Indian Point Nuclear Power & Replacing It With Clean Energy

Indian Point

EcoWatch, Natural Resources Defense Council and Riverkeeper talk about what it would take to replace New York State's Indian Power nuclear plant with clean energy. Read more →

Washington’s New LEED Gold Certified Water Treatment

Groundwater Treatment Facility, Hanford

Hanford Site -- the nuclear power facility in Washington made famous by The Simpsons -- has gained an energy efficient, LEED Gold groundwater treatment plant. Read more →

Drought Puts Focus On Water-Hog Energy Producers

power production and water use

Water is a key hidden cost of fossil-fuel power generation, and nukes, and a new report suggests that's another argument for turning to solar and wind. Read more →

Nuclear-Powered LEDs Could Provide Food For Future Space Colonies

LED-grow-system-plants

LEDs could be key to building bio-regenerative systems that could keep us alive in off-Earth environments. Read more →

Radioactive Chandeliers Depict Our Dangerous Nuclear Dependence

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Each chandelier's unique size and shape is meant to represent a particular country's consumption of nuclear energy. Read more →

Could Nuclear Help Birth the Hydrogen Economy?

image via China Clean Energy

New nuclear plants could be adapted to make hydrogen for fuel, an Austrian scientist tells the world's largest scientific society. Read more →

Clean Energy Neck And Neck To Nuclear

Biomass

According to the latest from the U.S. Energy Administration Association, renewable energy sources are now equal with nuclear, and gaining ground. Read more →

Is Nuclear Power A Clean Energy Source?

Nuclear Plant

Is nuclear power a viable source of carbon-free electricity, or does it create as many environmental problems as it solves? We talk to experts for some answers. Read more →

New Report Outlines Clean Energy Path

Riso Energy Report 9

Denmark's Riso Energy Report 9 says it will take a full embrace of renewables — and even some fossil fuels — to reach global low-carbon energy goals by 2050. Read more →

Survey Says We Want Cheap Clean Energy

Iberdrola Wind Farm

A Harris Interactive poll finds large majorities in the U.S. and Europe in support of wind farms and bio-fuels, but reluctant to pay more for renewables. Read more →