Global CO2 Concentration Reaches 400 Parts Per Million
Now what?
Will Hybrids and Electrics Benefit from Demise of Internal Combustion Engine?
You would think so, but a recent conference suggests otherwise
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Germany Takes the Lead in HVDC
New developments in high-voltage DC electronics could herald an epic shift in energy delivery
New York Politicians Decline to be Anti-Nuclear
Candidates are remarkably responsible on energy and climate
Tiny Online Publication Wins Pulitzer Prize
Bucking a trend, an environmental news site wins journalism's highest honor
European Parliament Vote Leaves Carbon Trading System in Shambles
It is another indicator of a dramatic shift in current balance of action on climate
Japan Plans to Overhaul Its Electricity Sector
Proposal would break up the "Big 10" utility companies
"The Most Hated Climate Scientist in the U.S."
Yale University profiles one of its more notorious physics PhDs
Protecting the Power Grid From Solar Storms
New spacecraft will aid forecasts of space weather
HVDC Supergrid Technologies Besting Expectations
Components for meshed high-voltage DC networks are improving fast. Market barriers are the likely rate-limiting factor for Europe's efforts to exchange renewable power at continental scale.
China's Suntech in Bankruptcy Proceedings
The PV market leader's wounds may be self-inflicted
A Clever But Questionable Approach to Geoengineering
MIT's David Keith says it could be cheaper and easier to stop global warming than you think
New Appointments at U.S. Energy Department and EPA
The most distinctive impact may be in the nuclear sector
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Carbon Dioxide and Temperature Levels Are More Tightly Linked
But will the new research convert any climate skeptics?
Coal is Dead, Gas is King: Politicians Talk Fossil Fuels at ARPA-E Summit
A few Senators and one very prominent mayor weighed in on what feels like background noise to renewable energy innovators
Sixteen New Iranian Reactors
Will they actually be built, or is the plan just a cover for military plans?
Crisis in European Carbon Trading System
Despite recent attempts at correcton, the ETS is not getting the job done
New Dawn for Smart Grid?
Signs abound that it may be turning a corner
Executive Action: Obama Threatens Unilateral Approach to Climate Crisis
State of the Union address featured a President finally willing to tackle global warming head-on
North Korea's Nuclear Fingerprints As Seen in Norway
A geophysicist north of Oslo could trace the explosion to its source by its sonic fingerprint
How to Find a Nuclear Explosion in North Korea
Wondering how the world knows when a somebody tests a nuclear device? Here's how
Who After Chu?
Will a new energy secretary focus more on areas neglected in Chu’s farewell appraisal?
U.S. Northeast Sets Ambitious Carbon Reduction Goals
New targets reflects RGGI's own success and general U.S. progress
UK to Build Advanced Metrology Laboratory
£25 million expansion of National Physical Laboratory is part of a £600 million technology
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions at Eighteen-Year Low
They are nearing their 1990 level, the baseline for Kyoto Protocol reductions
Energy Secretary Chu’s Parting Salvo
His long farewell letter is as interesting for what it leaves unsaid as for what it says
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Sandy and the Utilities
Power companies' post-storm performance was arguably good--which is not to minimize problems
2012: A Very Big Year in Energy
The United States, with real prospects of achieving energy independence, has a big economic edge
Kerry and Climate
Choice of new U.S. Secretary of State could affect policy
Green Energy Tech at Year's End
2012 was not a good year, and 2013 is not likely to be better