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'Smart grid' - buzz of the electric power industry
Thomas Alva Edison, meet the Internet.
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Johnson hears complaints from coal ash victims
Residents who live near the site of a massive coal ash spill told a Texas congresswoman Sunday that they worry about their health, the lost value their homes and the slow pace of the cleanup by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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Mitsubishi unveils $47,000 electric car
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s electric vehicle is twice as expensive as popular hybrid cars by rivals Toyota and Honda, but Japan's No. 4 automaker said Friday the i-MiEV will help it survive increasingly intense global competition.
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UN report: Nature best controls climate gases
Nature's way is best for controlling the gases responsible for climate change, the U.N. Environment Program said in a report Friday.
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Reclaiming the land
The flowerbed outside the ranger station at Lake Vesuvius appears to be choked with weeds.
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Duncan, as TVA's new chair: coal is critical
The Martin County man who went from running a political party to running a public utility board says he expects coal will continue to be a critical component of the nation's energy policy.
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Energy from pig slurry helps fight climate change
The 2,700 pigs on the farm that John Horrevorts manages yield more than ham and bacon. A biogas plant makes enough electricity from their waste to run the farm and feeds extra wattage into the Dutch national grid.
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Hurricane barriers floated to keep sea out of NYC
When experts sketch out nightmare hurricane scenarios, a New York strike tends to be high on the list.
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Climate talks move into next phase
Negotiators from 181 countries began work on the first draft of a new global warming treaty Monday, calling it a good beginning despite complaints it was unbalanced and incomplete.
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GOP belittles Democrats' climate change proposal
The climate change proposal developed by congressional Democrats and endorsed by President Barrack Obama does little to reduce global warming and saddles Americans with high energy costs, Republicans said Saturday.
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Mass. putting final touches on ocean planning map
As the nation increasingly looks to its oceans for energy, Massachusetts is putting the final touches on a vast regulatory map designed to plot out where wind farms, and other offshore projects, can be located in its coastal waters.
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Coal industry groups push for permitting changes
The National Mining Association says it's pushing Congress to ease rules for surface mining permits Appalachia.
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Automakers, Obama announce mileage, pollution plan
President Barack Obama outlined Tuesday the nation's first comprehensive effort to curb vehicle emissions while cutting dependence on imported oil, calling the plan an historic turning point toward a "clean-energy economy."
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Democratic support for US climate bill broadens
Several key Democrats from industrial and oil states threw their support behind a draft climate bill Monday as a House committee began work on massive legislation that would impose the first U.S. limits on greenhouse gases.
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Nissan hopes to catch up in hybrid vehicle market
Hybrid vehicle laggard Nissan hopes to catch up with its Japanese rivals after launching the company's own green car technology next year, an executive said Tuesday.
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Massey shareholders to vote on board, resolutions
It's time for Massey Energy shareholders to vote on a pair of environmental measures and the re-election of Ohio State University President Gordon Gee to the Richmond, Va.-based coal producer's board.
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Bill Clinton: Going green is good for economy
The world can fight global warming in a way that makes sense economically, and the battle can even help countries overcome the ongoing economic crisis, former President Bill Clinton said Tuesday.
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Carbon tax plan could increase power bills
Power costs in Kentucky and Illinois would shoot up under federal carbon tax legislation targeting states heavily dependent on coal-fired electricity.
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US official announces billions for clean coal
The head of the Department of Energy says he will provide $2.4 billion from the U.S. economic recovery package to speed up development of technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and factories that burn coal.
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Deep well in Ky. will store coal emissions
Scientists are drilling a well on a western Kentucky cow pasture as part of a project to test how to store emissions from coal-burning power plants.
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France launches bidding for massive solar project
France opened up bidding Friday for an ambitious project to blanket the country in solar energy plants and push the country closer to the forefront of the fight against global warming.
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DOE focuses on 4 companies for nuclear loan help
The Energy Department has narrowed its list of the most likely recipients of $18.5 billion in government loan guarantees for building the first new nuclear power plants.
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House, EPA to tackle climate policy alternatives
Congress and the Obama administration have two options when it comes to global warming: write a new law to deal with it or use existing ones to do the job.
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Experts: Maldives may last beyond this century
Since climate change fears first gripped the globe, tourists have flocked to the Maldives to enjoy the islands' spectacular vistas before they vanish.
Do they really need to rush?
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Fuel for the Future
Gov. Steve Beshear and several other dignitaries on Wednesday used a piece of equipment from what is rapidly becoming Kentucky’s farming past to help usher in what many believe is the state’s energy, economic and agricultural future.
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Va agency seeks public input on South Fork study
Virginia regulators are seeking the public's help in reducing pollution in the South Fork of the Shenandoah River.
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EPA representative: Coal ash could be regulated
An Environmental Protection Agency representative is telling energy industry officials to expect regulations on how to handle ash from coal-fired power plants.
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Mountaintop mining settlements in Ky., Tenn.
A coal company has agreed to pay $250,000 to restore an eastern Kentucky watershed altered by a controversial mining practice known as mountaintop removal.
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Triplett Creek to be studied for pollution
Scientists at Morehead State University and state and federal agencies will study pollution in the Triplett Creek watershed for the next five years, looking for ways to improve stream quality.
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Obama seeks reversal of mountaintop mining rule
The Obama administration is taking steps to reverse a last-minute Bush-era rule that allows mountaintop mining waste to be dumped near streams.
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Multimedia: Spring cleaning on Tygart Creek
Kari Mattingly combined a passion for Tygart Creek and volunteerism and turned them into a seven-mile canoe trip Saturday to clean up the creek.
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Multimedia: Where eagles fly
Wednesday’s Earth Day was no different than any other day for two mating pairs of bald eagles on Cave Run Lake.
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AP INVESTIGATION: Tons of drugs escape factories
U.S. manufacturers, including major drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into waterways that often provide drinking water, contamination the federal government has consistently overlooked, according to an Associated Press investigation.
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Congress weighs far-reaching global warming bill
The last time Congress passed major environmental laws, acid rain was destroying lakes and forests, polluted rivers were on fire and smog was choking people in some cities.
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NH coal-burning dispute part of national debate
Wary of global warming, New Hampshire is cutting carbon emissions and switching steadily to renewable energy. So why is the state's largest utility putting millions of dollars into a 40-year-old coal-fired power plant?
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Salazar reviews 'midnight' endangered species rule
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he will make a decision in the coming weeks on whether to overturn a controversial Bush administration regulation that limits the reach of the Endangered Species Act.
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EPA objects to 3 more surface coal mining permits
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is objecting to three more Appalachian surface mining permits, saying the operations would cause unacceptable damage.
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Auto battery research lands in Kentucky
Speaker of the House Greg Stumbo calls it the “second most significant economic development announcement” in the state’s history – a partnership between Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky.
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Department of Interior may expedite offshore wind power
A report released last week showing the potential for wind power along the coasts of the United States suggests the country could get most of its energy from a renewable resource.
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NASA review finds jumbo jets can fight some fires
Two aviation companies are trying to convince the U.S. Forest Service that converted jumbo jet airliners are a great new tool for dropping super-size plumes of pink fire retardant on wildfires, whether they are on flat ground surrounding Los Angeles or in rugged mountains.
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Vermont group wants people to give up bottled
A community group in the Burlington area is urging people to forego bottled water in favor of something they say is more environmentally sound, tap water.
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Spacek narrates PBS documentary on Appalachia
Sissy Spacek has lived within the Appalachian mountain range since before the role in "Coal Miner's Daughter" that identified her with the region. But some of her neighbors won't let her forget she wasn't born there.
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Forest owners can sell carbon credits for trees
Justin Maxson admits that the concept he's been explaining to Appalachian landowners is a little difficult to wrap your mind around.
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Ice shelf about to break away from Antarctic coast
A massive ice shelf anchored to the Antarctic coast by a narrow and quickly deteriorating ice bridge could break away soon, the European Space Agency has warned.
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Judge refuses to give TVA more time on clean air
A federal judge has refused to give the Tennessee Valley Authority more time to install pollution controls on a coal-fired power plant under a lawsuit brought by North Carolina.
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Caves to remain closed
Unless there is a sudden breakthrough in the understanding or elimination of white-nose syndrome in bats, next year’s Crawlathon at Carter Caves State Resort Park is almost certain to be canceled.
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Greenpeace: forests don't belong in carbon market
Environmental group Greenpeace on Monday criticized plans by some countries to tackle global warming by letting polluting industries in wealthy nations offset carbon emissions by replanting tropical forests.
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Save South Africa's penguins -- give them a home
Nesting in the sparkling sand, preening on the rocks and darting through the waters, the penguins on the southern tip of Africa are the ultimate crowd-pleaser. But crisis looms.
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Global warming giving nuclear new claim to clean
The nation's worst nuclear power plant accident was unfolding on Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island when an industry economist took the rostrum at a nearby business luncheon.
It did not go well.
