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AP Carmakers Are Cutting Carbon Emissions, Except When They Aren't
The federal government says automakers are reducing their vehicles' emissions, but a close look at the numbers shows some red flags amid the good green news.
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Todd Woody The Forever Battery
A Silicon Valley startup run by old-school technologists has invented an energy storage device that could take an entire neighborhood off the grid.
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AP The Brutal Bust in Next-Generation Biofuels in One Chart
The U.S. government finally faces the fact that we won't be powering our cars with corncobs any time soon.
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AP How Google is Helping Warren Buffett Go Green
The search giant makes a big wind energy buy from Buffett's MidAmerican Energy as the industry's future hinges on the extension of a key tax credit.
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Todd Woody How China Will Dominate the U.S. Electric-Bus Market
The country is emerging as an innovator in green tech.
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jinjasi/Flickr Wall Street Wants to Lend You Money to Fight Climate Change
A $100 million fund gives homeowners low-cost loans for energy efficiency upgrades to one of the biggest sources of global warming – their houses.
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MIT Could a Floating Nuclear Power Plant Prevent Another Fukushima?
MIT scientists argue that nukes can be tsunami-proofed by towing them out to to sea.
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Reed Saxon/AP Why Your Neighbors Will Finance Solar Panels for Your Roof
A California startup is letting anyone invest in loans to let homeowners go solar.
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Andres Gutierrez/AP Scientists Discover How to Generate Solar Power in the Dark
Meet 'photoswitches,' a breakthrough set of materials that act as their own batteries, absorbing energy and releasing it on demand.
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Valparaiso University This Sun-Powered Furnace Can Reach 3,000 Degrees
Scientists in America's industrial heartland are making automotive metals and fuel in sunshine-powered furnaces.
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CSIRO Why Is This Bee Wearing a Sensor?
Also, how did scientists get that sensor onto the bee in the first place?
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The Next Big Wave
Could surfing become an Olympic sport thanks to artificial wavemakers?
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Reuters The Wrong Kind of Ethanol Boom
A new study finds that higher blends of ethanol could cause explosions in nearby buildings after a spill.
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AP The Grinch That Stole the Coal Industry's Christmas
The pace of coal-fired power-plant closure is accelerating, thanks to cheap natural gas and environmental regulations.
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AP Germany's Solar Star Fades
The United States is set to overtake Germany, long the world's biggest solar power.
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Reuters The Carbon Time Bomb in Your Retirement Account
A new financial tool lets Wall Street calculate the climate-change risk of investments.
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The World's Greenest Oil Company?
France's Total is hedging against a low-carbon future by investing in solar and biofuels.
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SolarCity How Tesla Batteries Are Powering an Energy Revolution
Silicon Valley renewable-energy company SolarCity has started installing lithium-ion battery packs to help companies cut their utility bills.
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AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams Here's Why Developing Countries Will Consume 65% of the World's Energy by 2040
China and India hold the world's fate in their hands as energy use skyrockets in poorer countries.
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CARTHE How Scientists are Using Drones to Fight the Next Big Oil Spill
Researchers are deploying drones and sensors off the Florida coast to predict the impact of the next Deepwater Horizon.
