Gov. Joe Manchin said Friday that he plans to push renewable energy projects ranging from hydroelectric dams to solar power in coal-rich West Virginia .

In a sloping field near the village of Hoo, 30 miles east of London, environmentalists with dreadlocks, lawmakers and academics are protesting plans to build the U.K.'s first new coal-fired power plant in 30 ...

The federal Bureau of Land Management has taken a step toward approving a route for a transmission line linking the southern Nevada and northern Nevada electrical grids.

Eco-activists said that they had "superglued" themselves to the front doors of a British bank in the City of London to protest against climate change.

A company called Green Energy Capital Partners based in Philadelphia is planning to build what they term as the second largest solar energy plant in the nation, in the Carbon County. The $60 million, 100-megawatt solar energy plant will be built on 100 acres of land near the Green Acres Industrial Park in Nesquehoning. The solar energy plant is predicted to contain 40,000 solar panels on rotating mounts. (more…)

Rick Perry to cut the federal ethanol mandate in half for a year. Perry spokeswoman Allison Castle said EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson spoke to Perry about his waiver request by phone shortly before Johnson ...

Following extensive analysis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson today announced his decision to deny a request submitted by the State of Texas to reduce the nationwide ...

Federal officials today rejected Texas Gov. Rick Perry's request to trim the country's ethanol use, ruling that biofuel production is having a limited impact on food prices.

Wind energy is ’sustainable energy’, just like solar energy and water power. We already know the benefits of wind energy and why we should opt for it. But currently manufacturers are concentrating on the drawbacks of the wind energy and trying to eliminate or minimize those shortcomings. For example turbines are noisy and this sound nuisance can be a problem for the residents of the areas. Wind turbines are unsafe for birds too. Birds can be injured or die if they are caught up in the wings of the turbines. Turbines might annoy you due to horizon pollution i.e. they might meddle with your aesthetic sense. (more…)

Railing against the "club" of Big Oil and promising to shake up "management entrenchment," T. Boone Pickens once turned his epic takeover battles with oil companies into a national effort to make public ...