AP Investigation: US power grid vulnerable to foreign hacks
By GARANCE BURKE and JONATHAN FAHEY Security researcher Brian Wallace was on the trail of hackers who had snatched a California university’s housing files when he stumbled into a larger…
Alternative energy industry
Obama pushing for more clean energy choices for consumers
By NANCY BENAC Pushing back against fossil fuel interests, President Barack Obama is pressing to give ordinary Americans more power to choose what kind of power they use. The president,…
OREGON OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY FARM PROJECT ANNOUNCED
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA FILE – This Oct. 30, 2002 file photo shows a speed boat passing by offshore windmills in the North Sea offshore from near Esbjerg, Denmark. On Wednesday…
The secret, dirty cost of Obama’s green power push
By DINA CAPPIELLO and MATT APUZZO In this July 20, 2013, photo, a plant that produces ethanol is next to a cornfield near Coon Rapids, Iowa. Government mandates to increase…
JAPAN STARTS UP OFFSHORE WIND FARM NEAR FUKUSHIMA
By ELAINE KURTENBACH In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 and released by Marubeni Corp., a wind turbine, named Fukushima Mirai, is seen about 20 kilometers off the coast…
CHINA AND ICELAND SIGN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Iceland’s Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, right, is shown the way by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang after inspecting a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony outside the…
NEW ENGLAND RENEWABLE ENERGY A HARD SELL IN REGION
By STEPHEN SINGER FILE – In this Feb. 24, 2006 file photo, a wind turbine stands, generating power next to Hull, Mass., High School in the shadow of Boston. Establishing…