Alternative energy fuels path to future
(The Echo: Thu, 01 Mar) The Advanced Transportation Technology Institute (ATTI) is working with UTC to bring the future of alternative energy sources to Chattanooga. The ATTI partnered with UTC to develop clean fuels and energy and apply them to both consumer and industrial systems, according to Dan Simpson, head of the program.

FACTBOX - Some National Renewable Energy Targets
(Planet Ark: Mon, 26 Feb) A growing number of countries are targeting increased usage of renewable energy sources, like wind and solar, as they try to curb greenhouse gas emissions and source more energy from home rather than import coal and oil.

David Roberts: Nuclear Power is Not Rational or Forward-Thinking, Even If You Say So Over and Over Again
(HuffingtonPost: Tue, 27 Feb) Back when I first read Stewart Brand's Environmental Heresies , I wrote about it admiringly and, in retrospect, somewhat naively. Of the nuclear debate, I said that there's an array of great arguments against nuclear power, and one real argument in its favor: There's no other way to cut our CO2 emissions fast enough. That argument, I said, "strikes me as decisive if it's true." Since ...

Advocates see progress toward renewable energy
(WFMJ Youngstown: Sun, 25 Feb) CINCINNATI Advocates for renewable energy see light at the end of the tunnel _ a light powered by wind and sun.