A new software app will improve sourcing of renewable energy from rivers. Researchers say hydropower is a cut-above solar and wind, as they provide a constant and reliable energy source with rivers available 24/7, 365 days a year.

Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer plans to spend millions of dollars to make climate change a top-tier issue in the 2016 presidential election.

The University of Central Florida’s Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), host of the Central Florida Clean Cities Coalition, was selected to establish an alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) training network for the state of Florida that adapts safety and technical training based on existing curricula for local needs.

Do you want to try cleaning up an oil spill yourself? This experiment will help you understand why it is such a difficult task. All of the tools you will need are environmentally friendly and easy to find.

Money and energy policy don’t always walk hand in hand unless, of course, it is in the form of campaign contributions.

We are pleased to announce the release of a new report, “Global Warming’s Six Americas, October 2014: Perceptions of the Health Consequences of Global Warming and Update on Key Beliefs.”

Generating electricity from biomass, such as urban waste and sustainably-sourced forest and crop residues, is one strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, because it is carbon-neutral: it produces as much carbon as the plants suck out of the atmosphere.

Rooftops on new buildings built in commercial zones in France must either be partially covered in plants or solar panels, under a law approved on Thursday.

The Interior Department issued stricter standards Friday for hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, rules the oil industry contends will limit domestic production of oil and natural gas.

The Cade Museum for Creativity + Invention announced it’s Sweet 16 finalists for the 6th Annual $50,000 Cade Museum Prize for Innovation.