Jodi Delapaz

U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) energy-related emissions were up 1 percent, or 51 million metric tons (MMmt) in 2014 from the previous year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The Energy Department (DOE) recently announced $22.7 million for 23 projects intended to significantly reduce the costs for solar energy systems across a variety of technologies.

Vertimass recently received third-party validation for its technology that converts ethanol to hydrocarbons for blending with gasoline, diesel and jet fuels.

The worlds largest cellulosic ethanol biorefinery went online Friday, October 30, 2015 in Nevada, Iowa marked by a commissioning celebration featuring several Iowa dignitaries.

The Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activity Award, spearheaded by the UN Climate Change secretariat, spotlights 16 innovative, scalable and replicable examples of what people are doing to address climate change and wider economic, social and environmental challenges.

A new coalition has been formed to support the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), which is facing EPA-proposed cutbacks. Jim Talent, a former Republican senator from Missouri, said Americans for Energy Security and Innovation is comprised of ethanol producers and investors

Lowering environmental impact and reducing costs for hydropower drivetrains, which transfer rotational energy from turbines to generators, is the focus of seven projects chosen to receive Energy Department grants totaling $6.5 million.

After more than seven years of research and analysis to qualify the environmental footprint of biofuels, the California Air Resources Board finally released its final Low Carbon Fuels Standard (LCFS) and biodiesel supporters cheered the news.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its preliminary report on U.S. total energy consumption for the first six months of 2015.

Epigenetics ° the study of trait variations caused by environmental factors that switch genes on and off - will be the focus of a $12.3 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy/Genomic Science Program°s Office of Biological and Environmental Researc