Keeping the Focus on Jobs
If you were one of the people who found the news of the Great Recession ending a little ironic, you are not alone. Although...
Food for thought
It is common to frame the discussion of energy consumption in terms of the cars we drive and the houses we heat. But there’s...
Drilling in the Arctic: We need an honest debate
by Guest Blogger: Jessica Shadian
Earlier this month, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar traveled to Alaska’s North Slope and said that drilling new exploratory wells in...
The power of small steps
Butte Community College in northern California is hardly the biggest, or the best endowed college in the country, but it is on track to...
Take This Bill and… Measure it!
Finding a starting point from which to measure is often the hardest first step to evaluating the efficiency of your home’s energy usage....
A not-so-happy Labor Day
This past Monday marked another Labor Day that the country is struggling with high unemployment: The U.S. Labor Department kicked off the holiday weekend...
Here Comes the Hybrid School Bus
It’s back to school season, but how will all those kids actually get back to school? Public education budgets around the country are tight...
Summer Wrap-Up: Good News and Bad News
One of our core missions here at CEA is to promote policies that will make energy available and affordable for all Americans. Summertime, when...
Clean and renewable: Hydro power here and around the world
Which countries do you think about when you think about leadership in renewable energy? China may likely come to mind for its massive manufacturing...
An alternative power source that lends itself to bathroom humor
There is a new prototype of the classic Volkswagen Beetle in the U.K. that gets its fuel from a nearby sewage plant. That’s right:...
