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. […]

Buildings consume 40 percent of our nation's energy. NREL is testing and researching electrochromic windows that could knock that back significantly. […]

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. […]

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. […]

Read the magazine story to find out more. Aspergillus fumigatus is just one of the 1,700 strains of fungi from the ARS Fungal Culture Collection, which survived Hurricane Katrina as freeze dried specimens. Micrograph courtesy of Maren Klich, ARS. Aspergillus fumigatus. Micrograph courtesy of Maren Klich, ARS. Microbe collections accelerate discoveries   Gen […]

New Issue of Healthy Animals Now Online By Chris Guy January 21, 2010 The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals. This quarterly online newsletter compiles ARS news and expert resources on the health and well-being of agricultural livestock, poultry and fish. Each quarter, one article in Healthy Animals focuses on a p […]

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 […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has scheduled a public meeting on Feb. 18, 2010, to discuss key challenges related to the premarket notification, or 510(k) process, used to review and clear certain medical devices marketed in the United States. The FDA receives more than 3,000 510(k) submissions each year. […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Ampyra (dalfampridine) extended release tablets to improve walking in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). In clinical trials, patients treated with Ampyra had faster walking speeds than those treated with an inactive pill (placebo). This is the first drug approved for this use. […]

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 […]