How Green Is Puerto Rico’s Via Verde?
High electricity costs have troubled Puerto Ricans for years, but the proposed solution from the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has raised concerns among citizens and environmental...
View ArticleScotland’s Energy Plan Is Ambitious, but Is It Realistic?
As the COP17 conference concluded in South Africa with what has been called “modest” progress on stemming climate change, a bolder plan in Scotland to reduce emissions and move toward renewable energy...
View ArticleA Battle Over the Quest to Tap Patagonia’s Rivers for Energy
For almost six years, a dam project in the Aysén region of Chile (map) has provoked a battle over whether it is the best way to help meet the country’s growing energy demand. The HidroAysén would...
View ArticleNuclear Protests Planned in Taiwan on Japan Earthquake Anniversary
As the first anniversary of Japan’s nuclear crisis approaches this Sunday, religious and civil groups in Taiwan are preparing massive protests to stop the construction of a fourth atomic plant. On...
View ArticleFight Continues Over Australia’s First National Nuclear Dump
Plans for a radioactive waste dump in Australia, the first such facility of its kind in the country, are encountering trouble because of divisions within the indigenous community where it would be...
View ArticleNicaragua Looks to Geothermal for Energy Independence
Stretching across Nicaragua’s west coast, the Maribios volcanic chain may harbor a solution to the country’s energy crisis. The power embedded in those volcanoes is being harvested through geothermal...
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