Topic: U.S. Department of Energy

The Simple Dollar Only run full loads of dishes and clothes

If you run your dishwasher, your washing machine, or your dryer with only half a load of clothes or dishes, you’re losing out in terms of efficiency. But how much?

Six steps to choosing the best refrigerator

Change Agent 12 simple ways to go green in 2012

Obama signs defense bill despite 'serious reservations'

EPA unveils 'historic' air pollution rules. Can power industry cope?

Green energy: Silicon Valley leads a back-to-basics revolution

Payroll tax vote blocked by Senate leaders. Bad sign?

Oil prices rise. US costs, OPEC sales hit records

Mars rover gets 'engine' upgrade: Curiosity fueled by nuclear power

Solyndra scandal probe widens as White House orders new review

Solyndra: Did Energy Department break the law?

Post oil: Electrofuels are an oil-substitute minus the eons

Oil futures climb on positive signs for Europe's economy

Solar energy: Solyndra leaders invoke 5th Amendment at hearing

Senate rejects the House stop-gap spending bill. Is a government shutdown avoidable?

Disaster aid bill prompts House-Senate showdown

Solyndra bankruptcy: Did White House press for subsidies?

Change Agent Visiting the greenest gas station in the United States

Irene aftermath: Which states are restoring power the quickest – and why?

Bankruptcy of solar firm: ominous sign for industry

Gas prices rise as Labor Day nears

Irene leaves 5.5 million without power. Can power companies do better?

'Fracking': Did Energy Department report clear up controversy?

East Asia's top 5 island disputes

Four ways to survive heat wave – and keep energy bills down