Bill will make coal use cleaner
February 17, 2010
Few issues have garnered so much public attention as the debate over coal mining and specifically mountaintop removal mining.
Content on Energy:
December 7, 2009
We're currently faced with enormous challenges in the world, and as a leading research institution, I feel it is our duty to step up to these challenges.
Switch from coal sooner not later
December 2, 2009
We must consider the cost to future Hokies as we look to move beyond coal.
Bio-fuel research stimulate economy
September 22, 2009
Virginia Tech is once again shooting for environmental friendliness by creating a sustainable source of bio-fuel in Danville, Va.
Letter: Nuclear engineering graphic bombs
September 21, 2009
Last week, the CT released an article covering the recent grant from the NRC for a nuclear engineering program at Virginia Tech. The students at Tech are some of the best and brightest in the country, and well deserving of this challenging educational opp
University enacts green policies
September 3, 2009
The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has set higher goals for the future environmental sustainability of the university campus as it prepares for Sustainability Week Oct. 11-17.
May 4, 2009
This letter is in reaction to the column "Mountaintop removal has negative community impact," (CT, May 1). The author should not use Mountaintop Removal to condemn coal and justify an immediate renewable energy conversion. Technology cannot yet economical
Column: Now is the time to seize the opportunity for clean energy
February 12, 2009
Only 12 months ago oil was racing past $100 a barrel, and it seemed like our nation's ability to address our energy future would become the defining issue for our times.
Column: Renewable energy sources are undeniably in near future
February 5, 2009
This past political season almost all of us voted for candidates who supported "Clean Coal," a blanket term for technologies meant to minimize the environmental impact of this fossil fuel, but the truth of the matter remains that clean coal is little more