Coal, oil, and natural gas provide over 85% of the total primary energy used around the world. Although figures differ in various countries, nuclear reactors and hydroelectric power together produce less than 10% of the total world energy. Wind...

Environmental technology "green technology" or clean technology (also abbreviated as CleanTech) is the application of the environmental sciences to conserve the natural environment and resources, and by curbing the negative impacts of human involvement....

At Valley View, a breakthrough in waste-to-fertilizer processes Though operations won't begin for several months, Premium Standard Farm's (PSF's) new waste-to-fertilizer plant, being built near Green City, Mo., is clearly the start of something big. The product of a five-year effort by...

ENVIRONMENTAL LATE LAST YEAR, four small businesses were awarded contracts for the final development and initial commercialization of new technologies for environmental protection. The awards were made under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Small Business Innovation Research Program. The program is designed...

Stock in Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. and Ford Motor Co. jumped overnight on news that their chief executives met recently, but analysts Thursday said ties between the two were likely to be limited to Toyota passing green technology on to Ford.Reports that Toyota Chairman Fujio...