Can America balance the energy trilemma of affordability, reliability, and cleanliness while driving economic growth and strengthening national security? Watch a new video from Stanford Emerging Technology Review on embracing energy innovation nationwide and achieving all three goals simultaneously.

Hundreds of people explored how the latest scientific innovations can scale to meet our greatest planetary challenges for two days at the inaugural Stanford Sustainability Forum.

The Energy Department has repeatedly invoked emergency powers to stop the closure of coal plants around the U.S. and reopen oil pipelines in the West. As court challenges inch forward, utilities and energy companies are dusting off equipment that was headed for the scrap heap, Felicity Barringer writes.