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Environment
A Solar Project Even a President Could Love
President Obama will visit Copper Mountain Solar 1, the type of power plant that could provide a growing portion of the country’s electricity.
Environment
Where Bacteria Meets The Matrix: Wastewater Could Provide Electricity to Clean Itself Up
In Bruce Logan’s lab, scientists use sewage to create electricity. And soon wastewater could provide all the power it needs to clean itself up.
Environment
Can the Promise of No Electric Bills Sell Retirees on Green Living?
Rather than advertising energy-efficiency features, a leading home builder and solar installer are pitching the effect—no electric bill, ever.
Environment
Confused by Green Energy Options? Let Congress Sort It Out for You
What if everyone, not just environmentalists or those who can afford it, could switch to wind- and solar-powered electricity?
Environment
Score One for the Little Guy: Judges Rule New York Towns Can Keep Gas Drillers Out
These decisions could serve as a national precedent for small groups of people looking to keep big drilling companies at bay.
Environment
Meet America’s Next Top Energy Innovators
These companies are working on better batteries, engines that guzzle less gas, and materials to make more fuel-efficient cars.
Environment
It's Time for Americans to Chill Out About Gas Prices
Let's exert our energy figuring out how to deal with the root problem.
Environment
For Greener Hospitals, Start by Doing Less Harm
Hospitals use more energy per square foot than almost any other type of building in America. But experts are thinking about how to change that.
Environment
Why Universities Are Building Superefficient Power Plants
The Department of Energy has called cogeneration plants “one of the most promising options in the US energy efficiency portfolio."
Environment
Can Eagles and Wind Turbines Coexist?
Both wind turbines and birds rely on the power of air currents to move them. That means that as more wind turbines are built, the towers claim...
Environment
Seattle’s King County Confronts Citizens’ True Carbon Footprint
If a community wants to decrease carbon emissions, it needs to tackle emissions created outside its borders to produce the goods it consumes.
Environment
Rumors of Clean Tech's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Investors haven't abandoned clean tech projects, they're just reevaluating how they fund them.
Environment
Obama's Budget Could Increase Clean Energy Funding by 30 Percent
The budget may not pass through Congress, but it shows Obama's commitment to renewable energy
Environment
How Electric Delivery Trucks Could Help Renewable Energy Succeed
If delivery fleets went electric, any truck on a city street could provide storage and stability to the grid.
Environment
The Next Generation of Renewable Energy May Be Created Under Water
When reporters, politicians, and environmental advocates talk about renewable energy, they talk about wind and solar. This makes sense: Of the...
Environment
How Clean Energy Projects on Public Land Will Power 3 Million Homes
The Obama administration is speeding up clean energy development, but must balance the interests of conservationists and developers.
Business
House of the Rising Sun: In New Orleans, Solar Power Gives Poor Families a Boost
“It’s expensive to be poor, and nowhere is that truer than in energy."
Environment
As Washington Backs Off Clean Energy, States Are Filling the Void
As a group, states are already doing more to support clean energy development than the federal government ever dreamed of.
