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The restaurant chain studies the feasibility of opening net-zero restaurants in three U.S. cities. Though possible, it's no easy feat.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has doled out $1.7 million in fines to a Wisconsin-based furniture maker, citing a long record of safety violations and injuries among workers.

The Department of Energy wants to dump pilot lights that burn continuously in gas fireplaces and to bring on more-efficient fluorescent lamps.

The Georgia Legislature is considering a bill that would allow third-party ownership for solar electric systems. In Florida, a citizens' group is seeking to overturn a ban at the ballot…

Signs must be posted at houses where roof trusses have been used so that firefighters have a better idea of what to expect in case of fire.

Minnesota becomes the fourth state in the country to require fire sprinklers in some new houses, but a builders' association has gone to court in an attempt to delay the…

The new rule is aimed at weeding out the 'wild assertions' that fringe manufacturers make about the efficiency of their wind generators.

Regulators permit utilities to settle accounts monthly rather than annually, and pay the wholesale rather than the retail rate. Existing customers are grandfathered for 10 years.

The order affects only a small percentage of the millions of meters that have been installed. In Maine, critics appeal a ruling that the meters are safe.

A utility on Kauai turns to lithium-ion batteries after its first try with lead-acid batteries fails to meet expectations. Another Hawaiian utility tweaks its net-metering rules.