Former U.S. secretary of State George P. Shultz believes it’s crucial to fight global warming to protect national security.

Global warming is created by burning fossil fuel, he says, and payments for foreign oil sometimes wind up financing terrorism….

During Florida’s 2010 legislative session, Republicans and Democrats in Tallahassee joined together to authorize a new kind of financing program for energy retrofits on residential and commercial properties.

Called Property Assessed Clean Energy &#821…

President Barack Obama will tour the Ford plant on the South Side early next month as part of his previously announced visit to Chicago.

The president will visit the Torrence Avenue plant on Aug. 5 to talk with workers about the auto industry and…

Senate Democratic leaders shelved plans for major energy and climate legislation on Thursday, bowing to political reality and probably ending hopes for action this year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, boost alternative energy production and wean th…

Schaumburg has beat out eight other Chicago suburbs to win ComEd’s Community Energy Challenge and a $100,000 cash prize.

In Schaumburg alone, about 6.8 million kilowatt-hours of energy were saved by village residents, businesses, the Schaumburg airpor…

Venture capitalists are quietly reasserting themselves in what is one of the few bright spots for the California economy.

Venture capital investment reached almost $4 billon in California during the second quarter of this year, a 51% gain from the sam…

Starting this summer, some Marylanders will have a new way to keep up with the Joneses — on saving energy, and money.

The state Public Service Commission recently approved a pilot program by Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. that will give 25,000 o…

Mark Schultz’s job, he quips, is to “put out one fire and start another.” As a field supervisor for heating/air conditioning (HVAC) contractor Golden Seal in St. Charles, he must calm the homeowner, then fix his furnace.

“I handle the calls that give …