The Fukushima disaster in March reminded the world, 25 years after Chernobyl, that nuclear energy is anything but clean, secure, and affordable. Unfortunately, another nuclear catastrophe was needed to trigger a fresh debate on the use of nuclear power. Germany’s decision in June to phase out nuclea...

Citizen Power Goes Solar

Thursday, 12 January 2012 Francesca Rheannon

In 2011, we saw a burgeoning movement of protest spread around the world. But protest is only one side of the coin – and maybe not even the most important side. That's because ordinary citizens around the world are not just demanding change, they are becoming the change they want to see.

Come on Baby Light my Fire!

Monday, 09 January 2012 Wendy Gordon

Thanks to President George W. Bush and his positively brilliant idea to sign into law in 2007 a federal energy bill establishing energy-efficiency standards for light bulbs , inventiveness in the lighting sector has been unleashed, and manufacturers are on fire with excitement about all the new produc...