Sustainability: Energy, Environment, Food, Economy

DOE has closed its $465 million loan with Tesla Motors, which the electric automaker will use to build two factories. A facility in southern California will build the Model S electric sedan, and another in Palo Alto, California, will build electric powertrains and components. […]

DOE Secretary Steven Chu announced the selection of five projects to receive more than $20.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support deployment of community-based renewable energy projects, such as biomass, wind, and solar installations. […]

Honda and Toyota unveiled new dedicated hybrid vehicles at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. The car show also features the latest in electrified vehicles, including new entries from BYD Auto, BMW, Cadillac, Volvo, and Volkswagen. […]

Thanks to a partnership with DOE and NREL, companies are getting the cash and expertise needed to jumpstart biofuels production scale-up. […]

NREL launches a new Internet site to allow organizations around the world to both post their own energy data and download data, for free. […]

DOE funds facilities to advance concentrating solar power technologies; global capacity could reach 20 gigawatts by 2020. […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing the first three frozen fried potato processing plants to earn the Energy Star for superior energy performance […]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing eight landfill methane capture projects for their innovation in generating renewable energy and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions […]

Environmental News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Kansas City, Kan., January 11, 2010) - Ground will be broken on Thursday, January 14, for a $62 million construction project that will improve the Columbia Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility […]

Dave Dearborn???s mission is to keep us safe from incoming asteroids. […]

A new, stimulus-funded research center at DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could help strengthen the very 'fiber' of America's automotive and energy industries. […]

Researchers at DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ethanol producers are racing to come up with ways to make ethanol from cellulosic biomass that are cheaper and easier to produce than current methods. […]

ARS research leader Peggy Tomasula (left) and chemist Phoebe Qi are developing food-packaging products from dairy ingredients. Photo courtesy of Paul Pierlott, ARS Edible films made from dairy, biofuel byproducts   High-tech packaging keeps cut produce fresh   Food-grade starch put to new industrial use Potential of Dairy-Based Package Wraps Outlined By Ro […]

Read the magazine story to find out more. The National Cotton Variety Test has evaluated more than 1,300 varieties, strains, and germplasm of cotton. Click the image for more information about it. ARS survey helps growers track two key cotton pests   Inside look at cellulose provides insight into cotton crystals   Cotton bests other spray-on erosion contro […]

Read the magazine story to find out more. Just a few of the beetles—all species foreign to the U.S.—that were found alive in a package at a Pennsylvania post office. Foreign beetles can represent threats to the country's agriculture or people. Click the image for more information about it. New barley is bad news for Russian wheat aphids   Role of ear […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the HeartMate II, a continuous-flow, left ventricular assist system as a support for severe heart failure patients who are not acceptable candidates for heart transplantation. […]

According to testimony at trial and records filed in the case, FAITH HE used counterfeit Botox© and Restylane© on customers at her Bellevue beauty salon. FAITH HE was not a medical doctor licensed to use injectable treatments for wrinkle removal such as Botox and Restylane. […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is today warning consumers about a counterfeit and potentially harmful version of Alli 60 mg capsules (120 count refill kit). Preliminary laboratory tests conducted by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)—the maker of the FDA approved over-the-counter weight-loss product— revealed that the counterfeit version did not contain orlist […]

FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg today sent a letter to America’s health care professionals thanking them for their efforts during the 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak and providing information on safety monitoring of the 2009 H1N1 vaccines. […]

SPRINGFIELD ANESTHESIOLOGIST CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING MEDICAL RESEARCH BOSTON, MA - The former chief of acute pain at Bay State Hospital in Springfield, Massachuestts was charged today in federal court with falsifying medical research studies, including studies that were published in medical journals regarding pain management. United States Attorney Carmen M. […]