Walter Carr, a dedicated young employee, wins accolades in Alabama for going above and beyond to get to his first day of work.

As the government shutdown drags on, Andrés and his team jump in to help - again.

Community fridges are like Little Free Pantries, but with electricity. They are one more solution to hunger and food waste.

Scientists devise a BS calculator to identify the world's biggest liars.

A new study suggests people who deliver bad news are never seen as innocent.

Why didn't someone think of this before?

New study finds microplastics in the most popular brands of bottled water, but experts are unclear on the risks.

The South American nation joins 50 other countries taking steps to reduce plastic waste and pollution.

Plastic can be super-useful in specific scenarios, but often it's just wasteful. Here's when you don't need it.

As the ban the plastic straw movement grows, we need to make sure those who really need them have access.

A study found that microplastics can be kept inside water-dwelling creatures, like mosquitoes, as they age.

The Dutch do it again with a new cycling path in the northeastern city of Zwolle that's made from old plastic bottles and packaging.

A new technique promises to turn plastic waste into clean, high-grade fuel.

Even remote places like the French Pyrenees can contain urban levels of microplastics.

There's microplastic all around us, and we're consuming it at astounding rates, according to several studies.

Many countries, states and municipalities are getting serious about reducing the use of plastic bags, utensils and containers.

When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson appeared on The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart couldn’t resist asking.

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart interviews Lisa P. Jackson, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, discusses climate change with Jon Stewart.

The Deepwater Horizon is set to surpass the Exxon Valdez spill as the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. The EPA, the Coast Guard and Dept. of Homeland Securit

Environmental Protection Agency releases air toxicity results from 65 schools in 22 states.

Lisa Jackson's first official visit to China results in the creation of a new committee, but will the committee be able to achieve anything?

Republicans are licking their chops about questioning the EPA administrator, but recent history shows that may be exactly what she wants.

The GOP is treating the EPA chief like a human punching bag — but she can strike back.

President Obama joined CEA Chairman Austan Goolsbee at the "Winning the Future" Forum on Small Business in Cleveland.

The premise seems simple: use wind energy to push a turbine and generate electricity with no greenhouse gases or associated pollution.

In the wake of the worst nuclear disaster in a generation, Germany doubled down on a decade of success, pledging to eliminate nukes by 2022 and switch almost ex

Video: Future360 travels to Austin, TX, to unearth a radical new energy storage technology. Xtreme Power's patented power cell promises to be a game changer in

President Obama calls on Congress to end the oil industry subsidies.

Critics of renewable energy are obsessed with the costs and practicalities of cleantech right this instant. Visitors to Silicon Valley in the 1970s didn't see t

Site for wind farms is not exactly the type of field you picture a retired NFL linebacker scouting. But Sean Tufts is not your typical retired player. Nor is he

A new system created by a French energy firm heats about 6 million square feet of office space, creating no emissions in the process.

Alternative energy sources that are cost-competitive with fossil fuels may be closer to fruition than previously thought. Recent studies from global leaders in

Two inventors have built a table-sized, automated factory that can quickly manufacture pocket-sized solar panels that last longer and are cheaper than current p

The telecommunications company will be Bloom Energy's largest non-utility customer.

The Southern Hemisphere will experience more devastating wind and waves as the world warms, according to new research.

If you're thinking about replacing utilities with solar panels, you'll need to research and take some considerations into account first.

The heat from the sun heats up metal oxides that in turn release oxygen atoms that mingle with steam. Hydrogen molecules can then be captured and stored.

Particle accelerators do more than collide subatomic particles and atoms together — they provide clues about the universe.

Japanese homeowners are investing in solar panels in an act that the WSJ describes as a 'post-tsunami revolt against conventional electric utilities.'

GoSun Stove offers a new approach to solar-powered cooking with a heated tube used to prepare food.

Not all of us can put solar panels on our houses, but we can still support renewable energy. Here's how.

NYC announces a scheme in which organic food waste will help to boost production of methane-rich biogas at the city's largest wastewater treatment plant.

As the United States seeks to rely less on imported oil, a few states are leading the charge in the renewable energy revolution.

From one of the world's top pistachio-producing regions, comes a not-too-entirely nutty idea: Burning waste shells to heat buildings.

British Airways partners with an American biofuel firm to build a massive facility outside of London that will produce garbage-based jet fuel.

From pistachio shell-powered eco-cities to tiny houses on the moon, this spring certainly wasn't short on starry-eyed intrigue and bold ambition.

Through a pioneering waste-to-energy scheme, the spoiled stock at a Sainsbury's superstore will be used to keep the lights on.

Simultaneously burn calories, cut back on your utility bills and do the laundry with a conceptual washing machine-treadmill hybrid dubbed Wheel.

Uncle Ben meets 'Blade Runner' in this wild vertical farming concept that also incorporates aquaculture, wind energy and 'algae facades.'