With a focus on solar, schools and citizen entrepreneurs, Global Green USA formally announces its plan to help devastated-by-Sandy communities in New York and N

A new report from Climate Central finds that most of the overflow was caused by coastal flooding, which was made worse by rising sea levels.

Archaeologists conducting digital surveys below the surface of St. Nicholas Church have discovered an untouched temple.

Research has found that skin cells react positively when exposed to the smell, which could have applications in curing diseases.

What if they built electric vehicles (EVs) and there was no place to plug them in? That’s been the chicken-and-egg conundrum keeping EVs off the market in mod

The Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt are game-changing electric vehicles due on the market by the end of the year, and I just got a sneak peek.

Nissan North America offers details about how customers can place reservations for a 2011 Nissan Leaf, with prices starting at $25,280.

Nissan is taking reservations for its Leaf battery car starting April 20, two days before Earth Day. Will the 115,000 "hand wavers" sign up, pay $99, and get in

Seven-time Tour de France champion to become first person in America to own the new green car.

The Nissan Leaf will be produced in Tennessee, in America's largest auto plant under one roof. Take a tour with me on the electric tram.

Phil Lebeau has a hands-on look at Nissan's highly anticipated all-electric vehicle, the "Leaf."

MNN's Lifestyle blogger takes the electric Nissan Leaf for a leisurely test drive along the beach.

Lance Armstrong joins a new media campaign to market the innovative 2011 Nissan Leaf.

Plug-In America Vice President Paul Scott used to talk about EVs. Now he's going to be selling them on the floor of Santa Monica Nissan.

Automaker pulls back the curtain to reveal the magic behind its latest ad for the all-electric Leaf.

Seven-time Tour de France champion is first person in America to own automaker's new electric car.

The Nissan Leaf battery car will be in customers' hands in a few months. Based on a quick drive through Central Park in Manhattan, it's more than ready for prim

Production of the 2011 Nissan Leaf has begun at the company’s Oppama, Japan facility.

With the all-electric Nissan Leaf, your home acts as the car's primary 'filling station.' How will this impact potential buyers who live in apartments or don'

A Bay Area tech entrepreneur became the first owner of a Nissan Leaf last weekend, and the company says it will the first 20,000 orders delivered by next summer

Automakers released their official December 2010 sales figures, which included the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf for the first time.

After a rocky start in December, sales of the Nissan Leaf improved in the new year.

Kelley Blue Book releases its list of top 10 green cars for 2011, and the all-electric Nissan Leaf ousts the 2010 winner, the Toyota Prius.

The all-electric Nissan Leaf is the 2011 World Car of the Year.

The latest Nissan Leaf commercial examines what life would be like if everything was powered by gasoline.

Actor partners with automaker to promote a greener lifestyle and help represent the company's new Innovation for Endurance campaign.

The lucky few have gotten their Nissan Leafs, but the company has scaled back its 2011 U.S. deliveries from 20,000 to 10,000, and dampened expectations about a

More than 1,700 Nissan Leafs were sold in June 2011.

AdWeek ranks its top 10 favorites for 2011, including Chipotle's sustainable food initiative and Nissan Leaf's all-electric world.

Nissan and Electronic Arts joined forces to bring electric vehicles to the popular SimCity game.

Even years after the onset of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, radiation is still making its way across the Pacific.

They might sound a little pricey, but these might be the longest lasting batteries ever created.

With groundwater pumping and the evaporation of heavy weights of water, Earth's crust rebounds. This movement affects the fault, causing earthquakes.

Covering some 500 million acres of ocean, the expanded marine sanctuary would be four times larger than California.

Santa Barbara has close-by mountains, beautiful beaches and much more than it's famous wine — but don't skip that part.

Kazakhstan's Altyn Emel, a newly named UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, home to deserts, forests and floodplains — and a giant sand dune that sings.

Denny Dyke turns his walking meditations into intricate sand labyrinths on the beach in Oregon.

A new Sierra Club campaign urges environmentalists to fight oil sands to preserve winter sports.

North Dakota and Montana are preparing to tap into a pipeline that will link the Alberta oil sands with refineries on the Gulf Coast.

With a story similar to "Avatar," film director James Cameron now finds himself on the side of native people in Canada's oil sands region, where their way of li

A Canadian report on the environmental and health risks of the Alberta tar sands has a little something for everybody.

Here are some arguments to consider if we plant to get more oil from our neighbors to the North.

A year ago, it seemed that the construction of a 1,700-mile pipeline connecting northern Alberta with the United States was all but a certainty. Now, it feels l

New rules in Europe could effectively ban oil derived from 'tar sands,' prompting cheers from environmentalists but jeers from some Canadians.

It wasn't just Nebraska NIMBYism that sidelined the Keystone XL pipeline. It was an effort to protect one of America's last unspoiled wetland ecosystems.

The U.N. ambassador is considered a top candidate for secretary of State, but her stock in the firm behind the Keystone XL oil pipeline has raised eyebrows.

In the end, delivery dates are unimportant — but they do show how connected we are.

New York City unveils a disaster housing plan centered around retrofitted shipping containers that boast interiors that are like 'CB2 meets Motel 6' and that ar

Scientists estimate more than 7,000 dangerous methane 'bumps' have formed in Siberia's Yamal and Gydan peninsulas over the last couple of years.

Unlike many sangrias, this one is designed to showcase the wine, not cover it up.