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The Great Electric Car Quandary: How to Build a Charging Infrastructure Before Demand Grows

Dozens of new electric-vehicle models from General Motors, Ford, Toyota and others are expected to hit the streets within the next couple of years. Will there be enough juice to keep them moving?

White Roofs Catch On as Energy Cost Cutters

Their solution was a new roof: a shiny plasticized white covering that experts say is not only an energy saver but also a way to help cool the planet.

This is the “go to” guy: The alternative choice

Steven Chu wants to save the world by transforming its largest industry: energy.

China Outpaces U.S. in Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants

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TIANJIN, China — China’s frenetic construction of coal-fired power plants has raised worries around the world about the effect on climate change.
China now uses more coal than the United States, Europe and Japan combined, making it the world’s largest emitter of gases that are warming the planet.
But largely missing in [...]

Politics in the Guise of Pure Science – Classic Conundrum

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Why, since President Obama promised to “restore science to its rightful place” in Washington, do some things feel not quite right?
First there was Steven Chu, the physicist and new energy secretary, warning The Los Angeles Times that climate change could make water so scarce by century’s end that “there’s no more agriculture in [...]