Google recently announced it was going to be heavily investing in sustainable energies.  There main investments are in deep earth geothermal, high-altitude wind , and solar thermal (different from photovoltaic). Larry Page: "...all these startups...

"My fellow Americans: We are a country in debt and in decline not terminal, not irreversible, but in decline. Our political system seems incapable of producing long-range answers to big problems or big opportunities. We are the ones who need a better...

According to Auto Bild, the hybrid Golf will get 69.9 mpg and emit 90 g/km of carbon dioxide. An earlier report by Britain's Auto Express...Frobot ...

Here's a brief rundown of some of what we know about global warming and the greenhouse effect. The Greenhouse Effect is Real: The Greenhouse effect (where gases in earth's atmosphere insulate the planet's temperature) is a very real phenomenon. With...

After been blocked for close to 100 years by dams, Sandy River (a tributary of the columbia originating up Mount Hood) are being restored to it's free flowing state.  The Marmot Dam and the Little Sandy River Dam are being removed due to increasing ...

100% Electric. 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds. 245 miles per charge. (from Tesla's website)

Bolivian President Evo Morales  is often criticized conservatives for his socialistic reforms and the nationalization of his country's oil (the 2nd largest reserves in S. America after Venezuela).  But as a result his countries oil revenues hav...

"The so-called Pickens Plan would exploit the country's "wind corridor" from the Canadian border to West Texas to produce 20 percent of the country's electricity." ... "He proposed that the private sector finance the investment, which would result in a...

China will invest $5bn over the next three years to develop crude oil production in eastern Niger.

Oil prices moved to a new record on Wednesday after the OPEC cartel decided to keep its production unchanged, ignoring calls from President Bush to pump more oil into an ailing economy.