Cleaning Coal
Converting coal to natural gas is our best strategy for limiting carbon dioxide emissions today.
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The Electric Acid Test
On the Isle of Man, the beginnings of a marketable electric motorcycle.
Carbon Trading on the Cheap
If the United States wants to build a market-based approach to reducing carbon dioxide emissions, it should learn from Europe's failures.
Life after Yucca Mountain
Geologist Allison MacFarlane on the future of nuclear waste--and what it means for nuclear power.
The Problem with Cap and Trade
David Victor explains why emissions trading alone won't be adequate to address global warming.
From the Labs: Materials
New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in materials science--and what they mean.
Chasing the Sun
The federal government is about to spend billions of dollars on renewable energy. In Part II of our series on the federal stimulus bill, we look at the impact the spending will have on the future of solar power.
Stimulating Green Energy
How promoting renewable-energy technologies will help the economy.
From the Labs: Materials
New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in materials science--and what they mean.
A Dream in the Desert
An architect's quixotic but enduring quest to change the way we live
