Tag: energy
Anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Twenty five years after the Chernobyl nuclear facility melted down, one of the people who fought the disaster talks about the experience....
Post-BP oil disaster: Not much has changed, right?
One year after the BP oil spill, the US energy policy hasn't changed much, but the effects on the Gulf Coast won't be known for some time....
How to start an energy co-op
Ursula Sladek, winner of a 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize, helped her community buy a power grid and started a movement for environmental change....
Japan's nuclear crisis: far from over
Activists say accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant caused by too-cozy relationship between government and power companies, not earthquake....
Europe reacts to Japan's nuclear power crisis
The crisis in Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has European lawmakers rethinking their nuclear power future. ...
Will Japan's earthquake kill the nuclear industry?
The plumes of smoke rising from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant raise questions about the nuclear industry as a whole....
The hidden costs of coal
Coal is one of the cheapest energy sources in the world, if you ignore the environmental costs and other externalities....
Renewable energy booms outside the US and Europe
Kenya, China and parts of South Asia are leading a charge toward renewable energy -- no Al Gore required....
Fight over natural gas gets heated
Natural gas could reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but some are questioning the potentially destructive way that companies extract it. ...
Impact of oil spill on US energy policy
The Obama administration bans oil drilling in new areas off the U.S. coast while the cause of the oil spill off Louisiana is investigated. ...
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