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Lower reservoir on El Hierro island
Environment
Spanish island dumps diesel for wind, water and sunshine
A man standing in a dimly lit room showing large renewable batteries
Ukraine
Renewable energy seen as an answer to Ukraine’s wartime energy woes
Port cranes load a climate friendly LNG, liquefied natural gas, powered container ship at the import and export harbor in Hamburg, Germany
Energy
Europe’s new liquified gas infrastructure puts climate targets in question
Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 2' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, northern Germany
Energy
The invasion in Ukraine could mean less reliance on energy from Russia, analyst says
A man walks past electricity pylons at an electricity sub station in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. 
Energy
As energy prices soar in Spain, residents seek renewable alternatives
A crowd of protesters
What Germany’s energy revolution can teach the US
Jay Inslee climate scorecard
Elections
Greenpeace releases scorecard for Democratic presidential candidates’ commitment to climate change
Cleaning up power lines in Puerto Rico
Development
Renewable energy and resilient microgrids could help rebuild Puerto Rico
Rick Perry
Environment
How do you lead a government agency you once said should be abolished?
Standing Rock protesters
Justice
Dakota Access Pipeline protests could change how the US government works with Native Americans
Sammis power plant
Environment
An Ohio power company wants to reverse the deregulation it once fought for
Rooftop solar on house
Environment
The coming years may be rooftop solar’s time to shine
Nellis Solar Power Plant
Environment
Natural gas and solar power have been growing together. Can that last?
Greenpeace activists sit chained in front of Chevron's drilling site for shale gas during a protest in the village of Pungesti, Romania.
Conflict
American and Russian energy giants battle over a small Romanian town
A wind farm with 43 wind turbines generates electricity for the village of Feldheim, Germany.
Environment
A German village keeps the lights on with windmills and pig manure
Three MIle Island
Environment
A former EPA director is pushing for wider use of nuclear power in the US
Gasoline shortages prompted by the Arab Oil Embargo hit this station near Interstate 5 in Oregon in October, 1973. The embargo roiled the US economy through the winter of 1973-74, before it was lifted on March 17, 1974.
Environment
40 years after the Arab oil embargo, America still loves its petroleum
Gasoline shortages prompted by the Arab Oil Embargo hit this station near Interstate 5 in Oregon in October, 1973. The embargo roiled the US economy through the winter of 1973-74, before it was lifted on March 17, 1974.
Environment
40 years after the Arab oil embargo, America still loves its petroleum
Ukrainians have long relied on a natural gas supply from Russia.
Global Politics
If Russia tightens Ukraine’s natural gas tap, will Europeans shiver?
Environment
Farmers in Pennsylvania taking proceeds from fracking and investing in solar
Environment
Politicians focused on clean energy jobs, but not climate benefits of being green
Environment
T. Boone Pickens at TED Conference, advocates for alternative energy plan
Environment
Fossil fuel subsidies and climate change
Can a climate change bill survive the oil spill?
Environment
China’s ambitious energy goals
Amsterdam climate neutral by 2025
Environment
Obama taps Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Environment
Google renewable energy search
Environment
Europe’s natural gas crisis
Business, Economics and Jobs
Recycling Energy
Environment
The state of the green revolution
Green Energy Jobs Growing
Harvest the Wind
Shinjuku district in Tokyo.
Global Politics
A Year After Fukushima, Clean Energy Still Just a Promise in Japan
US Slowly Moving Towards Energy Independence
Obama Administration Releases 30 Million Barrels of Oil from US Reserve
Germany Says No to Nuclear Power
Conflict & Justice
Japan’s nuclear crisis and Europe
Government Weighs Opening Strategic Oil Reserves
Energy Deregulation in California
Hungry Home Appliances
Autos in the News
Renewable Energy Challenged
Living on Earth’s Environmental Pioneers Series #22
Imagining the Hyper-Car
A German Town Takes Charge of their Energy Needs
Pioneers of Energy Efficiency
State of the Union and Clean Energy
Molten Metals to Green the Grid
Solar’s Bright Future
From Megawatts to Negawatts
Energy up in Smoke
Re-energized on the Hill
Oil Price Soars, Energy Bill Stalls
Is Energy Independence the Answer?
Energy Independence Day
Plugging into the Energy Debate
Bright Ideas on Energy Efficiency
Bush Calls for Less Foreign Oil, More Renewables
Oil Reserves