The Obama administration today launched of an energy efficiency program that will provide consumers with a home efficiency rating. Vice President J... read more »
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Toyota Motor will pay to fix about 650,000 Prius models worldwide for a coolant pump glitch that could cause the top-selling hybrid to overheat and ... read more »
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The Toyota Prius V has a higher roofline than the current Prius, meaning more cargo space. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) Toyota Prius family (phot... read more »
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The efficiency gauge on the Volt&39's instrument panel can help drivers maximize fuel economy. (Credit: GM) Most Chevrolet Volt owners probably a... read more »
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The Empire State Building in conjunction with the Clinton Climate Initiative is attempting to set an example when it comes to energy retrofits an... read more »
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Volvo attaches a flywheel through a continuously variable transmission to reduce fuel consumption. (Credit: Volvo) Ferrari, Renault, BMW, and Mc... read more »
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Ten eastern states in a greenhouse gas reduction program have invested more than half of their carbon permit auction proceeds, or about $404 millio... read more »
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Methanol With gas summer prices again threatening up to $4 a gallon across the U.S., everyone is looking at alternative fuels. Research into methan... read more »
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The IKEA Group will soon have its own wind farm in Dalarna County, Sweden. The Swedish furniture retail giant announced today it's partnered with ... read more »
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Here are the stories we&'re reading today on the GreenBeat:Troubled Evergreen Solar to try recapitalization &8212' The company said yesterday that its... read more »
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A solar-powered mobile phone base station in Rajasthan, India. (Credit: Shashwat Nagpal/VNL) The high-powered schmoozing at the World Economic F... read more »
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Volvo&39's electric C30 concept has a 94-mile range, but the carmaker is planning to add a fuel cell and an on-board reformer to produce hydrogen f... read more »
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Clean-tech start-ups that think they can be nimble and quick to market may be interested in a new incubator from San Francisco. Greenstart, whose tea... read more »
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(Credit: Ford) Ford just launched a new Web site to educate people about electric vehicles in an interactive way. The site is designed to inform vi... read more »
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The Obama administration scaled back on demands for heavy industrial boilers to cut toxic air emissions, a sign it may be willing to compromise wit... read more »
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A diagram of General Compressions compressed air energy storage system from the ARPA-E Summit earlier this year. (Credit: General Compression) G... read more »
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Micro-algae at an MBD Energy station. (Credit: MBD Energy) Australia-based MBD Energy is installing an algae system from OriginOil at its coal pow... read more »
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While it's unclear how many consumers are willing to pay more for plug-in electric cars, the case for fleet operators is a lot simpler to make, a... read more »
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By the end of this year, people will be able to buy an LED light bulb controllable from an Android device, part of Google's move into home automatio... read more »
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It&'s Christmas time for Instapaper fanatics: Developer Marco Arment has finally delivered Instapaper 3.0 for the iPhone and iPad, bringing with it ne... read more »
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