Bernie Sanders

As Japan and the world try to learn from what went wrong at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant causing the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, questions continue to mount about the safety of nuclear power generation. In the United States questions are turning increasingly taking the shape of demands.

In a disastrous move on Tuesday evening, Senators John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman – the two sponsors of The American Power Act – bowed to big oil and voted against a provision that would have stripped $35 billion in tax breaks that the industry currently receives.

Senator Bernie Sanders (VT-I) has proposed a measure to repeal more than US$35 billion in tax breaks for the oil and gas industry.  

A new solar demo site will soon be part of Texas Southern University's (TSU) new Green Technology Center.

Smiling from his recent success with the movie “Shutter Island”, Leonardo DiCaprio continues to use his celebrity status to help the environment.

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chairman of the U.S.

Transportation, biomass, carbon offsets -- these were just some of the policy overhauls discussed this morning at a Senate Environment and Public Works committee hearing on energy and climate policy.

Fresh from their July 4th break, the senators of the Environment and Public Works committee made animated opening statements at today's hearing, the first of four called by committee chair Sen.

The Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a comprehensive energy legislative package that would allow for greater renewable energy use and hopefully stimulate a new "green" economy in the United States.