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.
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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.
States: Playing to Clean Energy Strengths
Index of Clean Energy Leadership finds Midwestern upstarts mixed among the usual suspects.
Remembering California’s Nuclear Meltdown
We provide some background and context for the nuclear-power crisis in Japan.
Think Biomass, Not Natural Gas
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.
Slashing Solar Subsidies, and Lighting Way for China
The fine balance in Germany between markets and green energy policy highlights the real-world challenges for moving away from traditional power sources.
Solar Farming Spreads to Appalachia
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.