By Sue Landau Even as President Donald Trump sets the United States back on a fossil fuel path, updated road maps from environmentalist groups say industrial economies can be weaned off carbon dependence by 2050 using energy savings and existing technology. For at...
By Nelson Graves The world has all the technology it needs to prevent rising temperatures from destroying the earth, but societies around the world will have to demonstrate exceptional political courage to take steps that in the short term will punish some industries...
By Mehdi Belayachi-Rigoreau and Céline Rottier Britain is at a crossroads: To approve a costly, new nuclear power plant as a less than perfect means of eventually ensuring a clean-energy future? Or to follow Germany and Japan’s lead by eschewing nuclear...
By Sue Landau Ever since negotiators clinched a global climate agreement in Paris late last year, the nuclear power industry has been vaunting its virtues as a low-carbon electricity source and alternative to fossil fuels threatening our planet. Now, energy experts...
By Sue Landau With the ink barely dry on a global accord to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, the price of oil has resumed its staggering slump. What does this mean for efforts to wean our civilization off fossil fuels and move to renewable, sustainable energy...