Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are leading a new $2 million study to help overcome a key bottleneck slowing the proliferation of large-scale wind and solar power generation.
These additions and recent cleanups have changed the number of National Priorities List sites from 1,627 to 1,343 final and proposed sites.
This is the third year that the Students and Young Professionals Committee has managed a project in the cities that have hosted the annual conference. This year's project is called "Bioswales in the Bayou" and is designed to stem stormwater flooding in the Ninth Ward.
The Lamp Section of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association clearly wants to move forward on energy efficiency but is complaining that new legislation will make that more difficult.
The agency says existing technology will be able to capture mercury waste from dental amalgams.
UK-based businesses have to meet a Sept. 30 deadline to register for the government’s Carbon Reduction Commitment.
The researchers' custom-built processing machine uses an innovative process with relatively low temperatures in a fluidized bed of sand and salts to economically produce biomass fuel from sludge.
With a smart home, systems can turn on your coffee maker in the morning, adjust the temperature of your heated pool, or control the time your landscape lighting goes on at night.
In an independent review, a team found that the Department of Environmental Protection's program for oil and gas wells is well managed and meets its objectives.
The Office of Naval Research has designed a system that controls electrical flow for lighting, a highly efficient platform that may spark a new era of power savings.
Water-gel-based solar devices -- artificial leaves -- can act like solar cells to produce electricity.
A study at the University of Liverpool has uncovered the substance's ability to store carbon dioxide and speed up particular chemical reactions.
EPA is contributing $6 million to the International Project for Clean Cookstoves in order to help prevent exposure to indoor smoke from cooking fires.
The city of Cleveland's mayor is one of more than 1,000 mayors who have signed an agreement to lower carbon dioxide emissions by 7 percent by 2012.
Cyclone Power Technologies' WHE/Generation system converts waste heat to mechanical power and electricity.
Spanish energy group Endesa has signed an agreement with Nissan to set up a network of recharge points for electric cars.
Photographing glaciers, valuing natural ecosystems, and establishing a seed vault are a few of the innovations created by this year's Heinz Family Foundation awardees.
The Securities and Exchange Commission's guidance on disclosing water risks most likely will increase the costs of doing business.
After three years of litigation, the Evansville Greenway & Remediation Trust will be able to clean up lead and PCBs. Gas and electric and coal companies will be paying the bill.
The world's largest offshore wind farm opened in Britain on Thursday, as part of the government's bid to reduce the carbon emissions that drive climate change.