energy

Eurofase closeup

Phoebus Cartel 2.0 gets DOE to roll back lightbulb efficiency standards

The big light bulb manufacturers get what they want out of the DOE and the President. We should all stop buying anything from them.

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter in Energy Policy September 4, 2019

London sky

Air pollution is killing twice as many people as previously thought

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter March 14, 2019

helsinki coal photo

Finland to phase out coal one year early

By Sami Grover March 8, 2019

Offshore wind power

By 2030, 1/3 of UK energy will come from offshore wind

Renewable Energy

By Sami Grover March 7, 2019

autism not vaccines but air pollution

Breathing polluted air is like losing a year's education

Energy Disasters

Ilana Strauss

By Ilana Strauss February 25, 2019

chandeleir

Trump administration will try to exempt specialty bulbs from energy efficiency standards

Energy Efficiency

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter February 12, 2019

Keep it in the ground

For first time, Australian court rejects coal mine because of CO2

By Sami Grover February 12, 2019

Lignite mine in Germany photo

EU coal generation down 30% since 2012

By Sami Grover February 8, 2019

Bruce Nuclear

Is nuclear power "the only proven climate solution"?

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter February 6, 2019

wind turbines cornwall photo

UK carbon emissions down 38% since 1990

By Sami Grover February 5, 2019

coal germany photo

Germany agrees to end coal burning by 2038 (maybe)

By Sami Grover January 28, 2019

Farman Goliath

On elegance and energy efficiency

Energy Efficiency

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter January 15, 2019

germany wind power

Renewables overtook coal in Germany last year

Renewable Energy

By Sami Grover January 15, 2019

NIPSCO coal plant

Indiana utility to quit coal and cut CO2 90% within 10 years

By Sami Grover January 14, 2019

Colorado coal plant photo

Colorado could save $2.5 billion from shutting down coal

By Sami Grover January 10, 2019

Rugeley power plant photo

The UK sees lowest per-capita energy generation since 1984

Energy Efficiency

By Sami Grover January 8, 2019

Strip coal mining

5% of US coal fleet retired last year

By Sami Grover January 3, 2019

canapux in hands

Soon they will be shipping oil from the Alberta oil sands in little plastic tubs

Lloyd Alter

By Lloyd Alter December 28, 2018

Coal mine spain photo

European Union agrees to end coal subsidies by 2025

By Sami Grover December 25, 2018

1 2 3 4 5 6 … 219 220

Equinox

2019 Equinox: 12 facts about the first day of fall

apple core

Don't toss apple cores and banana peels on the ground

Fairphone in use

Fairphone 3, a more ethical, reliable and sustainable phone, is released

amazon rainforest

How to save the planet in three simple steps

stagg tree

Conservation group to buy largest private sequoia forest in the world

harvest moon

6 curiosities about the rare Friday the 13th harvest moon

KFC storefront

KFC sold out of Beyond Fried Chicken on trial day

snowy owl

12 signs that a hard winter is coming

DomeGaia AirCrete home

DIY dome homes built from AirCrete are an affordable & ecofriendly option

treehugger slideshows