Topic: energy

Climate change, national security, and energy are inter-connected through our persistent and growing dependence on fossil fuels. We must address all three.

This article originally appeared in China Economic Quarterly.

A thriving renewable energy industry is a critical solution to problems such as high energy prices and climate change. But unless Congress extends the renewable tax credits soon, the industry’s steady growth could stall.

The Olympics are an opportunity for the U.S. and China to better understand each other and move forward together on fighting climate change.

Much of the response to the G8 summit has focused on how leaders of world’s richest countries “missed an opportunity” to lay out strong long-term commitments and targets on greenhouse gas emissions.

Surging energy prices are renewing calls to open highly sensitive Arctic areas to oil exploration. One condition of access should be greater public oversight.

EGI offers a new hope for electricity in Brazil.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is both hailed as a “silver bullet” for the coal industry, and reviled as a pipe dream. The reality is that the U.S. needs CCS, and a comprehensive policy framework for rapid development and deployment.