Sustainable energy now supplies just 6 percent of power in Australia. But the country has set a target of 20 percent by 2020, and is investing 20 billion Australian dollars for clean energy projects.... [more]

Renewable energy now accounts for 18.4 percent of energy production in the European Union, just behind natural gas, which provides 19.3 percent... [more]

Habits like turning out the lights when leaving a room may be virtuous but don't move the needle much on energy savings. Yet that action was cited by more survey respondents (19.6 percent) than any other method of saving energy.... [more]

Don L. Blankenship, the chief executive of one of the nation's largest coal companies, Massey Energy, spoke with reporters about global warming, renewable energy and the environmental impact of the coal industry in a recent interview.... [more]

Increased energy costs also pushed consumer prices up 0.3 percent in July, the most in nearly a year.... [more]

The wider deficit came as a surprise to economists who had forecast a smaller trade gap because of lower global oil prices.... [more]

Chancellor Angela Merkel is struggling to find consensus on the future of Germany's nuclear plants.... [more]

Portugal's experience in converting to renewable power shows that rapid progress is achievable, but it also highlights the transition's price.... [more]

By closing the steel mills, cement works and other energy-intensive factories, the government said it hoped to improve energy efficiency.... [more]

Insurers are bridging the gap between green intentions and actual capital outlays on renewable energy.... [more]