Obama taps Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Story by Mitra Taj, Living on Earth. Use audio player above to listen to this report.The war in Libya has disrupted the world's supply of oil, so the 28 member nations of the International Energy...
View ArticleWhite House, automakers negotiate fuel efficiency standards
Story from Living on Earth. Use audio player above to listen to full report.Story by Mitra Taj.The Obama White House scored a solid environmental victory two years ago when it got Congress to agree to...
View ArticleShedding light on the light bulbs debate
Story from Living on Earth. Listen to audio above for more. Republican leaders in the House of Representatives pushed their latest bright idea on energy: An attempt to block efficiency standards for...
View ArticleGermany to ditch nuclear power by 2022
Story by Gerry Hadden, PRI's The World. Germany, Europe's economic powerhouse, is undertaking a radical overhaul of its energy policy. The German government has pledged to ditch nuclear power by the...
View ArticleEnergy challenges for post-nuclear Germany
Story by Gerry Hadden, PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full story. Germany plans to shut down its last nuclear power plant in 2022. It’s an ambitious timetable, but even more ambitious is...
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Debate over oil pipeline running from Canada to Texas
Story by Mitra Taj, Living on Earth. Listen to audio above for full report.It's going to cost $13 billion to build a system of pipelines to carry oil from the tar sands of Alberta, Canada to the Gulf...
View ArticleThe grid debate: Decentralize or expand infrastructure
Story from Living on Earth. Listen to audio above for full report. It's easy to take our electric grid for granted, and the pipes that provide our water as a given. You flick on a switch and the light...
View ArticleMore oil becoming available as Arctic ice recedes
Story from The Takeaway. Listen to audio for full report. Alaskan waters remain off-limits to drilling, much to many oil companies' dismay. But Exxon has decided to hop over the Bering Strait, and make...
View ArticleTeams battle for green power supremacy at Solar Decathlon
Story by Eric Niiler, PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report. Nineteen schools are battling for green power supremacy in the 10-day Solar Decathlon, the US Energy Department-sponsored...
View ArticleChina dominates the US in solar energy
Story from PRI's The World. Listen to audio above for full report. When President Barack Obama came into office, he pledged to make green technologies a top priority. But now his administration is on...
View ArticleSolar power booming in the United States
Story by Living on Earth. Listen to audio above for full story. Recent reports of solar companies going bankrupt and stories about alleged federal loan scandals have cast long shadows on the entire...
View ArticleU.S. moving forward on construction of two new nuclear reactors
For the first time since 1978, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday granted a license to build and operate new nuclear reactors in the United States. Two reactors will be built at a...
View ArticleOil prices climb as tensions with Iran persist
Tensions with Iran, growing demand from China and other developing nations and still-reduced supply from Libya have sent oil prices to winter-time highs in the United States. This time last year, the...
View ArticleGermany's solar market facing reduction in government subsidies
On the eastern edge of Munich, construction crews are erecting a business park — block after block of new glass office buildings line a busy street. From the roof of one building, it’s easy to spot a...
View ArticleTransCanada seizing private land in Texas for pipeline, claims eminent domain
TransCanada is drawing the ire of environmentalists and libertarians alike by moving forward with development for its proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. Despite having its application for a permit to build...
View ArticleU.S. Clean Air Act is back in court
The Clean Air Act was taken to court again last week. A collection of companies and business groups including coal, oil, steel, cement and agribusiness interests, as well as Republican politicians...
View ArticleObama travels to Cushing, Okla., to announce his support for part of Keystone...
President Barack Obama on Wednesday kicked off a two-day tour to highlight his administration’s energy strategy in the midst of a dramatic rise in gas prices. His stops include Nevada, New Mexico, and...
View ArticleReport: U.S. energy imports down, exports up; energy independence in sight?
Americans are driving less — and when they do drive they're doing so in more fuel-efficient cars. That means America's using less gasoline, which means it's using less oil — and the oil it is using is...
View ArticleProposed budget cuts domestic funding for fusion research, may delay 'energy...
Nuclear fusion is often referred to as the "energy of the future," but proposed budget cuts in the 2013 fiscal year, which will start in October, threaten to delay the energy future. Steven Dean,...
View ArticleFrench sour on nuclear power
Behind a fence outside the small town of Flamanville on the Normandy coast stands a growing mountain of concrete and steel that represents the future of one of France’s most important industries. It’s...
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