In recent years the legion of supporters of renewable energy has expanded to include labor unions concerned about jobs, as well as national security and energy independence experts such as George Schultz and James Woolsey.

These...

In a surprising reversal of a reversal, the Department of Energy has announced new funding for the "FutureGen" clean coal project, less than 18 months after the previous DOE Secretary pulled the plug. DOE Secretary Stephen Chu, who previously called coal "very, very bad," said the government will...

It's a stretch of the imagination that any large international event could be good for the environment, but South Africa is working to put the maximum green sheen on the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Events that require millions of miles of transit will create substantial carbon footprints, but the...