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Constellation Energy Group, Inc. said Tuesday it would build a solar power plant in Maryland that will be the state's largest when completed in 2012.
Maryland officials announced plans Tuesday to fill nearly a quarter of the government's annual electricity needs with power supplied by clean energy projects from the Delaware coast to the Appalachian ridge tops.
President Barack Obama says government investment in clean-energy projects can help put Americans back to work.
Energy stocks were most higher Monday, as investors weighed the potential burden of an Environmental Protection Agency finding that declares greenhouse gases a hazard to human health and advances the push for regulation.
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved Tennessee's appliance rebate program.
If parenthood has taught me one thing it’s that, irrespective of my public persona as a relationship expert, I am far from being an expert in my own relationship. Like many a new father, life after baby No. 1 left me confused and conflicted, not to mention sleepless, sexless and hard up. And just when I thought life couldn’t get any more hard up, along came baby No. 2 to take my randiness to new dimensions of dementia.
Is nuclear fusion the ultimate energy source, or the ultimate pipe dream? Millions upon millions of dollars are being spent to find out which answer is the right one. For some technologies, the answer could come sooner than later. For others, it may be later rather than sooner.
Taxes, jobs, budget shortfalls — the usual fodder for political wrangling is already spurring debate in the Colorado governor's race. But the time it takes to approve oil and gas permits?
NV Energy Inc. has increased incentives to encourage development of residential and business wind energy projects.
New York is phasing in a new billing system for electric and gas delivery that guarantees utilities steady revenues even when sales fluctuate and that exposes customers to small surcharges or rebates in their monthly bills.
The newly formed South Dakota Wind Energy Association has commissioned a study into the feasibility of developing projects that would sell wind-generated electricity to Minnesota, association officials said.
U.S. Energy Corp. said Tuesday that it started a public offering of 5 million shares of its common stock.
Shares of Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. jumped on Tuesday a day after the oil services provider said a subsidiary made new oil and gas discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico.
SandRidge Energy has agreed to buy Permian Basin oil and gas properties from Forest Oil for $800 million.
Power company Constellation Energy said Monday that it will buy and develop a $140 million wind project in Maryland from Clipper Windpower, one of several clean energy initiatives that Constellation is planning for the state.
One New Jersey lawmaker wants to add a new attraction to amusement parks along the Jersey shore: windmills.
The University of Oklahoma's plan to power its Norman campus with wind energy was approved Wednesday by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
Global Energy Holdings Group, an Atlanta-based renewable energy company, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware.
Homeowners tired of paying high electricity bills can now turn the tables by selling excess electricity back to power companies at more lucrative rates.
State regulators have approved higher electric and natural gas rates for Wisconsin Power & Light customers.
One Republican in the race to become Colorado's next governor is pledging to repeal new oil and gas regulations if elected, and the front-runner for the GOP nomination says he would consider abolishing the rules approved on the Democratic incumbent's watch.
Power company Duke Energy says it has reached a settlement in South Carolina that will result in a rate increase of 5.2 percent, the first jump in its general rates since 1991.
Utility company Duke Energy Carolinas is seeking to raise utility rates in South Carolina, the company's parent company Duke Energy Corp. said Tuesday.
Clemson University is getting nearly $100 million to study wind energy, funding that officials at the South Carolina school said Monday could eventually lead to thousands of new jobs for the state.
Development officials say almost half the world's population lacks modern fuels to cook or heat or any electricity, and insist negotiators must address that "energy poverty" as part of any global climate pact next month in Denmark.
Your body's big enemy? You're sitting on itEven if you think you have an energetic lifestyle, sitting is how most of us spend a good part of our day. And it's killing us - literally - by way of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes.
Metamaterials May Eliminate FrictionThe groundbreaking research, conducted through mathematical simulations, revealed the possibility of a new class of materials able to exert a repulsive force when they are placed in extremely close proximity to each other.
The dark side of a natural gas boomVictoria Switzer dreamed of a peaceful retirement in these Appalachian hills. Instead, she is coping with a big problem after a nearby natural gas well contaminated her family's drinking water with high levels of methane. Through no design of hers, Ms.
The Rape of The Mountains - Coal companies block efforts to access natural gas royalties | TriCities"Glubiak sold us out. And the judge. They sold us out. And our administrator – they sold us out." Coal and Gas companys have stolen resourses from hard working poor people for years. The next time you turn on a light, think about that.
Scientists Say Paper Battery Could Be in the WorksOrdinary paper could one day be used as a lightweight battery to power the devices that are now enabling the printed word to be eclipsed by e-mail, e-books and online news.
More bluster than wind power from protectionism - TOP-down green policy has damaged Spain's economy. Driving through Don Quixote country in Spain's Castille-La Mancha region, you are dazzled by the spectacle of wind farms churning out the energy that will save Iberia and the planet and, once you cross into Andalusia, by solar farms and the green jobs of the future.
They don't come greener than ObamaEuropean critics are calling Barack Obama a traitor on climate change, but he's America's greenest president ever. [...]
WOW! The Spin Machine Moves Fast!Now we have a two-pronged attack on our industrial and energy sector. Since Global Warming, (a.k.a Climate Change) has been exposed and the abandoned ship bell is ringing. The anti-capitalists are wasting no time to keep the war alive.
Made-in-the-shade urban forestry dollars about to be axedAnne S. Fege and Tershia d'Elgin highlight the importance of San Diego's threatened Urban Forester position - one that they say has saved the city millions and made their city a better place. from the article:
The recycling conundrum: How your blue bin hurts the environment While a blue bin out front makes us feel we're helping the planet, recycling most household materials has either minimal environmental impact, or even a negative one. Homeowners dutifully put out their glass, plastic, steel and aluminum packaging.
Canada 'Darth Vader of G8' - thestar.comOTTAWA–Canada's name may be mud heading into Monday's Copenhagen climate change talks. But a look back through history suggests any environmental praise that landed on Parliament Hill over the past dozen years has probably been undeserved.
Panasonic to pour $1.37b into energy-efficient homesPanasonic, the world's biggest maker of plasma televisions, will invest US$1 billion ($1.37 billion) by 2012 in a plan to make outfitting environmentally friendly "green" homes and buildings its core business, an executive said. (By Tim Mullaney and Mariko Yasu)
7 Tips for Improving Your Intuition1. Learn to identify your prevailing beliefs, judgments, and attitudes about the way the world works and who you think you are, or how it "should" be—and be able to suspend those ideas temporarily.
Obama Tackles Jobless Woes, but Warns of Limited Funds ?Confronted with concern that his own ambitious agenda and the uncertain climate it has created among employers have slowed hiring, the president defended his policies. Mr.
The domestic drilling backlash"Drill baby drill" is so 2008. More than a year after Republicans rallied around the now-famous call, a growing number of Americans are saying not-in-my-backyard when it comes to more oil and natural gas drilling.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Govt buying energy saver bulbs at high ratesISLAMABAD: In the midst of severe energy shortfalls, the government is learnt to have decided to procure about 30 million energy saver bulbs for free distribution at rates much higher than in the retail market.
Turning heat to electricityIn everything from computer processor chips to car engines to electric powerplants, the need to get rid of excess heat creates a major source of inefficiency.
Clean Energy awards fund wind turbines, solar gridsState grants go to three Lucas Co. entities Three Toledo organizations are receiving Ohio Clean Energy awards.
Russian justice still headed in the wrong direction Heritage Foundation scholar Ariel Cohen on the perversion of Russia's alleged "modernization."
Political prisoner Khodorkovsky interviewed from prison on Russia's energy woesRussia's most prominent political prisoner, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, is interviewed from prison on the future of Russia's oil reserves, the need develop alternative energy, and Russia's role in the shifting oil and gas geopolitical landscape in light of alternative energy developmen …
French nuclear watchdog exposedFrance wants -- intends -- to be a major player in the nuclear power-plant market. The country's main strength is its technical competence... and that resides on credibility. Credibility has a price!
African Development Bank clears 1.86bn Euro loan for South Africa's Eskom, De Facto Power MonopolistThe African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a €1.86bn loan for Eskom to finance a power project that will significantly boost South Africa and the southern African region's energy capacity.
RealClearPolitics - We Ain't Seen Nothing YetWhy the pessimism? In short, we are doing nothing to prepare for the crises to come.
All of the discussions I have read or seen so far seem to be studiously avoiding the "elephant in the room", population growth in the U.S. and worldwide. For the moment, let's just focus on the U.S. since we are such a large consumer of energy and producer of pollutants.
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