Energy

Whittier city official Bob Henderson has spent three decades, by his own account, helping rescue vast expanses of this hilly preserve from continued drilling by oil companies. As head of the conservation author...

By DAVE GRAM When a nuclear watchdog group asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a study on leaks of radioactive water at the Vermont Yankee plant, it was told the NRC had seen the report but had never of...

By MICHAEL CASEY African governments should consider investing in renewable energies like wind, solar and hydro power to help feed the continent's growing energy demands and combat threats of climate chang...

By Brian Merchant Denmark is already powered by an impressive amount of wind power -- the nation of five and a half million meets nearly 20% of its energy from wind farms. But in Denmark's latest ener...

By Tom Zeller Jr. Environmental groups were up in arms on Thursday as news percolated that New York State's moratorium on natural gas exploration using a contentious technique known as hydraulic fracturing...

German lawmakers overwhelmingly approved on Thursday plans to shut the country's nuclear plants by 2022, putting Europe's biggest economy on the road to an ambitious build-up of renewable energy. The...

By Sami Grover The UK may be backing off from large-scale solar power, but elsewhere there seems to be a surge in installations. From the world's first 24/7 power plant in Spain, through Google's inve...

Ambitious UN goals for producing clean and sustainable energy can be met by promoting the wider benefits of clean energy policies - including economic growth and job creation - film star and former California g...

This photo has created an Internet frenzy. It’s of a couple kissing in the middle of a riot in Vancouver following the Canucks’ 4-0 loss to Boston in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. (more…)...

Finding domestic technologies with good eco-credentials is hard. It’s difficult to get excited about bamboo computer mice, for example: changing your mouse is not going to make the world a better place, particu...