Daily Roundup

Pop Power: Who knew that you can make your own solar power from old soda cans? Daily Kos

Sunnier Skies at GM? A German solar-energy company is offering GM $1.26 billion for a chunk of the car behemoth. EnviroLink

Send Good Karma: An organization called Brighter Planet is offering visitors to their site the ability to give a day of carbon neutrality as a gift. One Day

Coal Reality: Today, several environmental groups including the Sierra Club launched a campaign against the greenwashed notion of clean coal. This Is Reality

Winning Designs: Metropolis magazine's "Next Generation Design Competition" challenges young designers to find solutions to our energy crisis. Whomever can think of the best idea by Jan. 30 gets $10,000. Metropolis

--Avital Binshtock