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Most Americans would have a fit if their credit card or cell phone company sent a dollar amount at the end of the month with no itemized description to match...

New machine by Xeros cleans clothes with beads and a tiny amount of water and may cut household bills by 30%"Dry" cleaning is set to become a domestic activity with a washing machine that uses 90% less water than a normal...

Average carbon emissions of new cars reduced by 5.4% in 2009 as drivers trade in their old car for cleaner modelsThe average emissions from a new car dropped at the fastest rate in 13 years last year because of the UK government's...

The aim is to cut costs and carbon levels - but they can't do it for you, says Lisa BachelorThousands of households will soon get the chance to receive more accurate energy bills as the one company to offer smart meters extends...

Zoo joins 10:10 campaign to cut carbon emissions with plan to use biogas from dung to generate electricityMucking out the elephant enclosure may not be the most glamorous job at Paignton zoo in Devon, but managers there are...

We are very concerned by your report of a possible delay to the introduction of the feed-in tariff scheme due to problems preparing the legislation, and we urge the government to do everything it can to ensure the scheme...

• Since the scheme began, 224m bulbs have been distributed• Government plan fails to meet cavity-wall insulation targetForty-two million energy-saving lightbulbs were sent out by utilities companies in the three months...

Monbiot has got it wrong: feed-in tariffs are not a waste of money. They work – just look at the German renewables industryThank goodness Jeremy Leggett stepped in to correct some of the inaccuracies in George Monbiot's...

We do not have a moral obligation to blindly support inefficient, expensive renewable technologies • George Monbiot: Are we really going to let ourselves be duped into this solar panel rip-off?• Jeremy Leggett: Solar...

At the moment, electrical signals transfer information between computer chips using copper wires–a process that sucks up a lot of energy. But now researchers from IBM have developed a process that scraps the copper...

From the white house. I am pretty excited about this as I feel it will be a great one two punch, produce a tonn of jobs in an industry that was hit hard by the recession (construction) while dramatically reducing energy usage...

Economies of scale in manufacturing are causing rapid reductions in costs and solar energy has a bright futureGeorge Monbiot's attack on solar energy and the government's "cash-back" solar photovoltaic (PV) market-building...

Homeowners will be able to take out loans for thousands of pounds to pay for insulation and solar panels, under legislation proposed by the governmentWell-off homeowners will be expected to borrow more than £7bn over the...

The UK government's 'green loans' scheme is worth waiting for, but there are simple energy efficiency measures that can save homeowners money nowThe government's announcement today on "green loans" to help homeowners make...

We asked the Department of Energy and Climate Change to explain how the loans for homeowners will workWhen can I apply for a loan to improve the energy efficiency of my home?Pay As You Save green finance, with repayments...