Earth, wind and wire: Going beyond solar panels

Earth, wind and wire: Going beyond solar panels

Here's a look at three technologies that California residents are using to cut their energy bills and turn their homes into clean mini-power plants.

Areva acquires Ausra, a Silicon Valley solar power plant start-up

With the purchase, the French nuclear energy giant has jumped into the U.S. renewable energy market. Terms of the deal are not disclosed.

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In Virginia, offshore drilling a bipartisan goal

In Virginia, offshore drilling a bipartisan goal

The Republican governor is 'eager to get started,' and the state's Democratic senators are urging the Obama administration to begin selling leases next year. The plan has raised concern from NASA.

Protesters amass ahead of Olympics

Thousands of domestic demonstrators prepare to rally as the Olympic Resistance Network, which opposes what it sees as the Games' corporate culture, in Vancouver. Officials back off plans to stop them.

Judge eases curbs on delta pumping

Judge eases curbs on delta pumping

Court says that a two-week reprieve for irrigation districts doesn't pose a serious hazard to salmon migrating to the sea.

Brown pelicans struggling to survive

Brown pelicans struggling to survive

Shelters in Oregon and California are filling up as the formerly endangered seabirds starve and die at a high rate. The cause is unclear.

Plan to replace bridge at Port of Long Beach progresses

Plan to replace bridge at Port of Long Beach progresses

The port releases a draft of its revised environmental impact report. The Gerald Desmond Bridge is deteriorating. It also sits too low and can't carry enough traffic, port officials say.

Backing down on climate change

Backing down on climate change

Washington appears to have lost its appetite for attacking the problem of global warming.

U.S. declines to list the American pika as endangered

U.S. declines to list the American pika as endangered

The Obama administration denies environmentalists' contention that the tiny mountain-dwelling creature will be unable to survive climate change.

Reveal household cleansers' ingredients, environmental advocates urge

The cleanser industry says that the legal case is unwarranted and that fears about health risks are misinformed.

Penn State panel partially clears professor in climate e-mail inquiry

Exonerated of three allegations, a full investigation is launched into whether Michael E. Mann violated academic standards in researching global warming.