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Thomas Edison’s pioneering incandescent light bulb, which cast illumination by heating a filament until it glowed, is fading into history. New federal rules governing the energy efficiency of lighting systems went into full effect Tuesday, effectively ending the sale and manufacture of bulbs that trace their origin to an 1880 Edison patent. The big winners are likely to be more...

As temperatures continue to rise, so may your energy bill. Follow these practical tips to save money while staying cool and comfortable this summer.

It’s a scorcher, which means the temperature isn’t the only thing spiking– your energy costs could be, too.

Water containing a radioactive material has leaked for a second time from a nuclear plant near Minneapolis and the plant will be shut down, but there is no danger to the public.

The company said it notified the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the state on Nov. 22, the day after it confirmed the leak, which came from a pipe between two buildings.

A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in one of its two new reactors, Georgia Power said Monday, a key step toward reaching commercial operation at the first new nuclear reactors built from scratch in decades in the United States.

nergy Department put the gas stove debate on the front burner again Wednesday by proposing new efficiency standards for consumer cooking appliances.

Blame it on the pandemic and “supply chain problems,” says the school district’s assistant superintendent of finance.

PACE Loans are advertised as requiring “no money down” and a way to finance energy-efficient home improvement projects like solar panels, new roofs, and impact windows. 

NBC 6’s Sasha Jones explains the popular home improvement financing program that some homeowners say comes with pitfalls.

The significant advance in technology has been decades in the making.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm discusses the breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where for the first time a fusion energy reaction was created in a laboratory.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm discusses the breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where for the first time a fusion energy reaction was created in a laboratory.

It’s cold outside, which means your energy bills will start heating up. Here are five easy tricks to cool off your utility bills this winter.

President Joe Biden urged lawmakers Thursday to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a bill which would offer inflation relief and invest in energy security and climate change programs.

The government of Boulder City, Nevada, posted on its Twitter account that the fire was extinguished before the fire department arrived.

Around the world, drivers are looking at the numbers on the gas pump and rethinking their habits and finances.

Biden warned refiners the administration is ready to “use all reasonable and appropriate Federal Government tools and emergency authorities to increase refinery capacity and output in the near term”

The Interior Department announced the decision Wednesday night, citing a lack of industry interest in drilling off the Alaska coast and “conflicting court rulings” that have complicated drilling efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ukraine’s top prosecutor says the country plans to hold its first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier. Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova said Wednesday that her office charged 21-year-old Sgt. Vadin Shyshimarin in the Feb. 28 killing of an unarmed 62-year-old civilian in northeastern Ukraine. She didn’t say when the trial will start, but her office has said it...