The vice president has strong words about energy policy, but it's the administration's actions that have most in the environmental world concerned.

Actor and environmentalist says President stood up to Big Oil by delaying project and calling for more environmental reviews.

Pixar Petroleum will manage the oil sands business for Paramount Resources, which has a long history of lifting names from Hollywood.

Senators tried (again) to sneak a last-minute approval for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline into a new transportation bill. But a record-setting 500,000 s

David Lillard writes about how his son's questions about the Keystone XL Pipeline led him to learn something new.

Reporters for the online, nonprofit news site spent seven months reporting on tar-sands oil spill in Michigan.

Ads supporting the pipeline are the work of 2 political offshoots of Zuckerberg's social welfare organization.

Amy Smart, Justin Chatwin, Wendie Malick and Ed Begley Jr. for the Environmental Media Association.

But protecting your skin and the reefs is possible.

Deep sea explorers capture video of a rare encounter with a piglet squid, so named because it appears to have a snout.

By good fortune, we happened to share our ferry to the windy, carbon-neutral island of Samso with the Danish prophet of renewable energy, Soren Hermansen, direc

It's ok to take a longer hot shower when your electricity is coming from the family wind turbine.

12 shiny new off-shore turbines in Germany are a reminder of just how far behind the U.S. lags in race for clean offshore energy.

Dean Corren's vision of a greener world includes using New York City's East River to produce electricity. As technology director at Verdant Power, he's trying t

Jonathan Globerson's Greenerator concept allows apartment dwellers to harvest their own wind and solar energy from the comfort of their own balconies. But would

Poll numbers show that if wind would run for office in Wisconsin, it would beat almost all major candidates already elected to office.

Wind energy may be clean energy, but could it end up destroying everything we know? The Onion investigates.

Planned cuts will eliminate 2,335 wind industry jobs.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Women's Bureau publishes an online guide for women searching for a green job.

A striking infographic demonstrates the latent power of Big Solar in the United States. A powerful image from the Irish Sea illustrates the staggering scale of

Renowned for his levelheadedness, ability to compromise and ecological concern, Donald Trump vows to halt construction on his golf development unless the Scotti

Insect song, when slowed down dramatically, sounds otherworldly, but also human.

Songs, melodies and tunes transcend time in a way that no other language can.

The Bruce just delivered the ultimate excuse for 9-year-old Xabi Glovsky.

Prepare to be blown away by these pint-sized pop stars singing hit tunes by Adele and Beyonce. Their voices are bigger than they are!

Smithsonian Channel special celebrates the surprising history behind the flag that inspired our national anthem more than 200 years ago.

Music can increase your productivity at the office, especially if you tune into certain frequencies.

The Elbphilharmonie features over 1 million computer-generated divots to shape sound within its main auditorium.

As the Vienna Chamber Orchestra performs Mendelssohn, a dog saunters up to enjoy the show.

Chicks dig drummers, apparently.

Faced with restaurant-clearing brawls, McDonalds is testing classical music on late-night patrons.

'Love's Not Just For Christmas' has all the elements of a great holiday tune — except for Michael Bublé.

An 18-year-old pizza delivery driver surprises a family in Detroit by playing piano for them.

The Vegetable Orchestra has been stunned crowds and serving soup for 17 years.

A young boy said 'Wow!' after hearing Mozart at Boston Symphony Hall, and it sparked a viral push to find out who had produced this adorable reaction.

New problem in the Middle East is likely to raise old political arguments in Washington.

He may not have won an Oscar, but the director of "Gasland" isn’t backing off the natural gas industry.

Wastewater storage from fracking may be causing earthquakes. For now, Arkansas is stopping operations.

A group of researchers at Cornell University finds that natural gas may not be as clean as originally thought.

Gov. Tom Corbett takes swift action after TV investigation shows increased levels of bromide in Pennsylvania drinking water.

Ron Paul has been a vocal figure in American politics since 1977, and he has developed a lengthy record on energy and environmental policy.

Documentary filmmaker Josh Fox just won an Emmy for his film "Gasland" which exposes fracking for the dangerous boondoggle that it is.

The Maxximus LNG 2000 can do zero to 60 in less than 2 seconds, and can run on propane, CNG, LNG or even gasoline. It's a showcase for the vast potential of nat

Earthquakes triggered by fluids injected deep underground, such as during the controversial practice of fracking, may be more common than previously thought, a

The new Artists Against Fracking makes a compelling case against opening up New York state to natural gas drilling. It's fuzzier about the energy sources that c

The school plans to fund a study on the effects of fracking by allowing the controversial extraction process to take place on 8,000 acres in Cumberland Forest.

The Amish religion forbids lawsuits, locking families into deals that are often not in their favor.

Two Pennsylvania children, ages 7 and 10 have been permanently banned from talking about fracking.

The worldwide shortage of helium threatens many industrial, medical and military applications far beyond balloons.

The gaping 260-foot-wide hole was spotted in an area of Siberia known as "the end of the world."