Goodbye to fossil fuels? Not quite yet
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It all came down to a small, Utah-made device sitting inside an Idaho pottery kiln. This recent experiment at a national research laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho, may pave the way for an efficient means of extracting hydrogen from water.
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2050 is apparently far enough away that the United States appears to ready to accept a call for a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by then. The Americans continue pushing for voluntary, not mandatory, cuts.
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The planet isn't the only thing heating up because of climate change. Some renewable-energy stocks have been pretty hot, too.
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The Christian Science Monitor - If new technology is a key answer to global warming and America's addiction to oil, then President Bush's proposal to boost federal spending on energy R&amp;D - by no less than 30 percent in fiscal 2008 - would seem a welcome step.
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Ethanol is the currently the star of biofuels but new mandates will spur development of synthetic biofuels that mimic fossil fuels, says policy analyst.
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Politics continue to complicate energy policy.
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Even with a boost from higher oil prices and growing concern about global warming, the payoff on most alternative energy technologies seems a ways off.
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Some in the utility industry are arguing that it will take decades of investments and innovation to get substantial reductions in their emissions of greenhouse gases.
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Chemists unveil a type of material that could eventually help power plants generate electricity without emissions.
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Researchers are goading tiny organisms like bacteria and algae into producing fuels like hydrogen and methane. The process is not useful yet, but the technology could be a solution to the energy problem. By Amit Asaravala.
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By Ian Hoffman Barely a year ago, when President Bush first endorsed biofuels as an answer to the nations &quot;addiction to oil,&quot; scientists already were salivating at biologically engineering ordinary grasses and trees into full-blown energy crops.
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The push for coal-to-liquid fuels reflects a tension between slowing global warming and reducing dependence on foreign oil.
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Europe's fossil fuel use is rising, but it's not making citizens any happier, an economic report concludes.
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After more than a decade of diplomacy to create a global pact for reducing greenhouse gases, humanity will soon see if it can successfully reduce carbon dioxide emissions and curb its contribution to global warming.
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Cutting down on fossil fuel pollution could accelerate global warming and help turn parts of Europe into desert by 2100, according to research to be aired on British television on Thursday. "Global Dimming," a BBC Horizon documentary, will describe research suggesting fossil fuel by-products like sulfur dioxide particles reflect the sun's rays, "dimming" temperatures and almost canceling out the greenhouse effect.
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Solar and wind-power generators will reduce dependence on petroleum, which is increasingly hard (and dangerous) to procure.
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Washington is finally tackling fuel-economy reform. But any payoff is years away. How best to save money on gas right now? The answer may surprise you.