There Will be Another Nuclear Meltdown Every 10 Years, Report Says
There's going to be a major nuclear reactor meltdown every 10-20 years, a new report argues. But that doesn't necessarily mean we need despair.
- Obama Goes to Bat for Clean Energy
- There's So Much Fracking in Pennsylvania That Indie Bands and World-Famous Hitchhiking Directors Can't Find Hotels
- Ol' Keystone XL Will Raise Gas Prices After All: New Report
- Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power
- The Charcoal Bicyclists of Deforestation-Ravaged Mozambique
- Vermont Bans Fracking: We Can Live Without Oil & Natural Gas, But Cannot Without Clean Water
- US Proposes More Tariffs For Chinese Solar Power Modules
- World's First Ethanol Cooking Fuel Plant Opens in Mozambique
Latest Stories in Energy - Page 8
-
900-Year Old Church Goes 100% Renewable
An English country church harnesses the power of the heavens to keep its lights on.
-
South Korea's Smart Meter Plan Could Eliminate One Nuclear Power Plant
Half the households in South Korea will have smart meters by 2016. The savings could equal the output of one nuclear power plant.
-
New Chevron Oil Leak Detected Off the Coast of Brazil
Just five months after Chevron lost its drilling rights for causing the largest oil spill in recent memory off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, they've gone and done it again.
-
World Energy Use Over the Last 200 Years (Graphs)
The Oil Drum whipped up some charts of world energy consumption over the last 200 years. They tell a powerful story of human progress and the perils ahead.
-
US Solar Installation Doubled in 2011
The solar industry installed 1,885 MW in 2011, reaching total of $8.4 billion.
-
Minnesota's Energy Could be 100% Renewable At No Extra Cost
A new report suggests that Minnesota has all the solar and wind energy it needs to go 100% renewable. But it must invest in energy efficiency to do it.
-
Protecting the Arctic - Another Reason to Party
Sierra Club partners with Discovery to throw House Parties for "Frozen Planet" and to protect the Arctic.
-
Listed Victorian Cotton Mill Becomes Rooftop Solar Powerplant
The heritage-status of a building does not mean you can't install cutting edge technology. This cotton mill in Northern England has just gone solar.
-
Best of Green Readers' Choice: Energy
Who are the best ambassadors for clean energy, energy industry innovators, activists, and more? Vote here.
-
World Wind Power Climbs to New Record in 2011
With its long list of attractive attributes—widespread and abundant, quick to scale, climate-benign, and zero fuel cost—wind power is driving the transition to a new energy economy.
-
DC Considers Community "Solar Gardens" and Shared Solar Arrays
Live in a condo but want to go solar? New legislation in DC aims to make sharing solar arrays a real possibility.
-
For Like the Hundredth Time, GOP Tries to Approve Keystone XL
The GOP is trying yet again to pass a measure overruling the President's dismissal of Keystone XL, and to approve the 1,700 mile pipeline without an environmental review.
-
California's Military Bases Could Generate 30x More Electricity From Solar Power Than They Consume
Even though a tiny amount of the total land occupied by military bases in the state was deemed suitable for solar, it could still generate as much power as seven nuclear power plants.
-
Obama's Gas Prices Infographic
Or, "Hey America, this one's not on me."
-
Tar Sands Industry Claims About Restoring Ecosystems Just Greenwashing, New Report Says
New research in Proceedings and of the National Academy of Sciences claims that peat swamps destroyed by tar sands mining can never be fully restored.
-
Meet the Super-Efficient LED Light Bulb the Tea Party Wants You to Hate
This LED bulb gives off warm, incandescent-like light, lasts 30 years, and is super-efficient. So why is the Tea Party bashing it?
-
Fukushima's Fog: Nuclear Power One Year After Crisis
On the anniversary of Fukushima, we take a look at how the crisis has shaped the role of nuclear power around the world.
-
In 2011 Coal Produced Less Than 40% of US Electricity, For First Time in 30 Years
The percentage of electricity generated in coal-fired power plants fell to its lowest level since 1978 at the end of last year.
