Tesla Motors to build electric sedan in California

When Tesla Motors Inc. began taking orders last year for its all-electric sports car, celebrities lined up to purchase the sleek zero-emission vehicle with the six-digit sticker price.

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US energy - Where's it come from - How it's used - How cap and trade might affect it

With all of the recent debates over Global warming or more aptly called climate change and the political debates on cap and trade taxation, it seems appropriate to do a few articles on where our energy really comes from and how it is utilized.

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ANDERSON SPRINGS – Residents in this tiny Lake County community have complained for years about the earthquakes touched off by the geothermal energy projects that tap the vast reservoir of steam in the mountains behind their homes.

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House Democratic leaders are furiously lobbying their members and moderate Republicans to support a landmark energy bill in the face of resistance from some conservative members of their own party, and staunch opposition from the GOP — roadblocks that are making it difficult to …

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Move — to Louisiana:

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I have questioned the reasons for not using wave energy in the past but thought it boiled down to NIMBY attitudes -- this article explores the reasons a bit farther.

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Clean Coal and Swing States

The coal industry and the states who cater to it are holding our nation hostage, our current two-party political system is allowing it. Our kids will have to pay the bill in more ways than one it's time we stand up and be heard.

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A new wave energy device known as "Anaconda" is the latest idea to harness the power of the seas. Its inventors claim the key to its success lies in its simplicity: Anaconda is little more than a length of rubber tubing filled with water.

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Critics argue that precious water resources are being bled dry by ethanol when water shortages are growing ever more dire. Federal mandates encouraging more ethanol production don't help.

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Pennsylvania friend of: Chairman Edward J. Markey The Markey Memo Select Committee UPDATE

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A team of MIT undergraduate students has invented a shock absorber that harnesses energy from small bumps in the road, generating electricity while it smoothes the ride more effectively than conventional shocks.

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Most of the projects in the the President's $900 billion stimulus package are the kind of public works the government has executed for decades: trains, bridges, and so on.

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President Obama's plans to lead America out of recession rest in part on a task bigger than a moon shot and the Manhattan Project put together.

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The head of New Jersey's largest utility urged Congress on Tuesday to require electric companies nationwide to generate more power from wind, solar and other renewable sources.

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Last November, Oregon became the first state to develop standards for a statewide infrastructure of electric-car plug-in stations in terms of performance, safety, and voltage.

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Chicago (IL) - Scientists in Asia studying butterflies have made an interesting observation regarding their wings and the collection of solar energy. This simple research could lead to more efficient solar cells for powering homes and businesses.

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Continuing a tradition begun in 2006, the tree's power source is a hydrogen fuel cell, donated this year by Folsom-based Altergy Systems. Here is video of the lighting.

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With our governor at the helm California has been a driving force in the search for alternate energy sources. Our state government is now financially behind these new business's with contracts that encourage new alternates. This in turn will generate income, and create new jobs.

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A quiet land rush is under way among the buttes of southeastern Wyoming, and it is changing the local rancher culture.

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The Daily Pickens : Ted Turner Ready to March on Washington With Boone

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Cascade Engineering on Monday said that the Swift wind turbine, suitable for homes and other buildings, is available in the U.S. and Canada.

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Why Both Barack Obama and John McCain Are Lying Through Their Faces: Part I -- John McCain

Okay, here's the situation: The two candidates in the 2008 Presidential election are Barack Obama and John McCain. The story of this election differs depending on who you talk to.

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Norway may be planning on becoming Europe's battery, but based on what Reuters is saying about a new proposal from Greenpeace it won't just be Norway which supplies Europe with electricity, it will be the North Sea.

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While astronomers at the Macdonald Observatory in Fort Davis, TX are studying the solar system, the BLOOMhouse has one of its own.

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Michigan State University hopes to make a rutabaga which will be better for biofuel than current sources of plant oil.

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Hopes of unlocking the vast amounts of renewable energy trapped deep underground in hot rocks have received a double boost, with Google.org and, separately, the Australian government putting significant funds into the technology.

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