Fossil Fuels Just Lost the Race Against Renewables
An earlier version of this story represented the IEA’s scenario for solar in 2050 as a forecast when it was in fact one of several…
An earlier version of this story represented the IEA’s scenario for solar in 2050 as a forecast when it was in fact one of several…
A new report today from Friends of the Earth estimates for the first time how much land and water well-known brands such as Apple, Kraft…
At the White House earlier this week, President Obama announced new efforts to support emerging entrepreneurs who develop solutions to some of the world’s toughest…
The longest distance ever flown by a solar airplane in aviation history: 13 hours and 20 minutes of flight, reaching an altitude of 8,534 meters…
The geothermal industry’s efforts to grab a bigger slice of the growing renewable energy pie met with some success in 2014, though that wasn’t reflected…
Skeptics who still doubt anthropogenic climate change have now been stripped of one of their last-ditch arguments: it is true that there has been a…
As Congress removes restrictions on taxpayers bailing out the too-big-to-fail banks, the right is blaming environmentalists and Russia for the demise of the fracking…
International efforts to mitigate climate impacts have intensely scrutinized carbon emissions from the electricity sector. Coal, in particular, has been targeted as a source of…
The International Energy Agency and the Nuclear Energy Agency suggest in a report released Thursday that nuclear will have such a significant role to play…
A hidden jewel. Very well hidden. Maybe too well. The mine of Sos Enattos (Lula, Italy) is one of those treasures often unknown even to…
Rising above the scene of the world’s worst nuclear accident is the spectacular sight of the largest moveable structure ever created on land. The complex…
A third of oil reserves, half of gas reserves and over 80% of current coal reserves globally should remain in the ground and not be…
The kick-off of commercial power production by the 800 MWe BN-800 reactor at Beloyarsk Nuclear Power Station in Russia last year could be a defining…