Merle Haggard explores green energy
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Merle Haggard is burnishing his rebel image with talk of setting up an alternative energy business in his oil-rich hometown.
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By Ian Johnston Environment Correspondent  WILD flowers grown on some of the world's least fertile land could provide huge amounts of environmentally friendly biofuel, according to US scientists.
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What's the closest thing in politics to a religious experience? The ethanol conversion.
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U.S. News & World Report - You might expect the chief executive of the world&#39;s second-largest oil company to pooh-pooh the recent surge of interest in renewable energy. But despite Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer&#39;s recent contention that the public has placed too much faith in the potential for solar and wind energy, the 59-year-old Dutchman raised some eyebrows when he simultaneously argued that the world can meet its demand for energy and control greenhouse gases over the next half-century while still relying on fossil fuels to supply 70 percent of the world&#39;s energy needs.
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The president dwelled on the need to find alternative sources of energy during a speech in Maryland.
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By KRISTIN M. HALL NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Al Gore, a leading voice in the fight against global warming, is being called a hypocrite by a conservative group that claims his Nashville mansion uses too much electricity.
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Long used by farmers as a guard against grazing animals and erosion, a plant called jatropha is now being hailed as a potentially ideal source of biofuel.
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England's BioTruck team aims to promote greener alternatives to fuels like ethanol.
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Carcasses of unused oil equipment litter the Gulf Coast. Now they're being repurposed to harness the power of the wind. By John Geoghegan from Wired magazine.
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Travel: Steve Rose visits Libya to hear plans for the world's largest eco-friendly tourist resort.
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Scientist-inventor Russ Cohn is a man on a mission: to help reduce global warming by rerouting half the world's trash from the landfill to the garden.
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By CHRIS YOUNG OUTDOORS EDITOR  The push to produce more renewable fuels such as ethanol has to be about the best news for corn growers since Henry Wallace introduced hybrid varieties in the 1920s.
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The transport sector is a major planet polluter but truckmakers in Sweden, where a clean environment has long been a top concern, are leading the way in climate-conscious production with eco-friendly plants.
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With oil reaching a record-high &#36;54 a barrel and natural gas doubling in price in the last two years, renewable energy is looking a lot better &#151; not just on environmental merits but on price.
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After undergoing three weeks of therapy, disgraced U.S. evangelist Ted Haggard is convinced he is not gay, an official with the ex-preacher's church told the Denver Post on Tuesday.
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On a visit to an alternative energy company North Carolina, Bush touts newfound support for alt fuels with alcoholic jokes, comments on hog farmers. Plus:
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Motorola's green alternative Motorola is trialling the used of wind and solar powered generators as an alternative to diesel power for remote GSM cell sites.â¦