Tag: Energy

  • Clean Energy Development: Where Does Your State Rank?

    Although the survey has many competitors, the index is probably the most comprehensive and rigorous national ranking. This year marks the first time Clean Edge has issued a comprehensive public report with state and metro-level scores beyond its subscriber base. These results demonstrate that a clean energy future is possible and that—with the right policies—any…

  • Humanity Imperiled: The Path to Disaster

    It’s not that there are no alternatives. The alternatives just aren’t being taken. That’s dangerous. So if you ask what the world is going to look like, it’s not a pretty picture. Unless people do something about it. We always can.

  • Two Months Later, Arkansas Residents Still Hurting From ExxonMobil Tar Sands Spill

    More than two months after ExxonMobil’s 65-year-old Pegasus pipeline burst and spewed a gusher of thick Canadian tar sands oil through Mayflower, AR, and into a marsh on Lake Conway—the state’s most popular fishing spot—residents are still complaining of health problems and are worried about poisonous impacts on wildlife and in the environment. Many locals…

  • Molecular Switch for Cheaper Biofuel

    Biofuel can be obtained quite easily from starchy plants – but this places fuel production in competition with food production. Manufacturing biofuel from lignocellulose is therefore a preferable option.

  • Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Still Spilling After Nearly a Decade

    One thing, however, has remained constant at the site: It’s still leaking oil and forming a persistent, miles-long slick that is routinely visible on satellite images. Occasionally it reaches out more than 20 miles from the source.