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How dangerous is nuclear power? Three lessons from Japan.

The devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has become the latest poster child for long-standing issues surrounding nuclear energy – issues that need to be resolved to reduce the risk of a similar nuclear crisis in the United States.

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Cyber security: Power grid grows more vulnerable to attack, report finds

'Smart grid' features and Internet-based connections to the US power grid are proliferating, increasing pathways for would-be cyber attackers, says a study from MIT. What to do?
Post oil: Boom in electric car sales fuel gas-free dreams (VIDEO)

More than a dozen new plug-in electric car models will hit the market by 2012, offering drivers a true post oil experience.
Irene leaves 5.5 million without power. Can power companies do better?

Some 5.5 million people were without power in the wake of hurricane Irene Monday, but damage-forecasting models aimed at improving power companies' response are showing promise.
Germany to phase out nuclear power. Could the US do the same?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has endorsed a plan to end all nuclear power in Germany by 2022. Increasingly, studies suggest this is not a far-fetched idea, even for the US.
Tidal turbines: New sparks of hope for green energy from beneath the waves

After decades of abandoned plans and crushed prototypes, tidal powers finds new footing off the shores of Eastport, Maine.
How dangerous is nuclear power? Three lessons from Japan.

The devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has become the latest poster child for long-standing issues surrounding nuclear energy – issues that need to be resolved to reduce the risk of a similar nuclear crisis in the United States.
Obama awards $3.4 billion in 'smart grid' grants

President Obama announced Tuesday $3.4 billion in stimulus funding to 'smart grid' projects aimed at promoting green power and reducing electricity bills and blackouts.
Sunrise for solar heat power

Four technologies aim to use heat from the sun to make electricity. But which one has the edge?
Letters to the Editors

Readers write about the future of electric vehicles.
Ocean power surges forward

Wave power and tidal power are still experimental, but may be little more than five years away from commercial development.
My ride? It’s a power plant

Electric cars could sell battery power back to the grid in an emerging plan called V2G – ‘vehicle to grid.’
How enormous batteries could safeguard the power grid

Since sunlight and wind can be unreliable, renewable utilities install big backups.
When ‘clean’ cars charge up on ‘dirty’ electricity

EarthTalk: Coal-generated power is still cleaner, cheaper than gasoline, experts say.
EarthTalk: What’s the ‘greenest’ TV?

Popular plasma sets are energy hogs; LCDs are better, but the ol’ cathode-ray tube may be best.
Can plug-in hybrids ride to America’s rescue?

The engineer behind many electric-car advances says oil’s days may be numbered.
EarthTalk: Greener ways to cut the grass

Electric mowers – corded and battery-operated – get good marks for smaller lawns, but they’re not cheap.