech Space

    Argonne Child Development Center

  • News

    May 27, 1998

    Building a Better Bomb

    While condemning India for its nuclear testing, the U.S. government quietly funnels billions to research programs aimed at creating an ever-more-virulent nuclear arsenal

  • News

    April 26, 1995

    Letters

    While condemning India for its nuclear testing, the U.S. government quietly funnels billions to research programs aimed at creating an ever-more-virulent nuclear arsenal

  • News

    April 19, 1995

    Letters

    While condemning India for its nuclear testing, the U.S. government quietly funnels billions to research programs aimed at creating an ever-more-virulent nuclear arsenal

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