US 'not close' to energy security
Rising petrol prices and increasingly difficult-to-extract oil might threaten the US’s car-dependent transportation system, but engineering executives see an
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Food chain delivers 'Carbon Karma'
The restaurant chain Otarian hopes to entice customers into reducing their environmental impact with a carrot, rather than a stick.
In Canada, a waste-to-energy first
By the end of next year, the Canadian city of Edmonton could be home to an energy plant like no
Virtual design speeds green reality
Cleantech companies sell technology products and services that solve environmental problems, ranging from traffic monitoring solutions to bioplastics made from
Silence lets anti-green bullies win
That deafening silence you hear? It’s all the sustainability-aware media, CEOs and investors who — in seeking to maintain the
How to cut CO2? Add 'dry water'
It’s an oxymoron, but not an impossible one: “Dry water.” In fact, the powdery version of Earth’s most
US not yet ready to love plug-in cars
The future of transport might lie with electric cars, but US consumers aren’t quite ready yet to lead the
Join the 'Great Weather Experiment'
For a new website designed to engage the public on all things meteorological, the soon-to-launch theWeather Club is arriving at
How green can you get for $100bn?
For the Republican side of the aisle and a good portion of the US public, the $787 billion American Recovery
Gulf's giant oil plume disappears
Now you see it, now you don’t: Less than one week after reporting a 22-mile-long, mile-wide plume of hydrocarbons
A first: Test house-in-a-house
The University of Salford’s campus in Greater Manchester will soon be home to a house like no other in
Living curtains help save energy
“Green curtains” of outdoor vines can not only shade windows and keep interiors from growing too hot, but can produce