Nation Topics - Renewable Energy | The Nation

Why is United States in an especially precarious position when it comes to energy?

Is dirty energy the only way to meet the huge demands of the modern world? New numbers suggest renewables could do the job—and more.

James Howard Kunstler discusses how finance and energy are running neck and neck to fuel the end of advanced industrial civilization.

If the administration is serious about renewable energy, why won't it put solar panels on the roof of the White House?

Can we calculate the true cost of our dependence on oil?

How we can break our addiction to oil. With contributions from Michael T. Klare, Christian Parenti, Mark Hertsgaard and Christine MacDonald.

Why the United States needs a new national energy policy.

How Obama can use the government's purchasing power to spark the clean-energy revolution.

Louisiana can't go cold turkey: it can only wean itself off oil through an orderly transition.

The BP disaster could be the catalyst for an invigorated environmental movement.