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Insurance: the key to renewable energy success?

Sep 17, 2012 09:22pm

Wind, wind everywhere. Who needs any other energy source?

Sep 17, 2012 04:20am

Electric, iPad equipped motorcycle set land speed record

Sep 16, 2012 08:47pm

Using magnets to clean up oil spills

Sep 14, 2012 03:00am

Your electricity rate is going up, and you probably don't realize it

Sep 13, 2012 08:55pm

ABB pulls investment from solar startup GreenVolts

Sep 12, 2012 03:10pm

BP's secret sauce for more oil: Less salt

Sep 12, 2012 04:37am

The Chevy Volt: falling short on profit?

Sep 11, 2012 07:39pm

U.S. solar installations double

Sep 11, 2012 03:00am

The next wave of smart grid investment

Sep 10, 2012 03:00am

Want beautiful trash? Come to Glass Beach, Calif.

Sep 10, 2012 02:28am

The exotic material in VW's new lightweight car? Steel

Sep 7, 2012 04:29am

Disappearing act: Amid a drilling boom, this fossil fuels job is at risk

Sep 7, 2012 03:00am

Solar ejection on Friday sets off northern lights on Monday

Sep 6, 2012 05:34am

Scotland plans world's largest offshore wind farm

Sep 5, 2012 10:46am

Shell gets OK to drill in Arctic

Aug 31, 2012 01:43am

Mitt Romney, the climate change clown

Aug 30, 2012 11:54pm

A nuclear fuel bank: Is the world too unsafe for it to fail?

Aug 30, 2012 07:41pm

What do cows and Antarctica have in common?

Aug 30, 2012 06:05am

As Isaac makes landfall, Gulf oil production stops

Aug 29, 2012 01:00am

Obama's fuel rules to halve greenhouse emissions, dramatically reduce oil imports

Aug 28, 2012 07:19pm

Sails to power future cargo ships, global trade

Aug 28, 2012 06:20pm

Sapphire's algae-to-oil farm begins to take shape

Aug 28, 2012 12:25pm

Next oil and gas rush - South China Sea?

Aug 28, 2012 06:30am

Sydney to London on the Plastic Fantastic powered flight

Aug 27, 2012 05:27am

Mitt Romney's energy plan: 3 critical points

Aug 24, 2012 09:59am

Infographic: your fuel cell powered city of the future

Aug 22, 2012 09:31pm

Recycled tire powder saves energy, reduce costs, makes quieter cars

Aug 22, 2012 09:03pm

Chart of the day: A power shift in the U.S.

Aug 22, 2012 12:04pm

Report: electric vehicle sales to top 130 million by 2025

Aug 20, 2012 09:51pm

U.S. solar power market boomed in 2011

Aug 19, 2012 10:11pm

Sunflowers: a muse for improving solar power

Aug 16, 2012 08:18pm

Next-gen toilets that could change the world

Aug 16, 2012 04:00am

Facebook's data center expansion continues

Aug 15, 2012 12:40pm

Fukushima disaster spawns mutant butterflies

Aug 14, 2012 08:29pm

The 3 biggest threats to the U.S. wind industry

Aug 14, 2012 12:50pm

Energy round-up: Obama's wind revolution, stalled fracking regulations

Aug 10, 2012 03:13pm

Google Earth-government data mashup lets you see emissions

Aug 10, 2012 01:26pm

Temple University students get Chevy Volts

Aug 9, 2012 08:55pm

Chinese firm may control Obama stimulus recipient

Aug 9, 2012 08:17pm

The energy subsidy-blackout link in Egypt

Aug 8, 2012 12:51pm

Solar bag hauls, purifies water

Aug 7, 2012 07:25pm

Start-up finds worst energy offenders

Aug 5, 2012 06:19pm

Caffeine pollutes Pacific Ocean

Aug 3, 2012 04:43am

Electric vehicles: a boon for retailers?

Aug 2, 2012 08:08pm

Facebook shares its carbon footprint

Aug 2, 2012 12:15pm

Higgs Boson finding: Now CERN's really really sure. It's not kidding.

Aug 2, 2012 04:45am

India's other power failure (and its opportunity)

Aug 2, 2012 04:00am

Scientists invent paper LEDs

Jul 31, 2012 06:28pm

Romney opposes wind tax credit

Jul 31, 2012 05:39pm

LEDs set 'fire' to Olympic rings in London

Jul 31, 2012 05:11am

Chart of the day: Coal power's decline

Jul 31, 2012 04:00am

Alcatraz: Giving new meaning to solar 'cells'

Jul 31, 2012 03:18am

Controversial nuclear technology alarms watchdogs

Jul 30, 2012 06:43pm

An offshore oil revival brews in the Gulf

Jul 30, 2012 01:13pm

Becalmed: Wind orders die down

Jul 30, 2012 04:56am

Oil disrupter: Startup's tech turns natural gas into chemicals

Jul 30, 2012 03:00am

DOE funds next generation coal power technology

Jul 29, 2012 07:26pm

Another Bill Gates cure for the warming planet: Spritz it

Jul 27, 2012 05:13am

Tracking the emissions of megacities (in real time)

Jul 26, 2012 09:52am

Key to cycling champ's energy: a big heart (literally)

Jul 26, 2012 04:30am

The great electric car experiment: Texas town is a research project

Jul 25, 2012 08:21pm

Is the smart grid vulnerable to cyber warfare?

Jul 25, 2012 07:48pm

Hail gasoline! Boom times and jobs at UK's Jaguar Land Rover

Jul 25, 2012 09:30am

Blink, it's gone: Greenland's surface ice melted 2 weeks ago

Jul 25, 2012 03:58am

Tidal energy hits milestone in U.S.

Jul 25, 2012 03:06am

Solve the energy AND rare earth crisis: Join the Thorium Bank

Jul 24, 2012 06:53am

Double decker bus sprouts arms, does push ups

Jul 23, 2012 10:17am

Virgin Nuclear? Branson asks Obama for reactor help. Sir Richard v Bill Gates?

Jul 23, 2012 05:23am

Q&A: Inside GE's battery business

Jul 23, 2012 03:00am

U.S. manufacturer ships nanotechnology equipped solar cells

Jul 22, 2012 05:39pm

China-U.S. solar trade dispute escalates

Jul 20, 2012 11:07am

A tale of two radioactive beaches, as Fukushima's reopens

Jul 20, 2012 04:18am

LED retrofits cut a slice out of NYC's energy costs

Jul 19, 2012 06:23pm

Infographic: Tips to save on your electric bill

Jul 19, 2012 05:01pm

Another 18,000 solar panels headed for military housing

Jul 19, 2012 01:36pm

Hydropower: Now London gets screwed

Jul 19, 2012 08:50am

New graphene recipe could finally bring the wonder material into electronics

Jul 18, 2012 01:03pm

At the Olympics, BP's biofuel hopefuls go for a test drive

Jul 18, 2012 10:28am

House Republicans kill climate discussion, probe wind power project

Jul 17, 2012 07:43pm

U.S. House passes bill to boost rare earths production

Jul 17, 2012 07:00pm

Double your addiction: Fossil fuel boom feeds drug trafficking

Jul 17, 2012 04:31am

A bird's eye view of one of the world's largest solar farms

Jul 17, 2012 03:00am

Happy Birthday, Telstar! 50 years ago, information went global

Jul 13, 2012 05:17am

Coming soon: smart water grids

Jul 12, 2012 06:00pm

E15 fuel makes its U.S. debut

Jul 12, 2012 10:42am

Report: nuclear construction costs soaring

Jul 12, 2012 10:00am

Harnessing the jet stream for wind turbines

Jul 12, 2012 04:29am

Smart grid data should be free

Jul 11, 2012 06:21pm

The state of cleantech funding

Jul 11, 2012 10:54am

China's nuclear powered ocean floor mining station drills for oil, gold

Jul 11, 2012 04:43am

Graphic of the day: solar's dramatic rise

Jul 9, 2012 10:53am

China Syndrome: Chinese companies bid for UK nuclear plants

Jul 9, 2012 05:45am

Steel mill mulls thorium nuclear reactor for process heat

Jul 9, 2012 03:37am

China cuts off rare earths. World War ensues. It's Call of Duty, the video game.

Jul 6, 2012 04:30am

How to avoid a nuclear meltdown: Question authority

Jul 5, 2012 05:43am

The Higgs Prize: When 'close' earns a cigar

Jul 4, 2012 06:00am

GE postpones thin-film solar factory plans

Jul 3, 2012 04:14pm

Westinghouse enters U.S.-China nuclear collaboration

Jul 3, 2012 11:11am

Thermal scout hunts for hot spots at solar plants

Jul 3, 2012 09:38am