Closing Yucca Mountian effectivly kills the viability of new nuclear plants in the future. Nuclear energy is our nation's best hope in ever being energy independent.
The investment in America's economic recovery presents a chance for needed projects in energy and climate to get the jump-start needed to begin a new wave of progress.
Reporting from California City, Calif. -- One man in the classroom earned more than $100,000 framing tract homes during the building heyday. Another installed pools and piloted a backhoe. Behind him sat a young father who made a good living swinging a hammer in southern Utah.
US President Barack Obama is banking on a landmark carbon gas cap-and-trade system to both fight climate change and pump 80 billion dollars into the Treasury purse to fund renewable energy programs.
There is an ecological disaster closely tied to an energy crisis going on in third world countries. It is happening at a much immediate level: Deforestation.
The House of Representatives approved a revised version but with no Republicans support. It was then expected to pass in the senate by 61-37 in a late evening vote, with only four moderate Republicans expected to give their assent.
The largest series of solar installations in history, more than 1,300 megawatts, is planned for the desert outside Los Angeles, according to a new deal between the utility Southern California Edison and solar power plant maker, BrightSource.
Experts warn that the nations infrastructure investment must be stepped up, and stepped up now. Did government miss the perfect opportunity to do just that?
Meanwhile, nearly one-third of Canadian households (30 per cent) say they always use recycled or reusable bags when grocery shopping. Ontario and Quebec lead the pack, while New Brunswick and Nova Scotia home to the biggest proportion of people that rarely or never use them.
The proposed offshore wind project, Cape Wind, would consist of 130, 440' wind turbines in Nantucket Sound.
British Columbians have been blessed with renewable, reliable, and inexpensive electricity ever since WAC Bennett had foresight to develop hydroelectric power nearly 50 years ago.
Upstart developer NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. has signed a deal with the Council of the Haida Nation to operate NaiKun's proposed offshore wind farm, which would include 110 turbines to generate 396 megawatts of power in 2014.
In her State of the State address last February, Gov. Jennifer Granholm urged the Legislature to push Michigan toward a jobs-rich, green-energy economy by requiring utilities to sell renewable energy and help customers cut their energy use.
Canadian energy companies will get both direct assistance and tax breaks to develop carbon-capture-and-storage technology that promises to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants and oil sands projects. In his budget Tuesday, Federal Finance Minister Jim Fla …
American jobs; American citizens fighting against Oil and Coal lobbies; a new era on green sustainable energy.
The office of the San Francisco Mayor issued the following news release:
Blistered by critics over its plan to scale back contracts for clean electricity because of economic uncertainty, BC Hydro this week moved to "clarify" that it may buy all the clean power it can get. "We want to be clear that we recognize the uncertainty of forecasting," BC Hydr …
Jeff Wilson, a brilliant author dedicated to seeing America become energy independent. This article is a very brief insight into his new book The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence Now and the hard cold facts facing America. Oil is finite.
Roughly half of the 2,164 American adults surveyed last September and October said they had already taken important steps to make their homes more energy-efficient, and a substantial number -- between 10 and 20 percent -- said they planned to take action over the next year.
A white paper commissioned by the state says that tapping the ocean for power should be done carefully.
[Drillers eye oil reserves off California coast: The Jenner coast north of Bodega Bay is one of the spots along the California coast that has been studied for potential oil and gas exploration.
A short while ago, I had the opportunity to tour the area in South Buffalo being proposed as one Buffalo's new homes for green jobs.
Icelandic star — and part time swan — Björk is using her celebrity to jump start a venture capital fund focused on women, and the environment.
Here we go again, hang on to your hats and your wallets...
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called for a "solar revolution" on Sunday as he unveiled plans to bring forward a A$500 million (US$329 million) fund to promote renewable energy in a bid to stimulate the economy.