The New Chevy Volt Is Impressively Unremarkable
Over the holidays, while visiting family in Southwest Missouri, where I grew up, I saw one of the oddest sights on local roadways since armadillos started showing up as road kill: multiple Chevrolet Volts.
How to Manipulate Plants to Build a Better Biofuel
Researchers see a breakthrough in changing the composition of plant cell walls
EPA Moves to Count Methane Emissions from Fracking
A new rule would require oil and gas companies all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking
Where in the World Are the Fossil Fuels That Cannot Be Burned to Restrain Global Warming?
A new analysis reveals the nations—U.S. included—that must sacrifice exploiting much of their carbon-based energy resources if they are serious about combating climate change
Sun Shines on Union Between Solar Power and Electric Grid in Pakistan
By Aamir Saeed ISLAMABAD (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Amid a worsening energy crisis, Pakistan has approved the use of grid-connected solar energy, rooftop solar installations and mortgage financing for home solar panels to boost uptake of clean energy in the country.
U.S. Teeters at Turning Point for Energy
Oil and solar-power prices both plummeted this year, setting up a big shift in energy sources for 2015
Vermont’s Yankee Nuclear Power Plant Closes Its Doors
With the close of 2014 came the closing of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. At 1:04 pm EST on Monday, the 620 Megawatt plant in southern Vermont was completely shut down.
Electricity Suppliers Shedding Jobs Despite Renewables' Growth
Electricity suppliers have been shedding jobs over the past three years, with a net loss of 5,800 jobs across the United States. While non-hydro renewable power plants have seen significant growth, these job additions were not enough to offset losses at nuclear, fossil fuel, and hydroelectric power plants.
The Year in Energy and Environment: It Wasn't All Apocalyptic
‘Tis the season for year end lists. The problem is: news keeps happening. One of the members of this list only happened just last week.
Fracking Banned in New York
Fracking, as it looks across the New York State border, in Pennsylvania. Fracking has been banned in New York State since 2008. Then-Governor David Paterson imposed a moratorium on the controversial technique— which fractures shale rock using high pressure, specially treated water to release gas trapped inside—citing the need for further study of health and [...]
Behind the Merger of the Rocky Mountain Institute and Carbon War Room - Interview with RMI's CEO Jules Koltenhorst
Today Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), brain-child of famed energy thinker Amory Lovins, and Carbon War Room (CWR), the five-year old climate change outfit of Sir Richard Branson, merged to create a new alliance dedicated to the acceleration of a low carbon energy future.
The Real Outcome of Global Warming Talks in Lima: A Future for Coal
“There will be coal burning.” Negotiators from around the world produced a four-page climate-change accord (pdf) after some sleep-deprived haggling over the weekend in Lima, Peru, but the agreement could be summed up in those five words.