Sustain Our Earth

It has been almost 25 years since levels of the hazardous carcinogen Trichloroethylene were detected in residential wells surrounding the Hidden Lane landfill in Sterling, but Broad Run Farm residents are still likely years away from a remediation...

The same pathway that has put many in the seat of a new car — the lease — is taking off as a financial vehicle for homeowners who don't have tens of thousands of dollars sitting around to buy a rooftop solar-panel system outright.

The grid storage space is really starting to heat up.

Ah, poor Fisker. It may have to surrender the Karma's wonderful body to Bob Lutz. Here's the latest news, courtesy of the venerable Gas2: There’s significant demand for the Bob Lutz-backed Fisker Karma V8 conversions, especially now that Fisker,...

Thanks to Google, airborne wind turbines might soon be ready to move out of the experimental phase and into commercial reality.

A host of startups are working on software to optimize on-site energy storage systems to avoid peak demand charges, meet demand response calls, or keep the lights on during emergencies.

In order to navigate these conversations about sustainable energy and climate change, it helps to have a look at our current consumption patterns. So how much do we consume? And what do we use energy for?

Editor's Note: GM/Chevrolet may have hit the jackpot with the new Chevy Spark EV. The price is about $5,000 lower than was originally anticipated, just undercutting the Nissan Leaf.

There's no denying it -- there are tons of poor farmers around the world. It's a wonder that those growing one of the essentials of life are often unable to make a decent living. So, naturally, any story about using solar power (one of the coolest...

Anyone with an interest in energy policy knows that a full frontal assault has been launched against the Renewable Fuel Standard. Big Oil has gone on the offensive, spreading myths and misinformation about renewable fuels.

[...] thousands of mine workers and their huge machines moved in, building a road alongside the river that reaches all the way up to Pascua-Lama, a gold mine being built along both sides of the Chile-Argentine border at a lung-busting 16,400-feet...

Industrial farming has played a part in sucking this critical element out of our soil.

In the last decade, almost 1 million people have been killed and trillions of dollars have been lost in natural disasters worldwide.

Wind and solar power generated 3.5% and about 0.1%, respectively, of US electricity last year. To what extent could more and cheaper storage enable wind and solar to function as the equivalent of high-utilization, baseload generation?

Seems like someone forgot to tell California that cap and trade was dying an untimely death.

The state’s third carbon allowance auction was held last week, and businesses snapped up all available 2013 permits, setting a record price level in the process. In addition to the 2013 permits, over three-quarters of advance allowances for 2016 were sold to businesses.

The world is changing fast. Here's a fun story documenting that in various ways, courtesy CleanTechnica sister site Gas2.

By Chris DeMorro
Can the power of social media literally propel a car halfway across the country?

Freshwater use by continents is partly based on several socio-economic development factors, including population, physiographic, and climatic (...)

With the amount of energy required to produce a vehicle, it makes sense that automobile manufacturers are exploring solar power to help cut costs and position themselves as environmentally-conscious companies.

Around 85,000 households in the Northwest could be powered every month by the energy that could be stored deep underground in the region's porous rock, according to new research.

Instead of charging polluters a fee for dumping their carbon dioxide into our shared atmosphere, we are all paying the cost of the consequences of attempting to store about 30 tons per year in our air.