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Would you like some salt with your batteries?
David Brancaccio Apr 4, 2013
A promising new technology aims to store electricity for the power grid on the cheap.
Your gas bill will rise under new rules (but by how much?)
David Weinberg Mar 29, 2013
Oil companies say new EPA rules on sulfur levels in gas will increase prices several cents a gallon, but higher refining costs could play out many ways.
Drillers and enviros try to set fracking standards together
Scott Tong Mar 22, 2013
Can natural-gas companies and environmental groups together set standards for fracking that will win the public's trust? An experiment in Pennsylvania will try.
Will Obama's second term have a greener tint?
Mark Garrison Mar 15, 2013
President Obama highlights his energy policy at an event in Illinois today. What’s that policy, and will it get more attention in the second term than it did in the first?
China considers carbon tax, will U.S. consumers foot the bill?
John Sudworth Feb 22, 2013
The official news agency in China is reporting that the government will tax carbon emissions.
EU looks to halt carbon permits, raise prices
Stephen Beard Feb 18, 2013
The European parliament is voting to halt new carbon permits in an effort to drive up the price of emissions, but will the tinkering hurt the credibility of the carbon trading system?
Does the fracking boom kill renewables?
Scott Tong Jan 28, 2013
We ask Ethan Zindler of Bloomberg New Energy Finance if a clean energy boom and the expansion of fracking are mutually exclusive.
An artificial island will generate electricity
Scott Tong Jan 25, 2013
Belgium is building an artificial island in the North Sea to store water pumped by wind turbines in periods of low electricity demand. When electricity is needed, the water will be released.
Natural gas fracking: big trouble or bridge fuel?
Scott Tong Jan 28, 2013
In our Petro-State podcast, we talk to Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations about the potential of natural gas to transition us to a low-carbon future. And we play fracking BS Detector.
Born on Inauguration Day: A sustainable lifestyle
Shako Liu Jan 18, 2013
Justin Daugherty, a guitarist and environmentalist living in Austin, Texas says his inauguration birthday adds to his sense of social responsibility.
