This village is little more than a road junction with a school, a small church and graveyard, three general stores and about 100 households spread across the barley and vegetable fields.

Soon, it is likely to be swallowed by an open pit coal mine.

Tomislawice is a small battlefield in the world's energy wars. It illustrates the dependency of emerging countries like Poland on old and dirty _ but cheap and reliable _ energy sources at a time when more advanced countries want to move faster toward clean power.

Fri, Dec 5, 2008 A Seattle company is hoping to convert the motion of the ocean into electricity.

Countries around the world are looking to Barack Obama for leadership in reaching a global climate treaty next year, but no nation will be able to singlehandedly deliver a final agreement, a senior U.N. official said Thursday.

Robert Orr, assistant secretary-general for policy coordination and strategic planning, said the president-elect's comments on the need to address climate change have raised 'a lot of hope' _ particularly at a time when some governments are talking about delaying their efforts to curb emissions, partly because of the economic crisis.

Sioux Falls, S.D. - For those putting money into solving energy supply and demand problems, the demand for wind turbines and solar panels has been the star.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. said it has created a coalition with "many of its leading sustainability suppliers" that will work to create green jobs in the U.S. Called the Wal-Mart Green Jobs Council, the group is ...

The European Union is on the verge of a deal to boost renewable energy after resolving a battle over the controversial issue of biofuels on Thursday, but Italy's demand for a review in 2014 prevented a final ...

WASHINGTON : President-elect Barack Obama and leaders in Congress are fashioning a plan to pour billions of dollars into a so-called green jobs program to give a jolt to the economy and lay the groundwork for a ...

Motorists must be glad the price of fuel is one thing they do not have to worry too much about as they face the worst recession since the 1930s, but cheap fuel is not good for anyone in the long run.

The first solar-powered car to travel around the world ended its journey at the U.N. climate talks Thursday, arriving with the message that clean technologies are available now to stop global warming.The small ...

Xcel Energy has asked regulators to increase the amount it can charge consumers to help recover the cost of renewable-energy generation.The utility is seeking to raise the "Renewable Energy Standard ...