Mountaintop-Removal Coal Mining Hits ‘Deep Down’
PBS documentary "Deep Down" looks at a cordial, intense dispute over mountaintop-removal coal mining in Appalachia.
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Clean Energy and the U.S. Handicap: One Man’s Story
On-again, off-again federal support cripples emerging industries in the United States, America's pre-eminent wind energy pioneer believes.
Solar’s New Dawn, With Applicator Brush
Advances in technology make low-efficiency but wide areas solar energy newly practical.
Saving Energy Means Getting the South on Board
Coal-fueled region uses more energy per capita and pays less for it than the U.S. overall.
Oil Spill Fouls Up Climate Bill
A tenuous compromise that promised to move a U.S. climate bill forward may be part of the Deepwater Horizon’s collateral damage.
Energy and the Empire State
The King Kong of buildings makes efficiency pay, but how much energy renovation should come from regulators?
Balancing the Power of Offshore Wind
Fears that wind only provides power when it's blowing outside could be neutralized by drawing from a wide area — like the U.S. Atlantic coast.
Buildings Compete to Work Off the Waste
National contestants chosen by the EPA vow to slim down their energy "waste lines."
Shining Light on Clean Energy Superbugs
Overcoming some of the obstacles that have hindered petri-dish-to-gas-pump schemes in the past, scientists are finding ways to produce high-octane fuel and even pure hydrogen from co-opted algae.