The Clean News

There's no way the nation can meet its future appetite for energy and fight climate change without significantly expanding its fleet of nuclear reactors, former Environmental Protection Agency administrator Christine Todd Whitman told several of audiences in San Antonio Wednesday.

Rep. John Boccieri, D-16th District, says the cap and trade bill passed last week in the House is less about the environment and more about national security.

Pending federal clean-air legislation would increase consumer electric bills by only a small amount, U.S. Rep.

Hagen Stehr was at home in Adelaide, on March 12 when his company's chief scientist called with news that their bet of about $60 million on the breeding of southern bluefin tuna in captivity - a feat never accomplished before - might finally pay off.

AI interviews Gustav Melin, president of the Swedish Bioenergy Association, Svebio, Gustaf Landahl, Head of Department Environment and Health Administration City of Stockholm and Kent Nystrom, President of the World Bioenergy Association by Jon Knox Sweden has been at the forefront of the global race to find alternative and renewable energy ...

Planning watchdogs are set to meet today for a two-day oral hearing on plans to build a controversial Greencastle and Moville sewerage scheme.

Since starting its statewide campaign last year, the Atlanta-based Clean Air Campaign has established a partnership with five Augusta-area employers: Automatic Data Processing, Kellogg Co., Fort Gordon, Plant Vogtle and the Central Savannah River Area Air Quality Alliance.

With global warming on the tips of everyone's tongues, the word "diesel" has become a frowned upon word in America's lexicon.

Clean-technology investing could be seeing a rebound. Cleantech Group, a research firm backed by Deloitte, released a preliminary report on Thursday showing a slight uptick in clean-tech funding during the second quarter of 2009 in North America, Europe, China, and India.

Hot on the heels of yesterday's news that the auto sales slump may be slowing comes news that venture capitalists are growing more adventuresome--at least in the field of clean technology.

The nation heads into the Independence Day holiday weekend amid the longest and steepest decline in driving since the invention of the automobile.

Huffaker Flip-Flops on Smoking Ban The City of Eagle was well on its way to becoming the first smoke-free city in Idaho ... until last week, at least.

A plume of contamination from the Conrail Superfund site runs right under Mike Fitch's house on C.R. 1. Despite learning cleanup of contamination is not completely working, Fitch said he's satisfied officials are still monitoring the situation and trying to address it.

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Two national organizations have teamed up to convince more Canadians to bike instead of drive in order to help the environment.

Rice is a member of the Climate Emergency Action Network in South Australia. * * * The numbers of people who came out on a cold Adelaide day demonstrates widespread concern about the vast but invisible emergency that confronts us.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in conjunction with Colorado Citizens Against ToxicWaste and Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action, will hold a public meeting Tuesday.

Did you know that a standard gas lawnmower can emit the same amount of common air pollutants in one hour as driving a new car almost 500 kilometres? Or think about this: a gas-powered lawnmower running for an hour puts out about the same amount of smog-forming emissions as 40 new automobiles running for an hour.

Wind power companies have been on a roller-coaster ride for a year, but they are attracting attention once again as gas prices march upward and consumers look toward renewable alternatives for investment opportunities and jobs.

On June 24, Sen. Orrin Hatch and federal lawmakers from the western United States celebrated the launch of the Senate Western Caucus by introducing the Clean, Affordable, and Reliable Energy Act.