Iraq is longing for renewable and sustainable energy solutions, National Geographic Explorer Thomas H. Culhane found out just how much when he visited.

Green roofs have been touted as a means of saving energy, improving water management and expanding natural space within urban environments, but can they also help save native plants?

For the U.S. military, a solar energy solution lightens the load and could save lives.

Teams of students from around the world, who labored for several weeks to build super-fuel-efficient cars, sent those cars into the final test at the Shell Eco-marathon Americas in Houston recently.

A wind farm nearly Ely, Nevada faces a $200,000 fine for a golden eagle killed at the facility.

Solar panels spring up in a small African nation to provide clean energy needs addressing basic food and water concerns.

The Energy Information Administration is touting the fact that “heating and cooling” now comprise less than half of our residential energy usage. But that’s only half the story.

There are many studies showing that a combination of renewable sources can indeed meet our needs. And that will be easier still with a rethinking of what we employ energy for.

National Geographic Society reports on how a recent NY Times article on real world ranges of the Tesla Motors Model S brings about the cold realities about electric cars.

National Geographic Society reports on the Green Button Initiative one year later and what’s been learned, if anything, since then with regards to energy use.