By Bill Picture Published: January, 2010 As the use of biomass for the production of clean energy, cleaner-burning fuels and non-toxic chemicals has grown, so too has California’s role in the biomass industry. The Golden State is such a big player, in fact, that the organizers of the International Biomass Conference & Expo are hosting […]
Published: February, 2014 Last November, the Port of Oakland celebrated the completion of a shore-to-ship power grid that provides electricity to docked vessels. Until then, vessels burned diesel to maintain power while docked. Now, vessels can shut down their engines and plug into the port’s power infrastructure. This was just one of the changes […]
By Bob Ecker Published: April, 2003 Near empty street, tripod in hand Velvet blackness brackets the canvas Pickpocketed by distant colored light I feel the untrammeled beauty but shiver On this cold November night Camera poised, record twinkling in time Such powerful reflections in my eye Like other evenings within my heart Heady effort […]
