Cities

With new technology from Mazda and BMW, cars won't just idle at stoplights -- they'll shut off entirely.

19 | September 21, 2010 12:45pm | By John Herrman

Agency will phase out 8-year-old Climate Leaders effort, encouraging state and non-governmental alternatives. Support for programs such as the latest Green Power Community Challenge remains.

September 21, 2010 12:11pm | By Heather Clancy

What if the flow of traffic controlled the traffic lights, rather than the other way around?

4 | September 21, 2010 9:12am | By Dan Nosowitz

Every American should be treated by the medical system as well as a middle-class dog.

43 | September 21, 2010 7:29am | By Dana Blankenhorn

When it comes to growing a vibrant economy in a city or town, it turns out that size doesn't matter -- at least as much as transportation networks do.

2 | September 21, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

Scientists have captured pristine atmospheric particles from a remote region above the Amazon and compared them to the sooty particles above industrialized cities.

3 | September 20, 2010 11:43pm | By Deborah Gage

Redesign the office; Audi electric car; reverse brain drain; Tesla's solar project; LEED Gold neighborhood.

September 20, 2010 1:45pm | By Andrew Nusca

Investment will help promote use of thin-film solar technology; double the locations where the retailers uses solar power.

5 | September 20, 2010 10:23am | By Heather Clancy

Constellation Energy seeks to acquire CPower in a bid to scale demand response and energy management in the cleantech sector.

September 20, 2010 9:00am | By Andrew Nusca

Say hello to new Intelligent Energy editor David Worthington, who will join Melissa Mahony to cover the cleantech industry.

2 | September 20, 2010 7:05am | By Andrew Nusca

VantagePoint Venture Partners has launched a $100 million fund aimed at the Chinese cleantech market.

September 17, 2010 1:15pm | By Andrew Nusca

Microgrid technology helps town of roughly 600 Canadians make better use of their river-generated electricity, cutting diesel fuel consumption.

3 | September 16, 2010 4:36am | By Heather Clancy

Car Charging Group president Andy Kinard is trying to build America's electric vehicle infrastructure. He says he wants to put all the gas stations in the U.S. out of business -- "every stinkin'...

13 | September 15, 2010 5:00am | By Andrew Nusca

Water purification technology, solar disinfection and cooling options, carbon capture systems and biofuels generators are just a few of the innovative ideas being funded.

2 | September 15, 2010 4:33am | By Heather Clancy

Foreign cleantech firms should look to the United States wind power market for growth, says Ingeteam CEO Aitor Sotes.

September 15, 2010 3:00am | By Andrew Nusca

At Boston Latin: a network of green-minded individuals, partnerships in the community, testimony at public hearings, climate summits and solar panels. The leaders? Most of them aren't even old...

1 | September 15, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Researchers discover the mechanism that is behind anxiety disorder and explain why it's difficult for people who are anxious to make decisions.

6 | September 14, 2010 2:19pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

Forget London: Nottingham is the least car-dependent city in the United Kingdom, according to a new report.

1 | September 14, 2010 2:10pm | By Andrew Nusca

Atomic bomb photos; pulverizing pavement; BrightSource Energy; employers prefer state schools; the sound of cities.

September 14, 2010 11:30am | By Andrew Nusca

With about $129 million in federal funding -- the largest grant in Penn State University history -- the Philadelphia Navy Yard is set to become a national model for energy efficiency.

September 14, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez