What is clean coal?
January 11, 2017, 2:58 p.m. by Clint Williams
This variety of technologies has helped to reduce harmful emissions and improve the efficiency of coal-burning power plants.
Limitless clean energy from wastewater? Nah, let's stick with clean coal
September 22, 2011, 2:50 p.m. by Chris Turner
A Penn State lab has found a way to make hydrogen fuel from wastewater and seawater with no emissions. So why aren't we doing this?
What is carbon capture?
June 28, 2011, 4:27 p.m. by S.A. Rogers
Often touted as a solution to climate change, carbon capture aims to safely dispose of the carbon dioxide produced at power stations, industrial sites or even directly from the air.
Power plants = fish choppers
June 27, 2011, 11:55 a.m. by Shea Gunther
Lend your voice to calls for power plants to upgrade their water systems to prevent millions of fish from being chopped to bits.
Rick Santorum's environmental record
June 7, 2011, 1:15 p.m. by Andrew Schenkel
The Pennsylvania Republican is a solid pick for social conservatives, but what are his views when it comes to environmental policy?
Coal Cares brings biting satire to clean energy debate
May 11, 2011, 2:07 p.m. by Chris Turner
A note-perfect 'clean coal' parody site has become the talk of the Internet. With its Coal Cares campaign, the heretofore unknown activist group Coal is Killing Kids leaps into the energy debate — with a biting laugh.
Safe energy is the wave of the future
March 23, 2011, 5:58 p.m. by Andrew Schenkel
In the wake of the Japan nuclear situation, the Gulf oil spill and other disasters, maybe it's time to talk about energy in terms of safety instead of greenness.
Progress made on carbon capture and storage
November 23, 2010, 2:26 p.m. by Andrew Schenkel
Little by little, the Obama administration is clearing the way for CCS.
Obama makes clean energy promise
May 27, 2010, 12:57 p.m.
Video: President Obama explains about how clean energy investments can diminish the environmental risks of fossil fuels and provide new jobs and opportunities.
Dump Chase to stop mountaintop removal mining
April 16, 2010, 9:59 a.m. by Shea Gunther
MNN's Karl Burkart closed his Chase Bank account to protest their financial support of mountaintop removal mining. What can you do to help?
Government research lab brings jobs to Coal Country
March 25, 2010, 8:46 p.m. by Katy Rank Lev
More than 1,000 workers will study the environmental effects of energy production.
Capture wind underground not carbon!
March 12, 2010, 1:58 p.m. by Karl Burkart
4 new projects show the viability of storing captured wind energy underground. So why are we still investing in far more expensive carbon capture?
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