Wind and Solar Could Meet 80 Percent of Americans' Energy Needs
But getting there will require investment in better energy storage technologies.
Clean Energy
Nineteen Nations Vow to Phase Out Coal at U.N. Climate Conference
Officials from the alliance hope to more than double their number by next year's meeting.
The Insurance Industry Needs to Break Its Ties With Coal
Insurance companies have warned about the risks of climate change for more than 20 years, and it's time for them to walk the walk.
Chinese President Xi Jinping Warns Trump Not to Abandon the Paris Climate Agreement
China is making it clear that, if the Trump administration follows through on its threat to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, there will be a geopolitical price to pay.
There Might Be Hope for Us Yet!
Despite continued inaction by Congress, March was a really good month for clean-energy reform.
We're Heading Toward Climate Emergency—Fast
Without conversion to clean energy, rising energy demand worldwide will accelerate global warming. Here's what that means for the developing world—and for the rest of us too.
Why Clean Energy Needs National Action
U.S. states and cities are quickly embracing renewables, but green energy would be more effective—and much less expensive—with a nationwide plan.
The Solar Revolution That Wasn't
Concentrated solar plants are a relatively new technology that has the potential to provide hundreds of thousands of homes with clean energy. So why hasn't it caught on?
The Free Market Is Abandoning Clean Energy
What happened to all of those investments in renewable energy technologies?
Energy Conservation Through the Lens of Faith
An ecumenical effort to combine spirituality and sustainability adds solar panels and wind turbines to the pantheon of religious symbols.
Clean Energy Leadership Gains in Rust Belt States
Index of Clean Energy Leadership finds Midwestern upstarts mixed among the usual suspects.
Examining Past Nuclear Accidents
We provide some background and context for the nuclear-power crisis in Japan.
Laboratory Looks at California’s Energy Future
John Lennon said imagining world peace is easy if you try. Imagining the energy makeup of a country four decades from now may be a little more difficult.
Germany Sidles Away from Solar Subsidies
The fine balance in Germany between markets and green energy policy highlights the real-world challenges for moving away from traditional power sources.
Solar Project Uses Site of Former Strip Mine
Ohio has reached a Turning Point with a solar-energy project that uses land that once was home to a strip mine.
The Price to You for Modest Climate Action
Offering some idea of what cap-and-trade might cost average Americans, the EPA estimates between $79 and $146 a year.
Rejecting the Cold War View of Green Innovation
In a Miller-McCune.com Q&A, Asia watcher Christina Larson questions the zero-sum mentality in which green-tech advancement elsewhere somehow hurts the United States.
Questions and Answers With Energy Guru Teryn Norris
In a Miller-McCune Q&A, the co-author of the 'Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant' report addresses the United States' stumbling response to green energy.
ARPA-E Gets Serious About Clean Energy
While Arunava Majumdar says America urgently needs to come up with clean-energy “game changers,” until now there hasn’t been a systematic approach to develop them.