In 2003 a group of MIT faculty issued a study on The Future of Nuclear Power.1 The study was motivated by growing concern about global warming and the urgency of developing and deploying electricity...
This article from the NY Times explores battery developments in Allentown, PA. In a gleaming white factory here, Bob Peters was gently feeding sheets of chemical-coated foil one afternoon recently...
Climatologists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) confirmed that the highest global annual average surface temperature in more than a century was recorded in 2005.
In a world with complex and growing energy needs, biodiesel offers
a simple, sustainable option. Biodiesel can be made with renewable
resources that are abundant here in the USA, increasing...
The beginning of a new presidential administration is a good time to explore the tremendous amount of environmental information to be had from the U.S. government, both new and old.
This article by Bradford Roberts discusses making electricity grids "smarter" and modernizing them so that they can accept large amounts of renewable energy resources are fairly universally accepted...