Round-the-Clock Solar Power Is Here

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network May 1, 2014 Solar power has suffered from one serious drawback: there are times when there is no sunshine to provide it. Now that is changing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Did the Supreme Court Just Kill Dirty Coal Plants and Save the World?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 30, 2014 The Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed that the Environmental Protection Agency has the prerogative to regulate air pollution that spills across state lines. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Questions on the Future of Fracking

By Kieran Cooke, Climate News Network Apr 25, 2014 The fracking industry is radically changing the U.S. energy industry. But there are growing doubts about how sustainable it will prove. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Top 5 Reasons Solar Energy Will Save the World

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 23, 2014 The research and development monies now going into solar energy are great enough to fuel innovation and bring down prices rapidly. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Energy Revolution Is In Reverse

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Apr 18, 2014 The world should be moving to a clean energy future, the IPCC says. The recent record of global greenhouse emissions show it's heading in entirely the wrong direction. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fighting Our Fossil-Nuke Extinction

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Apr 9, 2014 How petro-pollution and nuclear fallout interact remains largely unstudied, but the answers can’t be good. And it’s clearer than ever that we won’t survive without ridding our planet of both. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

5 Signs Solar Power Is Taking Over the World

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 22, 2014 Burning fossil fuels (coal, natural gas and oil) is putting 32 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide annually into the atmosphere. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Potential of Non Fossil Fuel Foams

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Mar 13, 2014 Fossil fuel based foams used to insulate buildings and provide safe packaging could be replaced by materials derived from wood. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

U.S. Team Makes Oil From Algae — Fast

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Dec 23, 2013 Although it's still a long way from commercial viability, a U.S. team has produced oil from algae in less than an hour, in contrast with the millions of years the natural process needs. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

An Even Quicker Death for the Great Barrier Reef?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 19, 2013 As if climate change weren't destroying the natural wonder quickly enough, the Australian government's approval for construction of one of the world's largest coal ports will involve dumping 3 million cubic meters of earth drudged from the ocean floor into the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Reverend Billy

BLANK Dec 1, 2013 The leader of the Church of Stop Shopping faces a year in prison for a 15-minute musical protest he and his choir staged in a Chase Bank in Manhattan in September. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How to Reverse a Slow-Motion Apocalypse

By Todd Gitlin, TomDispatch Nov 22, 2013 Corporations and governments promote the burning of fossil fuels, which means the dumping of its waste product, carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere where, in record amounts, it heats the planet. This is not an oversight; it is a business model. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )