The Times

The controversy around hydraulic fracturing continues to build in the United States.  The latest storyline surrounds the battle over instituting stiffer regulations on the industry.

As more studies increasingly show that energy independence and climate change will play a major role in the future of national security, some believe the U.S.

The Gulf of Mexico loop current appears to be destabilizing thanks to a cyclone of cold water – good news for Florida, Cuba and the East Coast, at least temporarily.

The New York Times has reported that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to set up more stringent regulations governing enhanced geothermal projects.

With 3 wheels and a bullet-shaped body, the new Aptera 2e and 2h all electric and electric-hybrid vehicles look like something straight out of the Jetsons. The car has 2 wheels in front and one in the back.

For every step forward the biofuel industry seems to make, they take at least three back.

In March, the Times Online ran a piece on the top 100 eco-barons and where they were investing their money.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) announced plans to fast-track assessment of 670,000 Bureau of Land Management-run acres of public lands for solar power development, at a press conference in Las Vegas on Monday.

The oil industry has backed off alternative energy investments in recent months.   BP, for instance, made news in April when it cut 620 jobs of an original 4,400 in its solar business.  Last October it killed a $67 million expansion of its solar manufacturing operation in Maryland.