Bedbug. Image credit:wikipediaBedbugs are are becoming quite the urban plague again, resurgent and causing much misery in US cities after decades of being a relatively rare problem. Some methods of being rid of bed bugs, these days, are pretty awfu... [more]

Fly by night operation provides a detailed map of heat loss in Belgium.by Tim Varga(image via Terrapass)The quality of your home's insulation can be hard to assess without tearing into walls or poking a hole in the roof to see what's underneath. But ... [more]

In today's age of wireless technology, the plug-in electric vehicle is both revolutionary and kind of a throw-back to wired technologies of times past. Fear not wireless charging for your gas-free vehicle is on the way. The Virginia company Evatr... [more]

by Tim Varga The quality of your home's insulation can be hard to assess without tearing into walls or poking a hole in the roof to see what's underneath. But a group of municipalities in Belgium have taken a creative approach ... [more]

When legislation is introduced in the US Congress, most of the discussion typically concerns its specific provisions. Sometimes, as in the case of the public option absent from the final healthcare bill, notable omissions vie for attention. However... [more]

Image credit: kevindooley/FlickrThere are enormous opportunities to use energy more efficiently. Investing in energy efficiency is often far cheaper than expanding the energy supply to meet growing demand. Efficiency investments typically yield a hig... [more]

Sixty percent of the energy used in buildings in New York State goes to heat and hot water. This power heavy fact has been the the driving force behind a newly devised solar thermal energy plan that could eventually save New York State residents $175... [more]

By Lester R. BrownThere are enormous opportunities to use energy more efficiently. Investing in energy efficiency is often far cheaper than expanding the energy supply to meet growing demand. Efficiency investments typically yield a high rate of retu... [more]

Ottawa-based Plasco Energy Group says its energy-from-waste technology is now proven and it's time to move to commercial delivery. To help in that effort, it announced today a $110 million private equity placement led largely by Ares Management LLC ... [more]

Join the forum discussion on this postThe Missing OilI just wanted to briefly touch on three energy stories that were in the news over the past week. The first is that the oil flowing into the Gulf of Mexico seems to be slowing:BP Oil Spill: Clean-U... [more]