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According to the International Business Times, Congress allowed a longtime subsidy for ethanol -- in the form of tax credits -- to expire with the dawn of this new year. But ethanol isn't the only form of alternative energy that the government subsidizes.

Action figures have come a long way from green army men. The figures (don't you dare call them "dolls") have become a lot more realistic and, in some cases, a lot more expensive. Take a look at the (unauthorized) Steve Jobs action figure. It's so realistic, it's downright creepy.

Scientists said on Tuesday that they had discovered the world's first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, a potential sign the predators were adapting to cope with climate change.

Christmas Eve brought some celestial magic for hundreds of people across Germany and nearby countries. Eyewitnesses reported seeing between one and three glowing orbs in the night sky, with tails variously described as white, red, or green, depending on the location of the observer.

Mass extinctions are a relatively common theme in the history and evolution of life on Earth, and the most famous one is the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. A plethora of research has been conducted to determine how the dinosaur era ended, generating theories of massive volcanic eruptions, catastrophic …

LONDON (Reuters) - The year 2011 was Britain's second-warmest ever, the Met Office said on Friday, although temperatures in December have in fact been close to average. The mean temperature so far this month has been 4.7 degrees Celsius (40.5 degrees Fahrenheit), 0.5 above the 1971-2000 average, a far cry from 2010, when …

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A record number of large scale ivory seizures will be recorded globally in 2011, pointing to a surge in elephant poaching in Africa to meet Asian demand for tusks for use in jewelry and ornaments, a monitoring group said Thursday. TRAFFIC, a conservation group which tracks trends in wildlife trading, …

France said Thursday it is to allow hunting of the Canada goose from next summer in a bid to curb growing numbers of the non-indigenous bird which is becoming a nuisance to the local environment.

This year's New Year's Eve fireworks on Rio's famed Copacabana beach, an event expected to draw nearly two million party-goers, will have an environmental theme, officials said Wednesday.

Green Glow Shows RNA Editing in Real Time

Climate change is also messing with cherished holiday dreams. David Biello reports

In the Packers Pro Shop at Lambeau Field, next to green and yellow Brett Favre, Aaron Rodgers and Bart Starr jerseys, sit Cheeseheads, the novelty hats that have become de rigueur for fans of Green Bay and the Badger State.

Seeking to expand mobile broadband deployments throughout the United States, the FCC has given AT&T; the green light to begin using the 700MHz spectrum licenses the carrier purchased from Qualcomm for $1.925 billion in December 2010.

Pope Benedict XVI's popemobile may be getting an ecological upgrade.

A photo released by a conservation group today (Dec. 21) shows a female jaguar and her two cubs in Bolivia's best-conserved national forest.

Could Public Health Benefits Make Combating Climate Change Free?

Camera trap video footage filmed in the forests of Thailand confirms that anti-poaching work there is paying off, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society.

(Reuters) - Google Inc and TransCanada Corp announced deals to buy solar power projects on Tuesday, just days after billionaire Warren Buffett made his second major purchase in the sector. Prices for solar panels have fallen more than 40 percent this year, pushing the cost to install the renewable energy systems to their …

Announced over the past week, both Western Digital and Seagate plan to decrease the length of warranty periods on consumer-grade hard drives in order to reduce costs and push more money back into product development. Beginning January 2, 2012, the three year warranty on Western Digital Caviar Blue, Caviar Green and Scorpio …

As climate changes, animals' seasonal habits shift: Flowers bloom earlier in spring, birds change the timing of their migrations, hibernating mammals emerge earlier. Now, researchers have found what they say is evidence of a similar shift in humans.

According to the Associated Press, with the Environmental Protection Agency's mercury emissions rules set to go into effect soon, EPA data show coal plants in Illinois are already ahead of the new standards. All 23 of the state's coal power plants have reduced mercury emissions by 44 percent from 2008 and 2010 due to a …

LONDON (Reuters) - European regulators have recommended approval of a targeted melanoma drug from Swiss group Roche Holding AG, opening the way to a new treatment option for patients with the deadliest form of skin cancer. The green light for Zelboraf from the European Medicines Agency -- which Roche said on Friday it expected …

Tidally-locked planets — planets with one side perpetually facing their star while the other remains shrouded in darkness — tend to be warmer on one side than the other. The presence of an atmosphere can help distribute the heat across the planet, equalizing the temperatures. But tidal locking could result in wide climate …