General Motors Corp. has been known for gas-guzzlers like the Hummer, but chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner says the biggest U.S. automaker has spent years developing new fuel-efficient technologies.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Alexander Farrell, a University of California, Berkeley associate professor who was advising the state on the use of alternative fuels, died this week at his home in San Francisco, according to the university. He was 46.

Cold ocean water could one day air condition Florida buildings. Sugarcane that uses the least amount of fertilizer and water might produce billions of gallons of ethanol in Florida. Experts in alternative energy from solar to ocean power discussed the pos

As the practical realities of mandating 10 per cent ethanol in gasoline set in, some governments are rethinking their policies -- the McGuinty government is one of them. Backing off may indeed be the right move until technology makes ethanol production mo

Students enrolled in Plymouth-Canton Educational Park's Advanced Automotive Technology class had their work cut out for them when they were asked by Eastern Michigan University to take a used, gasoline-powered go-cart and turn it into a sleek-looking com