green

To give some context to the big 3 U.S. car companies’ plea for a bailout, we are rerunning this 2006 documentary film (92:25 min, 10 segments) that explores the birth, limited commercialization, and subsequent death of GM’s battery electric vehicle.

This National Geographic film looks at the events that have swept our planet in 2007 and the effects they had on the landscape, the atmosphere and humans. (47:26 min)

A technology breakthrough in Israel enable researchers to collect much more energy per solar panel which could make solar power competitive with traditional energy sources (3:48 min).

Refugees say Myanmar’s military government is forcing farmers off their land as it rushes to grow plants for biofuel production. Al Jazeera’s Selina Downes reports (2:36 min).

Australia’s Beyond Tomorrow looks at Compressed Air Car Innovations in France and Australia (8:52 min) that may hit the market soon.