
Can Nuclear Power Compete?
Newly approved reactor designs could reduce global warming and fossil-fuel dependence, but utilities are grappling with whether better nukes make market sense

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Can Nuclear Power Compete?
Newly approved reactor designs could reduce global warming and fossil-fuel dependence, but utilities are grappling with whether better nukes make market sense

Clean Cities and Dirty Coal Power--China's Energy Paradox
China is aggressively building cleaner cities and renewable power supplies, but the relentless expansion of dirty coal may suffocate those efforts. A firsthand look

The U.S. Needs to Lead in Clean Tech
Steve Mirsky talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman on how green technology can save the world economy

Chicago's Plans to Go Green
Mayor Richard Daley has unveiled an aggressive plan to transform the old, gritty city. If he can pull it off, other cities might follow

Carbon-Offset Cowboys Let Their Grass Grow
Ranchers in Montana are being paid by polluters to keep their grass unmowed

Shark-Smitten Tourists Help Save Guadalupe's Great Whites
Ecotourism has become the unlikely protector of the unexpectedly endangered great white sharks

Regrowing Borneo's Rainforest--Tree by Tree
To save orangutans, scientist Willie Smits is restoring a rain forest—and creating new livelihoods for the Indonesian families who help him

Turning the Tide
Several companies are trying to convert experimental ocean energy plants into commercial powerhouses