Try as so many private and government organizations might, switching everywhere on Earth over to clean, renewable energy -- including some strange sources being explored-- is still a long way away.

When you think about offshore oil rigs, what comes to mind is what you may have seen in movies -- skeletal towers in the middle of a vast sea, some flares cutting through the darkness, and a crew that ...

Richard Charter of Bodega Bay has spent his adult life protecting coasts and oceans, especially from the ravages of energy extraction. When crude oil starts pouring into the sea, his phone tends to go ...