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.
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Rx for Catastrophe
A book on disaster law and policy urges stronger federal intervention to shore up natural barriers and protect the most vulnerable members of the community.
Empower Your Appliances with the Smart Grid
The manager of the energy portfolio for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discusses the benefits of evening out our day’s use of electricity and how future appliances will decide when they can spark up most cheaply.
Combining Heat and Power
An old American idea to capture and use waste heat from electricity generation, adopted by Europe, needs to come back home for a visit.
Thoreau Was Right: Nature Hones the Mind
Studies show nature restores our spirits, improves our thinking, keeps us healthier and probably even saner.
Noise Complaints Draw Opposition to Wind Farms
The health effects from wind turbine noise tell us interesting things about the way we hear things.
The History and Frightening Future of Forests
In the Year of Forests, researchers look to save them, and have them save us.
California’s Delta Water Blues
Can California build the new water system experts say it needs — before an earthquake brings the levees down?
A Road Less Traveled
Passenger travel in the industrialized world has been stagnant for nearly a decade, researchers say.
Micro-Reserves Renew Life in Oaxacan Agriculture
Peasants in Mexico's jungle state of Oaxaca show that conservation need not take a back seat to development.