Following last year’s record low sea ice coverage in the Arctic, NASA data released today shows a slight increase in square mile coverage, which would be considered a good thing were it not for something else they discovered: the area of Arctic perennial sea ice actually decreased. Perennial sea ice is the thicker, longer-lived ice that is present throughout the year. And according to scientists that makes this particular ice vulnerable to further melting this coming summer.

As part of a drive to generate 10 percent of electricity from renewable resources by 2015, Wisconsin Public Service Corp. on Friday is expected to announce it plans to acquire part of a southeastern Minnesota wind farm.

Chris Tracy often steps inside his garage to check on his new toy. It’s not a power tool or a fancy lawn mower; it’s an inverter box with a digital display.

Depending on whom you listen to, global oil production has peaked, will peak soon, or may not peak for a very long time.

Although the peak-oil thesis has existed since the 1950s, it has gained considerably more attention in recent months with the rising price of oil.
The tipping point may well have come on the year’s first business day, when oil hit the $100-mark. Yesterday, crude-oil futures settled at $110.21 U.S., after touching a record high of $111 on Thursday.
When demand soars and production is at full capacity, the price goes …

India, as an advanced developing country, can lead the world in renewable energy technologies as part of a solution to the climate change crisis, former US Vice-President and Nobel Peace Laureate Al Gore said on Saturday.

India has proven its capability in sectors like Information Technology and can be a leader in the world in developing new renewable technologies to combat climate change,” he told reporters here.
Gore was speaking at the launch of the India chapter of ‘The Climate Project’, a US-based non-profit organisation that supports the former vice-president’s efforts in …

Iran will build a hydroelectric dam in northern Nicaragua, despite U.S. reservations, the energy minister said Thursday.

Imagine a world where your cell phone or iPod never runs out of power and you can leave all your clunky chargers at home.
I tested three solar-powered devices that aim to make this world a reality: a backpack that lets you charge a variety of devices, a Bluetooth headset and a small, hand-held electronics charger that clips onto your bag. And if the sun isn’t shining, all of these devices can also be charged through conventional means.
Iqua Sun
$100, www.iqua.com.
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, Bluetooth headsets are an essential accessory for …

Not all the green work in Alamance County is in construction. Elon University has a goal of reducing its energy use by 6 percent for 2007-08 compared to the previous year and becoming carbon-neutral in the next 30 years, which involves reducing and offsetting greenhouse gas emissions.

Malta fully agrees with the renewable energy targets set for it by the European Commission and will be launching a multi-million euro initiative for the development of an offshore wind farm soon.

LONDON (Reuters) – Half a million more people have been plunged into “fuel poverty” due to the rising cost of gas and electricity, but few are benefiting from so-called social tariffs, research shows.
For every 1 percent increase in household utility bills, a further 40,000 households are plunged into fuel poverty, according to the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform.
With average bills rising 12.5 percent following price increases pushed through so far this year — to 1,026 pounds from 912 pounds — a further 500,000 people are now “fuel poor”, …