Scientists at USC have developed a potential pathway to cheap, stable solar cells made from nanocrystals so small they can exist as a liquid ink and be painted or printed onto clear surfaces.

The UK and US will work together to develop "floating" wind turbines to harness more offshore wind power at a potentially lower cost, the government said on Monday.

Before this week's clean-energy meeting of ministers from 23 countries in London, the government announced it will collaborate with the US in developing wind technology to generate power in deep waters that are currently off-limits to conventional turbines.

Goodwill Ambassadors Unveil WED Challenge and Chance to Win Fuel-Efficient Cars.

World Environment Day (WED) 2012 is aiming higher than ever before.

Greenpeace reiterated its call for an end to deforestation in Brazil by 2015 and globally by 2020 during its launch of an awareness-raising expedition down the Amazon River aboard the Rainbow Warrior.

The Danish government has stepped up its green energy and carbon reduction targets for 2020, hailing the plan as the "broadest, greenest, and most long-term energy agreement" it has ever reached.

Danish minister for climate, energy and building, Martin Lidegaard, confirmed on Friday that parliament had agreed a new set of goals designed to wean the country off oil and gas.

The future would appear bright for the electric car. Gasoline prices are high. The government is spending billions on battery technology. Auto companies are preparing to roll out a dozen new electrified models. Concern is growing about the climate impacts of burning oil. And tough new fuel economy standards are looming.

This year’s Earth Hour, an event where people and businesses worldwide turn off lights to raise awareness about climate change, will extend to outer space for the first time.

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the event’s organizer, said the one-hour switch-off will reach the International Space Station (ISS), a habitable artificial satellite in the low earth orbit.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Significantly cutting carbon emissions over the next century will be extremely difficult but might be possible with planning and innovation, Bill Gates told energy leaders here.

To shrink carbon levels, the world will have to accomplish a feat that's never been done, the former Microsoft CEO said. In modern history, people have produced more climate pollution every year.

Genève Aéroport has acquired 282 UHV flat thermal solar panels based on a technology developed at CERN and transferred to the company SRB Energy. Piggybacking on the Spanish industrial Grupo Segura, this start-up is marketing a Swiss-quality and 100% European high-tech product. The solar field will be the largest of its kind in Europe.

Central America, a narrow tropical isthmus flanked by the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, suffered 259 extreme weather-related events between 1930 and 2009, while the cumulative effects of innumerable smaller-scale events have not even been recorded.

These disasters have increased in frequency by five percent a year over the past three decades, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).