Coloradans Vote to Embrace Alternative Sources of Energy
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Colorado voters approved a proposal this month mandating that 10 percent of the state's electricity must come from wind and solar power by 2015.
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Wind power is emerging as an alternative in fast-growing countries like India and China that are avidly seeking new energy sources.
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Real Goods Solar gets ready to join the mix.
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In their weekly radio address, Democrats yesterday  called for a new direction in energy policy, away from gas-guzzling automobiles and reliance on foreign oil.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Jun. 19--Northwest ratepayers got a boost recently when Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., convinced the House Natural Resources Committee to agree that hydropower is a renewable energy resource.
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PARIS -- Physicists have dreamt about it for decades: harnessing the fusion process that powers the sun to make clean, safe, and limitless energy. A multinational pact signed yesterday may bring that dream a step closer to reality.
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From aggressive greenhouse-gas limits to new nuclear plants, an independent group tries to bridge divisive issues.
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By Chris Woodyard From all-terrain vehicles to snowblowers, makers of powered outdoor equipment are joining the auto industry in looking at alternative energy to deal with increasingly tough environmental rules. But early efforts haven't produced rousing results.
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The cars, SUVS and pickups people will buy in the years ahead are likely to use less fuel, and many will rely on ethanol or household electricity instead of gasoline. The energy legislation pushed through the Senate this week provides a roadmap to the future, demanding higher automobile fuel economy, mandating huge increases in ethanol as a motor fuel and supporting more research into building "plug-in" hybrid-electric vehicles.
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By Judith Kohler Associated Press  DENVER -- The booming Colorado oil and gas industry contributed nearly $23 billion in direct and indirect economic benefits to the state in 2005, a state-funded study found.
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A proposal for the most fundamental overhaul of utility regulation in Massachusetts history -- meant to promote energy conservation while ensuring utilities benefit financially, or at least don't suffer from energy-saving efforts -- is drawing support from an unusually broad coalition of utilities, environmentalists, and energy-sector leaders.
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QUEBEC (CP) - The Quebec government ditched plans for the province's first gas-powered electricity plant Wednesday in the face of intense opposition from local residents and environmental groups.
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The Bush administration wants to eliminate federal support for geothermal power just as many U.S. states are looking to cut greenhouse gas emissions and raise renewable power output.
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Environmental groups say the vote on three key amendments will determine whether they can support the Democratic-backed measure
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The House voted Tuesday to award increases to programs aimed at making cars and buildings more energy efficient and boosting research and development of alternative energy sources.
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Large-scale solar-power projects will bring big benefits.
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Larger supplies, more energy alternatives, and a slowing economy could be factors.