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For years, the cows at Green Mountain Dairy here produced only milk and manure. But recently they have generated something else: electricity.
By Katie Zezima, courtesy of the New York Times

Coal the "dark fuel," may be the most visible villain of global warming, but its use is up and projected to go higher.
By Matthew L. Wald, courtesy of the New York Times

With the federal government offering the nuclear industry $18.5 billion in loan guarantees and billions more in production tax credits and insurance against bureaucratic delays, at least a few new reactors seem certain to be built.
By Matthew L. Wald, courtesy of the New York Times

On a strip of Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, a futuristic experiment posing as an ordinary fuel station may be bringing the world one step closer to the hydrogen age.
By Jad Mouawad, courtesy of the New York Times

"The moment I read that paper," the wind entrepreneur Peter Mandelstam recalled, "I knew in my gut where my next wind project would be."
By Mark Svenvold, courtesy of the New York Times

Some homeowners in Frederick County, Md., may be among the first in the nation to receive text messages from their thermostats.
From the AP, courtesy of the Washington Post

One of the country’s largest builders of coal-fired power plants will give investors detailed warnings about the risks that global warming poses to its business under a deal with New York’s attorney general.
By Nicholas Confessore, courtesy of the New York Times

Clean energy’s dirty secret is that while generating it is getting easier, moving it to market is not.
By Matthew L. Wald, courtesy of the New York Times

American natural gas production is rising at a clip not seen in half a century, pushing down prices of the fuel and reversing conventional wisdom that domestic gas fields were in irreversible decline.
Clifford Krauss, courtesy of the New York Times

Oil production has begun falling at all of the major Western oil companies, and they are finding it harder than ever to find new prospects even though they are awash in profits and eager to expand.
By Jad Mouawad, courtesy of The New York Times