After months of hand-wringing by industry lobbies and environmental groups, President Obama announced the new round of Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, known as CAFE, on Friday in Washington. The standards call for … [Keep reading >>]
Fabiola Carrion on July 8, 2011 – 12:00pm
On the eve of its adjournment, New York’s state legislature provided a new opportunity to create thousands of jobs for New Yorkers. The … [Keep reading >>]
Dear William,
Fracking is a harmful gas drilling method that poisons drinking water. There’s a bill making its way through the California legislature right now that would force energy companies that … [Keep reading >>]
“While American cities are synchronizing green lights to improve traffic flow and offering apps to help drivers find parking, many European cities are doing the opposite: creating environments openly hostile … [Keep reading >>]
Windows are, by their nature, solar devices, as the Romans discovered when glass was first used, and as cats and humans know who bask in their warmth. Driven by the … [Keep reading >>]
The Chinese government is considering plans to subsidize the use of energy-efficient materials and renewable energy technologies in new buildings and is encouraging provincial and municipal governments to impose stricter … [Keep reading >>]
Surprise!
…American drilling companies stand to make tens of billions of dollars from the new petroleum activity in Iraq long before any of the oil producers start seeing any returns on … [Keep reading >>]
In a world where hope is running close to empty, this is a sniff of good news.
Two-thirds of New York City’s rooftops are suitable for solar panels and could jointly … [Keep reading >>]
“Wind is the only thing that is going to save rural Oregon,” said Judge Gary Thompson of Sherman County Court, “especially since all the timber is gone and the sawmills … [Keep reading >>]
Along with the report on Massey Energy and the disastrous April, 2010 explosion that killed 29 miners, Amy Goodman on Democracy Now interviewed Robert Kennedy, Jr about the release of … [Keep reading >>]
In April of last year the country was riveted by news of another coal mine explosion. As the last camera was shut off, 29 men had died; twenty nine families torn apart. … [Keep reading >>]
