Solar American Cities
The Department of Energy just announced an initiative to bring more solar photovoltaic installations to key cities. The goal is to encourage U.S. cities to use solar for electricity rather than conventional forms of electricity that involve burning fossil fuel. | Script

Coal Moratorium Now
A strong, grassroots effort, powered by concerned citizens, is sweeping the country calling for a coal moratorium. | Script

Living near coal mines increases risks
For decades, people living in coal mining communities have complained that the mining poisons the air and water, and make them sick. A new study just released from Washington State University provides scientific evidence to prove their point. | Script

Mountaintop Removal
If you love mountains, valleys and forests, and the people and animals living there, then you will understand why mountaintop removal mining for coal must be stopped. | Script

Energy Efficiency in Buildings
How do we get to a moratorium on building new coal-fired power plants? One study finds that energy efficiency in building construction and operation is the key. | Script

Renewables in Texas
Clean renewable energy plays an important role in solving global warming. In Texas, we have plenty. | Script

Microalgae: the new biofuel
Microalgae are an amazing little organisms that are being used by municipalities and industry to take nutrients and pollutants out of waste water. Micoalgae also are harvested for use as supplements and animal feeds. Now scientists are asking, could microalgae be the biofuel of the future? | Script

CHP: a better way to go
Lights went out along much of the Gulf Coast during Hurricane Katrina. But Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi remained open treating patients and supporting emergency response. How did they do it? They had on-site combined heat and power. | Script

Precaution with CFLs
Replacing standard incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs is one of the easiest things you can do to save energy and reduce global warming pollution. Because the bulbs contain mercury, it is important to take precautions when using them around children. | Script

Nuclear Needs Water
Some Nuclear power plants in Alabama and Tennessee have been shut down because of drought and others in the southesast may be shut down if the drought continues. | Script

Nuclear Energy - is it safe?
With the threat of global warming and fossil fuel supplies running low, nuclear power is being considered as an option to meet future energy needs, but is it safe? | Script

Uranium Mining: the dirt on nuclear energy
Nuclear energy is being promoted as clean energy. While it's true that nuclear power plants don't emit green house gases that fuel global warming, the mining of uranium to fuel these plants is anything but clean. | Script

New Nuclear Power Plants in Texas
The first application in the country in almost three decades to build nuclear power plants has been filed by NRG Energy, Inc. They want to build two new plants at the South Texas Project in Matagorda County, near Bay City, Texas where there are two existing reactors. | Script

Dirty Oil from Canada
Canada is one of the top three sources for U.S. oil. That's neighborly when it comes to energy supply, but not so neighborly when it comes to the environment. | Script

Rising fuel costs increase food prices
More than 35 million Americans live in households that are unable to afford the food they need each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Hunger Task Force. This number is likely to grow and sustainability of the nation's food supply may be threatened as fuel prices go up. | Script

National Energy Policy
It is technically and economically feasible for a diverse mix of existing renewable technologies to completely meet U.S. energy needs over the coming decades.  | Script

Clean Energy Future
The primary source of greenhouse gas that causes global warming is fossil fuel - dirty coal, oil and gas. Reducing use of fossil fuels and petrochemical products now can begin bring the planet back into balance. | Script

Nuclear Energy Feasibility
in the United States, President Bush and many representatives in the House and Senate are advocating nuclear power as a solution to global warming. But the Union of Concerned Scientists and the International Atomic Energy Agency say nuclear power is not the answer to global warming. | Script

Hybrid Vehicles
Hybrid cars offer fuel savings and cleaner, healthier air. | Script

Improving fuel economy
Buying a hybrid vehicle is a good way to save fuel and improve air quality when you are ready to buy a new car. Until then, there are several things you can do to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions with the vehicle you drive now. | Script

Advanced technology saves fuel
The hybrid-electric vehicle is just one use of advanced technology that is available in cars today to improve fuel efficiency. | Script

Energy Outlook
A change in Texans consumption of energy is inevitable. The outlook, at first glance, seems bleak. But there may be light at the end of the fossil fuel tunnel. | Script

Wind Energy
Wind power is the fastest growing renewable energy source for electricity in Texas. But the state’s effort toward development of this clean, renewable energy looks like baby steps compared with China. | Script

Combined Heat and Power
Combining heat and power generation is a practical innovation gaining momentum in Houston.| Script

Cool Houston
Reducing energy consumption is one way to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, lower energy cost and clean up the air. A new innovative project is bringing down the heat in Houston to conserve energy. | Script

Renewable Energy Potential & Incentives
The time for a shift from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy is here. This shift can mean a brighter future for Texas, the state with the highest potential for renewable energy of any state in the United States. | Script

Energy-Efficient Workplaces
Energy-efficient workplace design may be one of the most cost effective ways for businesses to improve productivity and quality. | Script

How to have wind energy and birds
Wind farms on the Texas coast can reduce electricity costs for all of South Texas, and recent modifications have been made to protect migrating birds. | Script

Biodiesel a cleaner fuel
The oil that is used to fry your French fries can fuel your diesel engine car or truck, and it pollutes less than diesel. | Script

Hotels save water
The typical hotel can use more than 200 gallons of water a day, for each occupied room. | Script