It's back, greener than ever. The 3rd annual San Francisco Green Film Festival, from May 30 through June 5, will show more than 50 films from across the globe. This includes 20 S.F. premieres of "environmentally focused feature films" like "Rebels With a Cause," the story of Edgar Wayburn and others who fought to save the Marin County coast. Multiple filmmakers and guest speakers will appear for Q&As and special panels covering topics such as clean energy, green chemistry, food, housing, trash, water, and art.

Many of the films have local ties, including "Trashed" (narrated by Jeremy Irons, below), which looks at the…

Amid the hue and cry over electric automaker Fisker's imminent demise is Paul Waldman's American Prospect story on keeping the faith in green tech. In "Don't Give Up on Green Tech Yet," Waldman points out that Fisker's failure to make a loan payment to the Dept. of Energy notwithstanding, the government's record on making loans to car…