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Germany Agrees to Extend Life of Nuclear Plants

Germany will extend the life spans of 17 plants while alternative energy sources are developed, which is likely to make money for power companies and the government.

Bacterial light-harvesting proteins make a regenerating solar cell

Photovoltaic cells are becoming cheaper and more efficient each year, but there are still some questions regarding their long-term sustainability. Most technologies involve the use of elements that may be limited in supply, toxic, expensive, and difficult to recycle, which may ultimately limit our ability to produce them on the sorts of scales that a wholly renewable energy economy would require ...

Conservatives hammer candidates over 'cap and trade'

FREDERICA, Del. — Conservative Republicans around the country are using cap and trade — a way to limit global-warming pollution — as a political weapon to attack GOP moderates as well as Democrats.

Steven Chu: Huffington Post Spotlight (VIDEO)

In this Huffington Post Spotlight, watch as US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu answers YOUR questions.

Germany Extends Nuclear Plants' Life

BERLIN -- The German government has decided to extend the life spans of the country's 17 nuclear plants while alternative energy sources are developed, a move that is also likely to create windfalls for both power companies and strained government coffers.