• Transportation and the Three Es: Energy, the Economy and the Environment
  For more than 50 years the US has followed a motor vehicle centric transportation policy which supported dramatic US economic and population growth. Alternate ...
• The flawed economics of nuclear power
  Over the last few years the nuclear industry has used concerns about climate change to argue for a nuclear revival. Although industry representatives ...
• Toward energy independence
  Whether it’s a combined heat and power system, fats oils and grease (FOG) management, solar energy or even hydropower, the Gresham (Ore.) Wastewater Treatment ...
• Front-load washers: Leaky solar panels revisited?
  Some days I’d like to throw my front-load clothes washer out the back door. But that probably won’t be necessary because it may walk out on its own. The ...
• Reducing your energy usage - Take the 6 Steps
  Energy experts predict that electric rates will increase 20-30% after rate caps expire in the PECO (2011) and PPL (2010) territories. In one scenario, ...
• Building local democracy through natural resource interventions
  This policy brief provides natural resource policy makers and practitioners with an approach for evaluating how their policies and projects can support ...
• Run cars on green electricity, not natural gas
  With the dramatic increase in oil prices earlier this year translating into higher prices at the gas pump in the United States, concerns over US dependence ...
• Lower energy prices: Now you see them, now you don’t
  When combined with efficiency, solar homes can achieve ‘net zero’ – they consume no more energy than they produce. It is likely we will see a growing ...

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