For the past 5 years Portugal has been pushing a dramatic shift to renewable energy. Compared to the standard 20% renewables by 2020 targets that are often brought out at press conferences, its accomplishments are impressive: By the end of the ... [more]

Join the forum discussion on this postIn my recent post Thoughts on an Ethanol Pipeline, I described what I feel would be a more rational approach to ethanol policy than some of the policies that have been pursued over the years. This gist is that t... [more]

Community buy-in and streamlined bureaucracy allow onshore and offshore wind farms to account for more than a fifth of electricity generated in Denmark.by Bertrand d'ArmagnacAn offshore wind farm stands in the water near the Danish island of Samso. P... [more]

I recently ran across a mention in the New York Times of a new study suggesting a variety of energy and climate measures the administration could undertake on their own, without requiring new legislation passed by Congress. I've been thinking about t... [more]

Benzinga submits: The United States energy policy is not sound. After the largest oil spill in history, the country decided to put a moratorium on oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico until November, conveniently around election time. Instead of dealin... [more]

08/05/2010 - As state and local governments seek to integrate environmental and energy policies withjob creation, a recent study has concluded that only a few states and cities have policies in place tocreate clean-energy industries that will drive g... [more]

By Leigh Ewbank. Originally published by On Line Opinion.Julia Gillard's announcement last Friday marked a new low point for Australian climate change policy. If reelected, a Labor government will fill the void created by its decision to defer the Ca... [more]

By Madeline Tyson, Breakthrough Fellow. Originally posted at the Breakthrough InstituteIndia recently released the first guidelines for the rapidly-developing nation's ambitious National Solar Mission that outline how the program plans to successfull... [more]

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]