If fracking techniques pollute water supplies, what will happen to beer production?

A well-known Chinese solar power company has filed for bankruptcy, but this may actually be a sign of health for the industry.

Famed architect Renzo Piano completes a self-sustaining micro-home named Diogene.

Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi are working together to dramatically expand the number of public chargers available in Japan.

Impact Energies sells and leases solar panel systems to people making less than $6 a day in Ghana. It was acquired by Persistent Energy Partners.

El Hierro, the smallest of the Canary Islands, is becoming energy self-sufficient by relying solely on wind turbines and hydroelectricity.

Many people want to go off grid and lose the electric bill, but does it make sense?

MNN introduces you to the key characters in the Eco-bama drama including Steven Chu, Carol Browner and more.

Energy Secretary Steven Chu fields energy efficiency questions from the public.

The endangered African wild dog has a nose for democracy, according to a study, which explains how the dogs "vote."

Can you spot all of these incognito critters?

When you can smell garbage from miles away, pizza doesn't stand a chance with bears.

Getting along with neighbors can yield big health benefits for birds, a new study finds. It's probably good for us, too.

Moose are increasingly unleashing their frustrations on hunters, motorists and lawn mowers.

The newly identified species weaves silky air chambers to survive high tide.

The predators burn energy 1.6 times faster than previously thought, a study finds, helping explain why the loss of sea ice hits them so hard.

Wildlife biologist Steve Barlow has invented a nest box that can be added to utility right-of-way markers across the U.S. and Canada.

Think bird-watching is boring? It's not if you visit these 10 destinations during bird migration season.

The Bramble Cay melomys lost most of its habitat to rising sea levels.

New flexible glowing sheets are inexpensive, easy to recycle, and could someday replace lightbulbs and OLED technology.

What product took top honors at the green geek's conference? Matt Hickman reports.

A host of eco-features -- and the simple fact that the iPad delivers 3 devices in one -- may make it the greenest device of 2010. (Too bad Apple shareholders ar

Today HP unveils a breakthough in powerful computer chip technology that can process data, store memory and stack 3-dimensionally.. just like a brain synapse.

AT&T's ZERO Charger won’t draw electricity from a power outlet when disconnected from a mobile phone.

While the verdict may still be out about the iPad in the human world, pets across the country are unanimous in their confusion.

Authentic sounds of the wild can now be downloaded for free to your iPhone. Assign your friends their own unique howl, hoot or roar.

Earth Day has provided the occasion for a tsunami of eco-friendly apps for the iPhone and now Android gets some green love.

Who needs nature when you can have virtual reality windows that simulate any setting with the flick of an iPhone app?

Nintendo gets the lowest score on the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics for its failure to address e-waste or cut CO2 emissions.

Merlin the dolphin is the first animal to get an iPad, and he's using it to teach humans about dolphin communication.

Are the days of 'Star Wars'-type droids upon us? Israeli researchers host a tournament to see who can create a robot with the most human handshake.

GE Ecomagination contest hopes to solicit the smartest solutions for a much-needed quantum leap in electrical grid technology.

New hi-tech Environ thermostat allows you to remotely monitor and control your home energy use.

Increasingly efficient computers belie the truth that our virtual world is using more and more electricity.

Paper that stops bullets and yarn that conducts electricity.. it sounds like Sci Fi, but Nanocomp is making these futuristic dreams a reality.

Empowering consumers to make smart decisions can change the marketplace and shrink our national energy footprint.

Electronic waste recycling firm CloudBlue is now an e-Stewards Certified facility.

Soil is drying up all over the world, Google is dropping big bucks building a wind power transmission line, and a spider and centipede battle it out.

Dell makes recycling its old laptops fairly easy, but most companies make it tough for customers to return no-longer-usable electronics for safe disposal.

Center for Environmental Health's new guide attempts to consolidate electronic buying guides from many nonprofits.

The future of electronics recycling may be in donating used items. With the proliferation of household as well as personal consumer electronics, there’s a ser

Ann Louise Gittleman offers '1,268 Ways to Outsmart the Hazards of Electronic Pollution'

The Tea Party and a few others don't like the idea of 'Big Brother' monitoring our electricity usage.

Meanwhile, rumors of a pending iPad 3 spread around the Web, but are they to be believed?

Zerofootprint's TalkingPlug device turns everyday electrical outlets into miniature communications hubs, allowing remote monitoring and control of energy use by

The new towers collect much more sunlight during the mornings, evenings and all days of the year regardless of clouds or shadows

A light-emitting diode (LED) developed at MIT operates at 230-percent efficiency. That's not a typo. LEDs will provide 70 percent of the world's general lightin

There are many reasons to recycle electronics, including copper, steel, gold, silver. The wiring in some older desk tops may yield up to 5 pounds of copper.

Finnish scientists are studying the possibility of turning water droplets into digital bits and using them to power computers instead of electricity.

Technology may be drastically changing each year, but there are a few older gadgets you can still buy without regretting your decision later.