States beat Washington to renewable energy
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In Texas, home to some of the world's biggest oil companies, you might think the case for renewable energy would be tough to make. As it happened it was tough, but not impossible.
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The United States is the fastest-growing market in the world for wind power. Despite a patchwork of laws and regulations, many European energy companies would like to plant their windmills here.
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Radical goals for 2020 boost renewable energy and cut emissions sharply.
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Washington state's top polluter isn't a pulp mill, a power plant or refinery. It's the newly awakened Mount St. Helens.
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Vermont and several other states scored a victory on Wednesday in their battle to get automakers to comply with rules aimed at reducing global warming
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Recount Begins in Wash. Governor&#39;s Race; Republican Dino Rossi Led by 261 Votes in First Count. Govs.-elect Matt Blunt of Missouri, left, and Dino Rossi of Washington, confer during a break at the Republican
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One in an occasional series Electric power has already become painfully expensive in Washington and its suburbs. Now, local utilities say, it could become something even worse: scarce. With its humming data centers and air-conditioned mansions, the region is using 18 percent more electricity than...
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By Traci Watson  Never mind solar panels and windmills. Communities across the nation are turning to an unlikely source of clean energy: garbage.
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Energy bill passes. Fossil-fuel companies continue to get tax breaks.
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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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Years before most knew about green energy, Iceland was tapping into its geysers and volcanoes. With gas at $8 a gallon, renewables now provide almost all heating and electricity. And advocates can see a country free of fossil fuel use by 2050.
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Ridgeline Energy, LLC vice president Rich Rayhill today received the  Renewable Energy Award from Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch"  Otter in recognition for Rayhill's  contributions to the growth of wind energy in Idaho.
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By TOM BREEN  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  Although most take it for granted, West Virginia has one distinct advantage in the growing race for alternate sources of energy: water.   Without an abundant supply, coal-to-liquids power plants are hard to run.
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Never in Washington state has a governor's race been so close.
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By Ken Dey, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Jun. 13--Washington Group International will help design what backers are calling the nation's first coal-fueled, near-zero-emissions electric power plant.
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By John Richardson Staff Writer  Wind power blew back into the headlines this week in Maine. And that means more soul searching for environmentalists.  Sure, it's easy to like the idea of powering our homes and offices with fresh mountain breezes instead of dirty fossil fuels.
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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.