A walnut farmer in California uses walnut shells and husk waste to create fuel to power his farm.

The Department of Energy steps into pumpkin-carving territory with several energy-themed stencils for jack-o'-lanterns. You can choose from CFL bulb, solar arra

The Berkeley-trained, Nobel-winning physicist is planning a return to academia as well as California, but says he'll stay on at the DOE for a few more weeks.

The MIT physicist is already steeped in Beltway politics, but his enthusiasm for nuclear power and natural gas worries some environmental advocates.

Some of the nation's most recognized brands are joining the Department of Energy's Workplace Charging Challenge.

Luxury automaker Fisker has officially missed a $10 million payment to the Department of Energy. Is a bankruptcy filing next?

In his first week on the job, new U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz makes it clear he sees 'no ambiguity' about the scientific consensus on global warming.

The third time's a charm for the resiliency-minded contender from New Jersey.

Meteorologists predict a mostly normal 2019 hurricane season, but that doesn't mean there's no danger.

Giving human names to hurricanes may seem odd, but it's part of a major shift in our relationship with tropical cyclones over the past 60 years.

6-year-old Jermaine Bell cashes in his Disney World Fund to buy hot dogs and water for hurricane evacuees.

The wild horses of the Outer Banks in North Carolina have been riding out storms for centuries.

When Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas, this rescuer opened her home to nearly 100 dogs.

Trapped, starving dog is rescued weeks after Hurricane Dorian barreled through the Bahamas.

In anticipation of Obama's visit to Canada, environmentalists circulate petition to stop 'dirty oil.'

New findings show manure burns cleaner than traditional fuels, more intense hurricanes are predicted, a housing trend could cut carbon emissions and more.

Thousands of consumer products made from recycled materials confirmed radioactive.

Guest blogger Scott Badenoch tackles 'Obama's failure on mountaintop removal.'

The FDA has now confirmed that the disgusting sludge a man poured from a freshly opened Pepsi can was a dead frog or toad.

One of the cleanest places in your home may actually be one of the dirtiest, according to a study that suggests one in five showerheads spews out bacteria.

Oil company provided tapes made by a drug trafficker in case against Ecuadorean peasants.

Video: A study conducted by Consumer Reports found BPA in almost all of the 19 name-brand foods tested -- from juice to chicken soup and tuna fish -- raising co

Vacationers are becoming wary of theme parks as the swine flu outbreak worsens.

Contaminated sites being used to house wind farms, solar arrays and geothermal power plants.

Doctors are seeing up to 15 times as many chronic deformities in infants.

Each year, as many as 20 million people get sick from drinking contaminated water in the U.S.

New report lauds companies like Tiffany and Sears that have banned dirty gold, but 4 out of 5 jewelry manufacturers still use it. The 'No Dirty Gold' campaign h

North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina may have something to gain when it comes to offshore drilling, but the events of 2010 remind us that they also have

Residents of a trailer park in Wyoming are fine with drinking bottled water, but the EPA says the park's owner should be doing more testing.

The hip Scandinavian superstore becomes the latest company affected by the broadening scandal.

Moose lasagna, a hot seller at European stores operated by the world-dominating purveyor of flat-pack furnishings, is found to contain trace amounts of pork.

The winds and waves of Hurricane Sandy spilled enough sewage to match BP's oil spill more than 50 times over.

Scientists will release harmless gases in the New York City subway to determine noxious gas threat

A new study suggests there should be official rules on how often doctors clean these essential tools.

Dozens of sunken ships off U.S. coasts, such as the Jacob Luckenbach and USS Arizona, are leaking oil or could in the future.

Deforestation is occurring so fast in the Brazilian Amazon that three football fields worth of tree cover are lost every minute.

Passing someone a sexually transmitted infection is viewed as worse than giving them the flu — even if the flu turns out to be fatal, a new study finds.

When we come down with the flu, we might think the worst is over after a week of a sore throat and body aches. But such viral infections may have lasting, unsee

The H5N1 influenza virus, also known as "bird flu," may well be more prevalent and less deadly than health officials had thought, according to a new study publi

Influenza activity in the U.S. remained relatively low from October through January — so low, in fact, that the current flu season is considered not to have o

Scientists have found a new influenza virus that infects bats. But don't pull out the hand sanitizer leftover from the H1N1, or swine flu, pandemic just yet. Wh

While research on the lab-altered H5N1 virus that can be transmitted between mammals in laboratories is put on hold, scientists are debating how to balance bios

Bird flu can be transmitted between mammals — and possible humans — needing only four mutations to do so, a new study published this week in the journal Nat

Could H1N1 have a bright side? New research leads to encouraging steps forward in the fight against flu.

For about four months beginning in September 2011, 162 dead or dying harbor seals washed up along the New England coast. Most were pups, under 6 months old, and

All Americans over 6 months old should get their flu shot this year, health officials urged today. While last year's flu season was relatively mild, the illness

From flu shots to full-service health care, on-the-job clinics can boost worker productivity. On-the-job flu shot clinics are promoted by the Centers for Diseas

Some prize pigs at Ohio's county fairs may have a dark secret.

Children are more likely to have autism if their mothers had the flu or a prolonged fever during the first or second trimester of pregnancy.

New report finds that closing schools during a flu epidemic could halt the spread of the illness and keep people out of the emergency room.