Virtually sulfur-free biodiesel fuel is available in blends for home oil burners.

Cassandra Lin and her classmates provided enough biodiesel to heat 210 homes in Westerly, Rhode Island.

A Canadian company and a partner are the latest to defraud an EPA system designed to bring more renewable fuels into the market.

Diesels were noisy, smelly, polluting and slow. They're not anymore. Clean diesel is a real alternative, with 650-mile range one big benefit.

A thought-provoking infographic explains how we could be turning our food waste into fuel.

Fair Oaks Farms now powers 42 tractor-trailers with compressed natural gas from methane, the largest project of its kind to date.

Fifteen-year-old Cassandra Lin is changing her community, her state, and her world, one pot of grease at a time.

Obama's new man on Asian carp talks about his plans to eradicate the species.

Pitchforks? Water skis? When all else fails, these extreme fishermen go medieval on the tenacious invasive species.

Enormous holes in sea ice called polynyas are explained with help of robot floats, satellites and tech-equipped seals.

Amazonian jungles reveal the secret of El Dorado's wealth -- biochar.

A recent survey conducted by the European Bioplastics Association found that the bioplastics market is growing by 20 percent a year — and that’s good news o

Bacon shortages could be a think of fiction. A new technique that turns pig stem cells into strips of meat could offer a green alternative to the slaughterhouse

Sunlight in the form of fuel? A breakthrough new discovery brings science one step closer to creating clean hydrogen fuel using only water and sunlight.

New research reveals that mushrooms and some vegetables can multiply rapidly when struck by lightning.

Researchers say the mutant mice study could increase our understanding of perception systems.

New rose will be less prone to wilting and will allow for longer lasting Valentine's Day bouquets.

Researcher in Glasgow says he has created living cells made of metal instead of carbon — and they may be evolving.

A scientist successfully used his mind to control the hand of a researcher playing a video game in another building.

Japanese researchers have developed a method to quickly create stem cells from almost any other type of cell.

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By fighting labeling, GMO advocates risk ceding the moral high ground -- transparency -- to foods that boast their lack of GMOs.

A lab-created substance composed partly of mussel foot proteins is even stickier than the adhesive used by real mussels.

Technology could lead to the transformation of clothes, cars, buildings and even billboards.

The glove essentially translates sonar into a sense of touch for its wearer.

Imagine your city illuminated at night by glow stick-like lighting generated entirely from living organisms.

The Office of Naval Research hopes to harness locusts' powerful sense of smell to protect soldiers on the battlefield.

The enhanced silk was also 50 percent stronger than the regular stuff.

Wired's video series, 'Five Levels of Difficulty,' challenges an expert to explain a complicated concept to people at five levels of expertise — and it's cool.

A biker in South Australia stopped when she saw a koala and it came up to her looking for water.

The International Dark-Sky Association has a few ideas to reduce light pollution from sports facilities.

Smog in northern India is so bad, it's the equivalent of smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day.

Ambient noise can help mask sounds at night, but pink noise and brown noise may help you more than the white noise you've always heard about.

Being connected to nature makes kids happier and more likely to act sustainably.

Hydroelectric power has not received the attention that solar and wind enjoy, but that could be changing.

Even partial shade can dramatically cut an entire solar array's output — but not any more. An award-winning team believes it has the answer.

Israel’s largest international green energy conference takes place this weekend in Eilat.

The island nation is using its natural and cultural resources to attract filmmakers from around the world.

Better technology and more accessible data are helping drive new change.

The concept shoe is reminiscent of the electronic-laced shoes from the 'Back to the Future' movies.

The conceptual Dutch Windwheel takes the term 'mixed-use development' to dizzying new extremes.

Technology could be used to generate electricity or even propel tiny toy cars.

The WindChill uses biomimicry to help preserve food in rural areas without access to electricity.

Photovoltaic cells convert the sun's energy into electricity — but what if solar energy could instead be converted directly into liquid fuel?

Bacteria can help solar panels convert sunlight to energy, even on overcast days.

Scientists are working to harness the power of the static electricity to power our devices. It's a surprisingly mysterious natural phenomenon.

By 2020, onshore wind and solar power are expected to be cheaper sources of new electricity than any fossil fuel.

Politically, it would help if we could grow tropical jatropha in the U.S., but this could be an imported fuel we'll welcome at the pumps.

Scientists have discovered a novel new way of using microwaves to turn orange peels and other plant-based waste into plastic.

Plant waste has been seen as a possible source of sustainable biofuels, now modified E. coli would convert plant waste into fatty acids, and then into fuel.