Category — Energy

The environmental damage caused by mountaintop removal mining across Appalachia has been well documented. But scientists are now beginning to understand that the mining operations’ most lasting damage may be caused by the massive amounts of debris dumped into valley streams. Continue reading

Untested, unregulated gas drilling techniques could poison our water supply. Continue reading

Union of Concerned Scientists report finds that the oil company spent nearly $16 million to fund skeptic groups. Continue reading

President Barack Obama’s economic-stimulus program among the most progressive pieces of economic legislation since the 1960s. Continue reading

If we act now to implement President Barack Obama’s energy plan – which proposes investment in clean energy (and some badly needed jobs to boot) – we can avert a future in which the nation’s energy costs rise by $420 billion a year over the next five years. Continue reading

In one of the many tragic tales of environmental heroism, Ken Saro-Wiwa stood up to the oil giant Shell with peaceful demonstrations and vocal opposition—until he was executed by his own government on false charges. Continue reading

“The American Clean Energy and Security Act” is a comprehensive approach to America’s energy policy that charts a new course towards a clean energy economy. Continue reading

Green-collar workers — who include everyone from energy-efficiency consultants to wastewater plant operators — constitute a tiny but fast-growing segment of the U.S. economy, according to a study published today by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Continue reading

The proposal is based on one of the problems of conventional vehicles: the loss of kinetic energy during braking. This waste of energy leads to very high fuel consumption and, consequently, to an increase in CO2emissions. Continue reading