Today, AT&T made a major announcement: that it will invest more than a half-billion dollars over the next decade to purchase more than 15,000 alternative-fueled vehicles — 8,000 vans powered by compressed natural gas, and another 7,100 hybrid passenger cars. The telecommunications giant estima...

A new battery material that recharges 100 times faster than the lithium-ion in your laptop has been revealed by researchers at MIT. The discovery could lead to cellphone-sized batteries that could be charged in 10 seconds. "The ability to charge and discharge batteries in a matter of seconds ra...

The story of energy efficiency is hardly new. But like all good stories, an evolving plot effectively - one might say efficiently - moves the narrative forward. Gone are the days of energy efficiency dismissively referred to as little more than a sign of "personal virtue" with no "basis for sound na...

Given the economic downturn, job seekers are smart to look at areas of opportunity likely to grow even in an ongoing downturn. Naturally, many have turned their attention to clean tech, where investment should only continue thanks to the stimulus package and global efforts to address climate change....

Finding the capital necessary to take what looks like a great product from the 'garage' or university lab to the marketplace is difficult during the best of times. In today's environment, clean energy and technology entrepreneurs could probably identify even more with Tantalus, the character from Gr...

We've known for a while now that the stimulus was going to be delivered with a heavy green hue. Obama has talked for months--even during the campaign--about creating green jobs, promoting energy efficiency, and updating our embarrassing energy infrastructure. So it's no surprise that this massive pi...

If you were to believe the hype — from politicos, the mainstream media, the blogosphere, academics, activists, and countless green gurus — you'd think that President Obama and Congress are readying to unleash small armies of green workers across the USA. "Green jobs" has become a rallying cry fo...

President Barack Obama’s plans to increase the production of renewable energy to double the current levels by 2012 and one of his first acts has been to provide $30 billion in tax incentives to this industry. That was $10 billion more than had been anticipated. The move supports the optimism of th...

By Jim Hurd, Director, GreenScience Exchange The United States is at a critical crossroads in its energy policy and the Obama administration is promising to completely reshape our energy objectives. We're in a global race to develop renewable energy technologies – to compete with leading countries...

Wall Street's earnings season is once again upon us. Investors are paying particularly close attention this quarter in reaction to continued economic uncertainty and economic hardship. The smart money knows that this season isn't bearing any gifts; most companies' sales have taken recession-sized hi...