By Lester R. BrownThere are enormous opportunities to use energy more efficiently. Investing in energy efficiency is often far cheaper than expanding the energy supply to meet growing demand. Efficiency investments typically yield a high rate of retu... [more]

Photo via Foreign PolicyI've already done my fair share of helping to direct the blame at those who helped kill the climate bill (these 7 were responsible, by my reckoning). But I'm certainly not the only one weighing in on the sad squandering of Ame... [more]

I appeared last Friday on 88.9 KCRW Santa Monica and Public Radio International's nationally-syndicated show To the Point to discuss the recent withdrawal by Sen Harry Reid (D-NV) of a compromised Energy bill based on largely on a framework of Cap ... [more]

We now report that politics have yet again become a road block on the path to a forward-thinking energy policy. Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced last week with John Kerry by his side that the Senate will officially be she... [more]

By Jesse Jenkins and Devon SwezeyCap and trade is dead. Again. For real this time. Reports put the time of death at 1 P.M. EST, July 22nd, 2010. That is when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid emerged from a meeting of the Democratic Caucus withou... [more]

Breakthrough Institute Project Director (and my friend and colleague) Devon Swezey testified last week before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on China's clean energy technology policy and the steps the United States must take t... [more]

Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute.In a recent IEA report intended to inform and guide climate and energy policy decision makers, the Energy Technology Perspective 2010 (Exec. Summary; full report purchase required) demonstrates that the... [more]

For the first time in many years I find myself in general agreement with one of the major ethanol trade associations on a key matter of energy policy. Last week Growth Energy, which represents a significant portion of the US ethanol and biofuels indu... [more]

Although it is not an easy task, China strives to put into practice the promise made last November before the Copenhagen Conference -- to cut its carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product by 40 to 45 percent by 2020 compared with th... [more]

Calgary, Alberta Eighteen clean technology projects will receive $40 million in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), including hybrid technologies for transportation. The funding is intended to help move innovative tech... [more]