By Joseph RommAn AP report is generating headlines around the world: Toyota Motor Corp. is secretly developing a vehicle that will be powered solely by solar energy ... According to The Nikkei, Toyota is working on an electric vehicle that wi... [more]

By Kate Sheppard Attention in Washington is focused on an economic stimulus plan, which will be the first major agenda item for the new Congress that convenes tomorrow, and for the new president when he's sworn in on Jan. 20. But how green will th... [more]

By David RobertsThis is cool news: December 23, 2008 -- The Virginia State Corporation Commission (VSCC) today approved the Virginia Natural Gas (VNG) proposed conservation and ratemaking efficiency plan. The plan calls for new energy conserva... [more]

By Ken JohnsonFollowing are two questions for James Hansen and Grist readers, relating to Hansen's tax-and-dividend proposal in his recent policy recommendations to Obama: 1. Would it not be advantageous to use dividends to give consumers an equit... [more]

By Ken JohnsonFollowing are two questions for James Hansen and Grist readers, relating to Dr. Hansen's tax-and-dividend proposal in his recent policy recommendations to Obama: 1. Would it not be advantageous to use dividends to give consumers an e... [more]

By Adam SteinAmerican lithium-ion battery makers, including giants like 3M, are banding together to try to extract a few billion dollars from Congress so they can build a shiny battery manufacturing plant that, for whatever reason, they aren't willin... [more]

By Kate Sheppard Lisa Jackson. Depending on who you ask, Lisa Jackson is either the best or worst thing that ever happened to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, which she led from February 2006 to November 2008. For ... [more]

By David RobertsObama's radio address, on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan, mentions doubling renewable energy and energy efficiency renovations; it does not mention public transit. Lots of bipartisan talk, in the runup to the great kick... [more]

By Joseph Romm The world's biggest solar tower will open early this year in Spain. The race for leadership in the next generation of solar power is taking off. The U.K. Guardian reports that in the desert 20 miles outside Seville, the Spanish ... [more]

By Jim GoodmanWith the arrival of 2009, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) notes nearly a billion people a day go hungry worldwide. While India supplies Switzerland with 80 percent of its wheat, 350 million Indians are food... [more]