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Two new reactors in Georgia will benefit from $8 billion in U.S. government backing
Ice Energy wants to freeze water at night in refrigeratorlike boxes adjacent to commercial air conditioners and then thaw it during the day
Global warming may doom the rabbitlike mountain rodent, but it's not endangered yet according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The planned natural gas-fired power plant will be the first to accept federal restrictions on the amount of greenhouse gas it can emit
The Federal Trade Commission will update its marketing and advertising guidelines for how businesses must back up their environmental assertions
The Obama administration would like to see more nuclear power plants, among other forms of new electricity generation
International Paper and MeadWestvaco are planning to transform plantation forests of the southeastern U.S. by replacing native pine with genetically engineered eucalyptus
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today strengthened the federal public health standard for nitrogen dioxide pollution, a limit that has been in place for nearly four decades
A new analysis suggests so because of the need for copious fertilizer
Researchers find that smart-grid technologies that provide a window into energy use could cut U.S. emissions by 18 percent
A new biofuels project at Abu Dhabi's Masdar Institute of Science and Technology will search for a system to produce fuel from biomass and seawater
Rats exposed to high levels of chemical pollutants in fish oil could not regulate fat properly
The Obama administration continues to struggle to decide whether the residue of coal-burning constitutes an environmental and human health danger
The Army hopes to turn its trash into fuel for its fighting machines
The Obama administration plans to bring smog standards into line with its science advisors, overturning a controversial decision by the Bush administration
Forget peak oil: the U.S. fleet shrank by four million cars and trucks last year
Researchers have successfully tested genetic manipulations to increase oil accumulation in the leaves of tobacco plants
Electrocution, poison no match for invader
Markers, knockouts and other technical advances improve breeding without modifying genes
White-nose syndrome continues to baffle
Transporting the chemical to water treatment plants could be a terrorist risk; substitutes sought
Getting nano–solar cells, batteries, across the "valley of death" is key
EPA finds 202 unregulated chemicals in 45 states
Bisphenol A widespread too, but lead is down
Scientists ask U.S. Interior Department to rescind Bush-era restrictions
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