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Technology
Transparency: The Origins of Electricity, Tesla vs. Edison
Let's compare their lives, achievements, and embittered battles of these two electricity pioneers in our latest infographic.
Business
Infographic: The High-Energy Cost of Getting High
For 4/20 (a date we hear has meaning for marijuana enthusiasts), we take a look at all the electricity it takes to grow America's indoor pot.
Environment
Not So Kind: Weed Growers Suck Down 1 Percent of All U.S. Electricity
All those grow lights, it turns out, inhale enough juice to power 2 million American homes.
Environment
America Is Getting More Power from Renewables than From Nuclear
Renewable energy had a good year in the United States in 2011.
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
How Manure-to-Energy Projects Make the Best Out of a Stinky Situation
Waste-to-energy projects make the best of the world we have. Manure becomes electricity. Steel gas becomes jet fuel. Garbage power people's homes.
Environment
The Dirty Energy Powering Your Web-Based Life
A new Greenpeace report show just how much energy it takes to run our internet lives.
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
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
Infographic: Vampire Energy
Learn which money-sucking appliances are draining your electricity even when they're turned off.
Environment
Where Should We Build Utility-Scale Solar Power Plants?
It's accepted fact that solar projects will continue to multiply, but it's unclear where they'll all be built.
Environment
How to Hook Up Your Home to the Smart Grid Today
This is your house on the smart grid. What the future of home appliances will look like when we're managing our electricity better.
Environment
Video: The Story of Coal
This little video does a bang-up job of tracking electricity from homes to coal-fired power plants, and showing the outrageous scale of coal's impact.
Cities
U.K. Neighborhood Records Its Electricity Use on the Street
A group of residents in Brighton are recording their daily electricity use on a giant infographic painted on the sidewalk outside their homes.
Technology
This New House: Are Unmanned Lab Homes the Future of Efficiency?
A small row of unmanned houses in Tennessee is operating at optimal efficiency. Are these our energy-efficient future?
Education
Meet the World's First Solar Powered Study Lantern
Thanks to this solar lantern, for less than $10, students living without electricity could have light to study by when the sun goes down.
Environment
The End of the Power Cord: Solar and Typing-Powered Laptops
A new solar laptop could free computers from their power cords. And in the future, the pressure created by typing could be used to charge batteries.
News
Project: Reduce Our Collective Energy Consumption
Can you create a mascot or icon for reducing energy consumption by February 9? We'll pay the winner's energy bill for a month.
