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In renewable energy circles, biomass is a term that refers to plants or plant-made materials that can be burned to heat buildings or fuel power generation facilities.

As a massive storm brings hurricane force winds through Western Europe, surfers in Nazaré, Portugal were taking advantage of monster waves, triggering rumors of record-breaking rides.

Miners face a concerted industry effort to deny compensation payments, which includes industry-hired lawyers withholding evidence favorable to miners and doctors at a major university “helping to defeat the claims of sick miners.”

Bipartisan concern on Capitol Hill about data from Americans’ phone and Internet records being vacuumed up by the National Security Agency has led to an unusual alliance involving a prominent House Republican and a veteran Senate Democrat.

While conceding that “the initial consumer experience at HealthCare.gov has not been adequate,” Sebelius also made the case that “the Affordable Care Act delivered on its product: quality, affordable health insurance.”

75 years ago tonight, Orson Welles and his troupe of radio actors interrupted the Columbia Broadcasting System’s programming to “report” that our planet had been invaded.

Can Southeast’s timber industry survive while only logging second-growth forests? An Oregon research group says it can. And it could happen sooner than many expect.

Officer Matthew Tokuoka’s widow filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging negligence, loss of consortium, breach of contract