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ENERGY The biggest energy event in the past 30 days may have been Tesla’s announcement that a small, low-cost, high-storage-capacity solar battery is ready to go into production. The lithium-ion Powerwall, which can capture and store up to 10kWh of energy from a solar panel, is 68cm by 1.3m in size (only a little…
This picture (see pdf) of Thomas Berry taken late in his life is a reminder of the spirit of this great man and of the legacy he left with us. June 1, 2015 will be the sixth anniversary of his death. Thomas was a Catholic. The day that is celebrated for a Catholic saint is…
On May 7, 2015, a reception was held honoring Professor James L. Peacock of the Anthropology Department of the University of North Carolina of Chapel Hill (UNC) and Member of the Board of CES. He is pictured here at that event in front of a plaque marking one of his many achievements—the establishment of…
As we celebrate our personal experiences of the natural world this spring, and lament the declining state of the global environment, we should also pay attention to the really significant events that will take place this year relating to sustainability. It could well be that we look back on this year as a turning…
Jaime Vergara lives in Saipan and is a columnist for the Saipan Times. Born in the Philippines, he became a naturalized US citizen in 1984. He has lived and worked all over the world, including in the Philippines, Nigeria, Tonga, Jamaica, Guatemala, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Malaysia, Venezuela, Korea, and in the United States, Chicago, Dallas,…