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Power Trip: From Oil Wells to Solar Cells -- Our Ride to a Renewable Future
In her new book, journalist Amanda Little examines our fossil fuel-based lives (thanks to fertilizers, we even eat oil) and where we might be headed in the future.
Comments (0) | March 11, 2010
web exclusives

Sunny Claim on Solar Power Checks Out
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says solar energy can provide at least 10 percent of the electricity needs in all 50 states -- even the cloudy ones.
Comments (0) | March 1, 2010
frontlines

Big Wind, Small Space
Starting your own wind farm but lack the backyard space?
Comments (0) | February 28, 2010
frontlines

Canada's Toxic Mess
Tar sands production in Alberta, Canada, has shot up considerably in recent years, from 482,000 barrels a day in 1995 to 1.3 million barrels a day in 2008, destroying bird habitat and leaving barren landscapes along the way.
Comments (0) | February 28, 2010
dispatches

China and Us
Seven years ago, the lights went out across vast swaths of China.
Comments (0) | February 28, 2010
feature stories

Driven
Honda's Japanese founder liked to talk about the "Three Joys" of making cars. Joy? In the auto industry? Yes, if fleetwide fuel efficiency has been part of your corporate DNA for 25 years.
Comments (3) | February 28, 2010
frontlines

Home Energy Makeover
Efficiency improvements can save property owners money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Now there’s a painless way to pay for those fixes.
Comments (1) | February 28, 2010
fieldwork

Home, Sweet Home
An NRDC attorney protects the places she knows and loves, from Cleveland to Los Angeles to New Delhi.
Comments (0) | February 28, 2010
frontlines

It's Job Number One
Americans are hungry for work and the nation’s global competitiveness is at risk. For the White House, an energy and climate bill is all about the economy.
Comments (1) | February 28, 2010
letters

Letters from Our Readers: Spring 2010
Readers write in about corporate environmentalism, environmental action and more.
Comments (0) | February 28, 2010