All Energy/Environment
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SolarCity IPO share price slashed. Cloudy skies ahead for solar?
SolarCity IPO saw a steep price cut Wednesday. SolarCity is one of the leading US installers of residential solar panels, so why are investors getting cold feet? 12/12/2012 05:16 pm
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Enbridge set to invest $6.28 billion in oil pipeline
Energy firm Enbridge has announced it will go ahead with its investment of $6.28 billion in expanding the system of pipelines that transport crude from locations in Canada and the United States around North America, according to Consumer Energy Report. 12/12/2012 12:48 pm
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West Virginia natural gas explosion wipes out homes and I-77 (+video)
West Virginia explosion of a natural gas line wiped out a wide swath of Interstate 77 and flattened homes. No deaths were caused by the West Virginia natural gas explosion, and federal and state authorities are investigating the cause. 12/12/2012 08:25 am
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A123 sale to China: threat to US security?
The sale of advanced battery maker A123 to China's Wanxiang Group could recoup US taxpayer funds. But critics warn the threats to US security outweigh any benefits from the pending sale of A123. 12/11/2012 05:56 pm
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Why gas prices rise fast, fall slowly – and how you can profit
Gasoline prices rise faster than they fall. That creates short-term opportunities to invest in oil refiners, if you know what to look for. 12/11/2012 11:31 am
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Is Chicago a new cleantech hub?
The recently-announced Joint Center for Energy Storage Research in suburban Chicago arguably leapfrogs the Windy City into the top echelon of cleantech technology research clusters, Stuebi writes. 12/10/2012 01:25 pm
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Gas prices crash? Prices drop 10 cents in three weeks (+video)
Gas prices crash? The average price of gasoline in the US has dropped 10 cents in the past three weeks, and it may be going lower. 12/10/2012 08:47 am
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Nations extend weaker Kyoto Protocol
UN climate conference approves extending Kyoto global-warming agreement through 2020. But new Kyoto phase will cover only 15 percent of greenhouse gases. 12/08/2012 04:32 pm
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Stubborn US drought could be costlier than hurricane Sandy
As drought conditions persist across the South, hitting farmers and ranchers, parts of the Mississippi River are on the verge of becoming unnavigable. The potential costs are large. 12/07/2012 07:41 pm
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India tests ways to help farmers cope with climate change
Concerns about how climate change may be affecting India are bringing fresh urgency – and funding – to longstanding challenges in sustainable agriculture. 12/07/2012 01:01 pm
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Heating oil: a last stand in the Northeast?
The gap between heating oil and natural gas prices is the largest in at least a decade, causing Northeast homeowners to convert to natural gas. 12/07/2012 11:00 am
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Cheapest way to heat your home? Four fuels compared.
Not all home heating fuels are created equal. Here's what it would cost to heat the average home in the Northeast with oil, natural gas, electricity, and propane, as forecast by the Energy Information Administration (EIA): 12/07/2012 09:37 am
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Should US export natural gas? Study for DOE fuels fiery debate.
According to the study, global market conditions are not yet ripe for US natural gas exports, but when they are, the exports would benefit the economy. A key issue is how that benefit is shared. 12/06/2012 08:58 pm
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Fighting winter with fire? Wood-burning on the rise.
The number of US homes relying on burning wood for heat is up 24 percent since 2006. But environmental concerns could quash further growth of wood-burning. 12/06/2012 11:04 am
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Wildland fires: New yardstick for risk aims to help protect communities
The risk index announced Wednesday is a tool for communities in the 'wildland-urban interface,' where development has pushed into areas in which wildfires are part of the ecology. 12/05/2012 07:20 pm
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Freeport-McMoRan to acquire oil, gas assets in $20 billion deal
Copper-mining giant Freeport-McMoRan will purchase two oil and gas companies, which could rescue a venture by McMoRan Exploration Co. to drill one of the deepest offshore oil wells on record. 12/05/2012 02:36 pm
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Cleantech on the decline? Predictions for 2013
Next year is shaping up to be something of a year of backtracking for the cleantech industry, according to an analysis by Kachan & Co., a cleantech research and consulting firm. 12/05/2012 09:00 am
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Arnold Schwarzenegger, Act 3: global warming crusader
The Terminator took on global warming as governor of California. Now, Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined a Showtime miniseries to try to educate the everyman about climate change. 12/04/2012 04:58 pm
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Solar-powered plane to circumnavigate globe. How will it fly at night?
The solar-powered plane, scheduled to fly around the world in 2015, travels only 30 miles per hour and will have to stay aloft 20 days, even at night. The solar-powered plane is the brainchild of Bertrand Piccard, the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a hot air balloon. 12/04/2012 04:57 pm
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New plastic lighting saves energy. Goodbye, fluorescent lights?
Scientists have designed an energy-efficient light of plastic packed with nanomaterials that glow. The shatterproof FIPEL technology can be molded into almost any shape, but still needs to prove it's commercially viable. 12/03/2012 04:57 pm
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