New developments in the growing partnership between Solar Energy International and the United States military.

After two weeks of largely fruitless climate negotiations at the UNFCCC meeting in Bonn/Germany, the world is one step closer to miss the overarching target of international climate policy: limiting the mean temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.

Looking to be a little cooler this summer? Buying an electric fan or an air conditioning unit is effective, but that’s hardly the only way to maintain the temperature in the home, at the office or elsewhere.

Far from high-tech Silicon Valley or hipster Austin, Texas, the largest all-electric car-sharing service is being built. If you guessed Portland or Brooklyn, keep guessing…and moving inland.