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Last-minute lobby for India-U.S. nuclear deal

March 14, 2008 - by Dallas Kachan - Climate change and energy independence arguments are being used to push nuclear power in India. Full Story »

Study says nuclear power isn’t as “safe and clean” as Bush claims

March 5, 2008 - by Massie Santos Ballon - Physicist says nuclear power production can’t scale up to meet all energy demands by 2050. Full Story »

IBM thinks renewable energy is a game

IBM has introduced a 3D online multiplayer game to help teach kids about renewable energy.

IBM renewable energy game
  
No, you can't shoot things, but the game comes replete with a melting glacier.

Intended for use in and out of classrooms, PowerUp challenges teenagers to help save the planet "Helios" from ecological disaster.

Bush cleantech fund "window dressing"

January 28, 2008 - by Dallas Kachan - Industry observers shot holes in the cleantech rhetoric of the U.S. President's State of The Union address tonight. Full Story »

U.K. introduces new energy bill

January 11, 2008 - by David Ehrlich - A push for carbon capture and storage and renewables comes amid a call for for new nuclear power. Full Story »

French nuclear waste being stored in the U.S.?

December 5, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - A prominent researcher shared a nuclear secret today that he said not even everyone in the U.S. Department of Energy knows. Full Story »

Vinod Coal-sla

November 15, 2007 - Cleantech.com Quote o' the week
"I’m a pragmentalist, not an environmentalist. We have to do the things that make the most difference, not the most ideal solutions."
— Vinod Khosla on why he'd pick nuclear plants over coal, and why environmentalists should be blamed for global warming (full story »)

European utilities leading the way on environment

November 14, 2007 - by David Ehrlich - A new report rates how some of the largest U.S. and European utilities are responding to social and environmental challenges. Full Story »

Wal-Mart & Microsoft's new cleantech deals

October 25, 2007 - by Dallas Kachan - Two giants in their industries today signaled new initiatives to accelerate adoption of clean technologies. Full Story »

Ontario aims to kick out coal by 2014

August 31, 2007 - by David Ehrlich - The Canadian province released a 20-year, $56.9 billion plan to cut energy use and boost renewable energy. Full Story »
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