Environment

Latest challenge will let your K-12 alma mater pit carbon reduction activities against the progress of up to three different rivals.

2 | September 21, 2010 5:31am | By Heather Clancy

The U.S. FDA is nearing approval of genetically modified salmon for consumption. The landmark decision has a big impact on the world's food supply and the ethics of tinkering with nature.

12 | September 21, 2010 2:37am | 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

Bank of America says it is ahead of schedule on its 10-year, $20 billion business initiative focused on addressing climate change.

1 | September 16, 2010 2:22pm | By Andrew Nusca

NRG Energy will acquire clean energy retailer Green Mountain Energy Company for $350 million in cash.

4 | September 16, 2010 2:06pm | By Andrew Nusca

With the purchase this year of Veoh, a free website for watching TV and video clips, the creators of the content-sharing platform Qlipso got to test this hypothesis on more than 10,000 users a...

4 | September 16, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez

GE's Smart Patient Room promises to help tired doctors and nurses avoid mistakes by monitoring their actions in real time.

1 | September 16, 2010 3:46am | 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

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

The artificial ovary could be used in research and to preserve the fertility of women.

5 | September 14, 2010 12:17pm | By Boonsri Dickinson

Survey finds a majority of executives with manufacturing systems see value in social media -- and for reasons beyond enhancing communication and collaboration.

2 | September 13, 2010 10:31am | By Joe McKendrick

British researchers are building a home that is energy efficient and putting it under the spell of artificial weather to see how it consumes energy.

September 13, 2010 4:00am | By Boonsri Dickinson

With a plug-and-play microgrid developed by Lockheed Martin, the Air Force will be able to integrate renewable and conventional power in a rugged environment. One of the goals: saving lives by...

5 | September 13, 2010 2:00am | By Melanie D.G. Kaplan

Deloitte survey shows lack of confidence in stemming enterprise data theft; but weaknesses can be overcome.

1 | September 11, 2010 2:10pm | By Joe McKendrick

An industry watchdog called Smart-Electronics Initiative wants to stem consumer electronics energy consumption.

1 | September 10, 2010 1:14pm | By David Worthington

When Dow Jones Indexes and SAM, an investment firm specializing on sustainability investing, rejigger their benchmark index, companies either cheer or duck.

September 10, 2010 11:05am | By Larry Dignan

The fast-growing GM salmon is safe to eat, apparently.

5 | September 10, 2010 10:48am | By Boonsri Dickinson

Vancouver, Canada has partnered with Cisco and Pulse Energy in its quest to be the greenest city in the world by 2020. Targets: buildings, datacenters and the smart grid.

2 | September 9, 2010 10:24am | By Andrew Nusca

Kids -- and plenty of young-at-heart adults -- love video games. Targeting a captive audience, Area/Code uses fun and flashy games to tackle such real-world topics as debt and even crossing the...

2 | September 9, 2010 4:00am | By Christina Hernandez