Explainers

Renewable energy technologies tap into natural cycles and systems, turning the energy all around us into usable forms.

It was sold to the public as a technological miracle that would feed the world. We now know that the price is too high.

Could terrorists obtain nuclear weapons?

To reduce the threat of global warming and protect the health and economic well-being of future generations, we must reduce our emissions of heat-trapping gases.

What do the findings of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment report on the impacts global warming say about the Arctic region?

Review of "The Skeptical Environmentalist" a book by Bjorn Lombord, that claims global warming is exaggerated.

How Hydrokinetic Energy Works, part of the energy 101 series. An introduction to the resource and the technologies that turn the motion of water into electricity.

Fact sheet on West Valley, New York commercial reprocessing plant.

Existing and cap-and-trade programs in the European Union and Northeastern and Western United States provide important lessons about the need for robust design features.

Innovative programs around the country now make it possible for all environmentally conscious energy consumers to support renewable energy directly by participating in the "green" power market.

The UCS Energy Program is working to help the United States move toward a greater reliance on energy from the wind, the sun, plants, and other safe, clean, renewable sources

Separating fact from fiction in Michael Crichton's book "State of Fear" and clearing up misconceptions about the validity of global warming evidence.