Features

• An Efficient Solution

  Wasting less energy is the quickest, least expensive way to stem carbon emissions

  Eberhard K. Jochem   | September 1, 2006  |

• Plan B for Energy

  If efficiency improvements and incremental advances in today's technologies fail to halt global warming, could revolutionary new carbon-free energy sources save the day? Don't count on it--but don't count it out, either

  W. Wayt Gibbs   | September 1, 2006  |

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  The Nuclear Option

  A threefold expansion of nuclear power could contribute significantly to staving off climate change by avoiding one billion to two billion tons of carbon emissions annually

  John M. Deutch and Ernest J. Moniz   | September 1, 2006  | 4

• A Plan to Keep Carbon in Check

  Getting a grip on greenhouse gases is daunting but doable. The technologies already exist. But there is no time to lose

  Robert H. Socolow and Stephen W. Pacala   | September 1, 2006  | 1

• Fueling Our Transportation Future

  New technologies, lighter vehicles and alternative fuels can lower greenhouse gas releases from cars and trucks

  John B. Heywood   | September 1, 2006  | 3

• A Climate Repair Manual

  Global warming is a reality. Innovation in energy technology and policy are sorely needed if we are to cope

  Gary Stix   | September 1, 2006  | 1

• The Rise of Renewable Energy

  Solar cells, wind turbines and biofuels are poised to become major energy sources. New policies could dramatically accelerate that evolutio

  Daniel M. Kammen   | September 1, 2006  |

• High Hopes for Hydrogen

  Using hydrogen to fuel cars may eventually slash oil consumption and carbon emissions, but it will take some time

  Joan Ogden   | September 1, 2006  |

• What to Do about Coal

  Cheap, plentiful coal is expected to fuel power plants for the foreseeable future, but can we keep it from devastating the environment?

  David G. Hawkins, Daniel A. Lashof and Robert H. Williams   | September 1, 2006  |