High-stakes efforts in clean tech
The VCs are homing in, even as Big Energy keeps its distance. Plus: Hydrogen finds a home in Vegas.
The VCs are homing in, even as Big Energy keeps its distance. Plus: Hydrogen finds a home in Vegas.
Inspired by the prospect of vast financial rewards, investors in "clean" tech also grapple with knowledge of the risks.
April 4, 2007
Traditional oil and utility companies say they've looked at clean-tech initiatives and just don't see a payback.
April 4, 2007
Hydrogen fuel supporters hope that what happens in Vegas doesn't just stay in Vegas.
Studying the hydrogen energy chain
Photos: A hydrogen oasis
April 4, 2007
blog Physicist Joseph Romm says hydrogen causes more greenhouse gases than gasoline. Others challenge his math.
April 4, 2007
To be competitive, solar-panel makers are ramping up manufacturing, betting that economies of scale will translate to lower costs.
April 3, 2007
newsmaker Author of upcoming report on global warming, Stanford scientist Terry Root pulls no punches about what she says is happening before our eyes.
April 3, 2007
blog Engineers should see climate crisis as an opportunity, says the former veep--and they better act soon.
April 3, 2007
Rebuking the EPA's stance, a 5-4 U.S Supreme Court decision says greenhouse gases can be regulated as pollutants.
April 2, 2007
Top VCs plug into renewable energy
Inspired by the prospect of vast financial rewards, investors in "clean" tech also grapple with knowledge of the risks.April 4, 2007
Big Energy's alternative challenges
Traditional oil and utility companies say they've looked at clean-tech initiatives and just don't see a payback.April 4, 2007
U.S. cities hot for hydrogen
Hydrogen fuel supporters hope that what happens in Vegas doesn't just stay in Vegas. Studying the hydrogen energy chain
April 4, 2007
Hydrogen vs. gas, part II
blog Physicist Joseph Romm says hydrogen causes more greenhouse gases than gasoline. Others challenge his math.April 4, 2007
Getting the price right for solar
To be competitive, solar-panel makers are ramping up manufacturing, betting that economies of scale will translate to lower costs.April 3, 2007
Humans fiddle while the planet heats up
newsmaker Author of upcoming report on global warming, Stanford scientist Terry Root pulls no punches about what she says is happening before our eyes.April 3, 2007
Al Gore craves more engineers
blog Engineers should see climate crisis as an opportunity, says the former veep--and they better act soon.April 3, 2007
Supreme Court rules EPA can regulate greenhouse gases
Rebuking the EPA's stance, a 5-4 U.S Supreme Court decision says greenhouse gases can be regulated as pollutants.April 2, 2007