City Councilman Bill Rosendahl drove into a corner gas station with a big grin on his face. He stepped out of a sports utility vehicle, pumped fuel into the tank and declared it "the most joyous moment I've had since being elected to office."

Increasing the fuel economy of our nation's vehicles is vital to addressing rising gas prices and health and environmental risks of unchecked global warming.But for transportation to truly become a climate solution,we must also reduce the heat-trapping>>>

Forget boxers or briefs. You want to know about candidates' stances on energy and the environment, right? Well, you've come to the right place.

One of Manny Howard's discoveries during the month this summer he ate only the plants he grew and the animals he raised and slaughtered was that his tough-talking plumber was too squeamish to watch chickens be killed for supper.....

WE were in a canoe tethered to a submerged tree, fishing for piranha in the dark waters of the Rio Negro, about 125 miles northwest of the Brazilian city of Manaus. It was late afternoon, and the sun was already beginning to set behind a fleecy thicket

This affordable, easy-to-install kit will help you harness the sun's rays to heat water in an efficient, reliable process that pays for itself in a few years. Previous solar hot water systems were leaky, but they've gotten better. Up to 5x more efficient

Leather is attractive and durable. But livestock farming causes immeasurable damage to the environment -- and there are ethical reasons to forgo the farming and slaughter of animals for human use. Here's how to start with cruelty-free clothing.

In a crystal-clear sign that solar is finally going mainstream, Miami-based Lennar recently announced that photovoltaic solar energy systems will be standard features in every house it builds in the Sacramento and San Francisco Bay areas.

Sunday marked the start of Earth Month (Earth Day is April 22), so with a growing focus on environmentalism these days, we went in search of cool green products.

A low-rise apartment building in Halifax heated with the help of human waste takes energy efficiency to new heights, says an engineer whose company was involved in the affordable-housing development...