Utility, Solar Companies Battle over Rooftop Panels in ArizonaArizona is in the midst of what seems like an intense election-year campaign: millions of dollars in spending, a barrage of negative TV ads and large amounts of outside money. The issue, however, has nothing to do with taxes, a hot-button policy or anything on the ballot ( Read more... )

A CN Rail train carrying liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil has derailed and exploded about 80 kilometres west of Edmonton, prompting an evacuation in the tiny community of Gainford ( Read more... )

Flooded Colorado’s worries turn to chemical contamination and disease
New dangers may be posed by fracking chemicals and West Nile virus

The rains may have stopped, but Colorado’s problems are far from over.

The most immediate danger posed by the state’s record-breaking floodwaters are the closed roads and bridges that continue to leave ( Read more... )

Shorter conservatism: Whatever liberals are for, we're against it:

A study out Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examined attitudes about energy efficiency in liberals and conservatives, and found that promoting energy-efficient products and services on the basis of their environmental benefits actually turned ( Read more... )

In a boardroom in a soaring high-rise on Wall Street, Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel is sitting across from one of the most powerful financial agents in North America ( Read more... )

New technology and a little-known energy source suggest that fossil fuels may not be finite. This would be a miracle-and a nightmare ( Read more... )

This year, the Idle No More movement called for Earth Day rallies to focus attention on the links between Indigenous issues and the environmental movement ( Read more... )

When Jada Shapiro decided to raise her daughter from birth without diapers, for the most part, not everyone was amused. Ms. Shapiro scattered little bowls around the house to catch her daughter’s offerings, and her sister insisted that she use a big, dark marker to mark the bowls so that they could never find their way back to the kitchen ( Read more... )

Fault Lines, Not Red Lines
Why the earthquake near Iran's dated and unproven nuclear reactor at Bushehr should scare you.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Iran's southern shores on Tuesday, April 9, on the afternoon that the country was celebrating its National Nuclear Technology Day. Nearly 800 homes were destroyed, killing 37 people and injuring ( Read more... )

Fracking: The next bubble?
New research shows that our reliance on cheap, domestic natural gas may not be sustainable

Coal and nuclear power industries in the United States have seen better days. The main culprit, energy industry analysts say, is the low cost of domestic natural gas, coupled with carbon-reducing regulations imposed by the ( Read more... )