Carmakers are preparing to make the leap from gasoline- and hybrid-powered vehicles to those that run full time on electric batteries. The all-electric Ford Focus, for example, will be available in 2011. With this transition set to begin within just a few years, cities and towns are planning where ...

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a civil complaint on Monday against members of a liberal activist group who staged a news conference to falsely announce that the 3 million-member business federation had reversed its stance on climate change legislation. "The defendants are not merry pranksters tweaking ...

A rift widened between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and some utilities as another major power provider quit over the business group's hard stance on pending climate regulation. The Public Service Company of New Mexico, the state's largest utility, quit the chamber Friday just ...