New cars and trucks could improve fuel efficiency by 50 percent if existing technologies such as hybrids are adopted Fuel efficiency of new vehicles could improve by 50 percent in the next two decades and

The subcontinental nation may contend with China as the world’s largest coal-burner, with attendant climate change impacts India is poised to contend with China as the globe’s top consumer of coal, with 455 power plants

Science and innovation have always stimulated progress and have always been essential for the development of the economy and human potential. Today, when the Arctic is increasingly becoming a geopolitical objective for various countries a

Could see a reduction in costs to society of 38 percent through a sharp cut in associated health-care and climate-change costs. Refrigerating coal-plant emissions would reduce levels of dangerous chemicals that pour into the air

Scientists today described development of a new fuel mixture to ease the major air pollution and cost problems facing cruise ships, oil tankers and container ships. These vessels tend to burn the cheapest and most

IH2 technology has the capability to produce gasoline at a cost of less than $2.00 per gallon, Linck said. A new process for converting municipal waste, algae, corn stalks and similar material to gasoline, diesel

As the world’s accessible oil reserves dwindle, natural gas has become an increasing important energy source. The primary component of natural gas is methane, which has the advantage of releasing less carbon dioxide when it’s

It is difficult to say which of the growing number of fuel options will power the cars of the future. But natural gas, given its domestic abundance, low price and lesser carbon footprint, is certainly

YOU don’t have to be a climate scientist these days to know that the climate has problems. You just have to step outside. The United States is now enduring its warmest year on record, and

As technology develops, costs will come down, turning today’s expensive oil into tomorrow’s cheap oil . . . some aren’t so certain. The quick rise of tight oil in the United States and Canada is

We have a low-tech, safe, readily employed and easily maintained way to lock carbon out of the atmosphere Tiny microbes are at the heart of a novel agricultural technique to manage harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

The Backbone of the Electric System   “Energy policy” and “clean energy” may be political hot buttons this year, but the technological realities and challenges to achieving energy and environmental goals are seldom discussed. There