UPDATE/ 2 October 2009/ IOC Picks Rio de Janeiro Wonderful effort, Japan! Congratulations, Rio! Yesterday in Copenhagen, Japan made what is likely its final attempt to convince the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that Tokyo is the natural choice to host the 2016 summer Olympics “By awarding Tokyo the 2016 Games,” said Ichiro Kono, head of the Tokyo... »

Cooler Planet’s Cool Map {See update (9/29/09) at bottom of this article…} When I first became serious about “going solar” one of the first calls I made was to the Web-based CoolerPlanet. Why them? Meh…because I saw a link to their site somewhere on the Web. Now, it turns out that my call has been... »

(Courtesy of SOHO/EIT consortium) Every now and then on these pages, we like to pay homage to the source of the solar power we discuss every day at The Phoenix Sun. »