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In a new report, California and Texas dominate the cleantech jobs market. Meanwhile, Massachusetts and Colorado are gaining ground.

October 6, 2010 5:30am | By Heather Clancy

Two University of Manchester scientists win the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics for their work with graphene, the thinnest, strongest material ever discovered.

10 | October 5, 2010 7:58am | By Andrew Nusca

Transportation topped smart grid and biofuels in cleantech investment in the third quarter of 2010, according to a new report. Here's a breakdown of the numbers.

October 4, 2010 6:51am | By Andrew Nusca

The delivery giant so far has invested more than $25 million in alternative fuel technologies.

2 | September 30, 2010 12:16pm | By Heather Clancy

Schneider Electric's CEO of North American operations, Chris Curtis, explains why IT can't solve energy alone, why LEED is a failure and why the relentless pursuit of efficiency will drive innovation.

1 | September 29, 2010 5:29am | By Andrew Nusca

The city's sustainability director says no matter how many light bulbs we replace, the climate is still changing--enough that ski resort operators are worried. Some cities are figuring out how to...

9 | September 29, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

And California's are the worst -- despite the lack of ice and snow.

39 | September 28, 2010 10:52pm | By Deborah Gage

Billions are on tap to be spent on the smart grid in 2010, according to a new report. Here's a rundown of who and what gets the money -- and why.

1 | September 28, 2010 11:52am | By Andrew Nusca

During Climate Week NYC last week, Climate Group CEO Steve Howard said we didn't get a global climate agreement in Copenhagen last year, and we won't get it in Cancun this year, so we need to make...

2 | September 27, 2010 5:41am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

The CityCar project, which should produce its first full-fledged prototype by summer 2011, aims to rewrite the rules of urban transportation.

13 | September 24, 2010 12:00pm | By Heather Clancy

At GridWise Global Forum yesterday, the GE chairman and CEO said China is 'green, green, green, green.' He said the rest of the world is moving 10 times faster than the U.S., which has an energy...

10 | September 24, 2010 3:34am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

The Federal Communications Commission gives green light to 'white space' - unused parts of the broadcast spectrum - for expanded Wi-Fi, opening up opportunities for new applications.

September 23, 2010 8:20pm | By Joe McKendrick

The electric grid isn't ready for electric cars.

23 | September 23, 2010 12:01am | By Deborah Gage

General Electric and Better Place, which provides electric vehicle infrastructure, said Wednesday they have formed a broad partnership designed to speed up EV adoption via standards, financing and...

2 | September 22, 2010 4:45am | By Larry Dignan

General Motors and ABB Group, which provides power grid systems, will collaborate on developing pilots to reuse Volt batteries.

4 | September 21, 2010 7:24am | By Larry Dignan

The United States and China are in a race for cleantech supremacy akin to the space race in the 1960s, according to a report. The race is also a duel between economic models.

8 | September 20, 2010 1:12pm | By Larry Dignan

General Electric's Ecomagination challenge has garnered a bevy of good eco-ideas worth funding. The exercise is also an instructive lesson on innovating via crowdsourcing.

3 | September 20, 2010 2:36am | By Larry Dignan

The top mainstream-class winner was not an electric car, but an internal combustion-engine-driven one --with an extremely lightweight design.

8 | September 17, 2010 2:18pm | By Joe McKendrick

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

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

Korean scientists create a nanowire panel that generates electricity from sound waves.

13 | September 17, 2010 4:00am | By Melissa Mahony