Energy Solution Leaves Us Glowing

How we can learn from leaves: Artificial photosynthesis could be the key to unlocking the sun’s full energy potential.

Nuclear Damage Control

For the first time in 30 years, the United States has just okayed new nuclear reactors. Though this comes with the still unfolding Fukushima disaster as a backdrop, we’re being told everything is under control. It is—damage control.

Burn This: Biofuel Farmed From Seaweed

‘Ground-breaking’ scientific research could unleash the huge potential of aquatic biomass in creating a sustainable energy supply.

Scientists Saving The World

Video explains how the answer to some of the world’s biggest problems can be found in the smallest of places.

Renewing Our Energy Vows, Japanese Style

The Japanese have had quite a wakeup call on energy options. Now, we need one.

Here’s an Energy Boost: 100 PERCENT RENEWABLES

Depressed because fracking/nuclear/coal are nasty and ruinous? What you need is an infusion of fresh energy. Try these ideas out….

Lack of Mercury Reporting is Fishy

On August 20, while scanning the New York Times the old-fashioned way, i.e. on paper, I stopped to look at a small article, no bigger than a long paragraph, tucked away in a column full of short items called “National Briefing.” The headline read: “Mercury Found in Every Fish Tested, Scientists...

The Blue Dogs: Best Friends of Big Business

[Updates below – Ed.] As the Obama administration attempts to overhaul the nation’s health care, energy, and financial sectors, it faces the growing leverage of the Blue Dog Coalition—the conservative, fifty-two-member faction of the House’s Democratic caucus—to moderate, or obstruct, its...