Giant lizards destroying cities. Mushroom clouds. Three-eyed fish.

Pink is the new green, thanks to technology developed at UC Santa Cruz.

Scientists and global leaders are busy seeking solutions to climate change, but a growing number of experts in the field think that another group will have to play a critical role: entrepreneurs. And now is the time for entrepreneurs to enter the fray.

Is brown the new green? UCLA researchers are using waste matter (yes, including poop) to make a new generation of advanced biofuels.

You are what you eat, as the saying goes, and while good dietary choices boost your own health, they also could improve the health care system and even benefit the planet. Healthier people mean not only less disease but also reduced greenhouse gas emissions from health care.

If you’re thinking of buying a new car, there’s a decent chance you’re considering trying something greener. There’s also a decent chance that some concern, big or small, has you hitting the brakes when it comes to buying an electric car.

Even when you’re not at home, your house is a power glutton. Yes, yours. And it needs to go on a serious energy diet.

Under current guidelines, the planet is on target to warm up 2 degrees Celsius by 2050 and 4 degrees by 2100, triggering serious large-scale problems by the end of the century.

University of California President Janet Napolitano today (March 30) joined Mexican Secretary of Energy Pedro Joaquín Coldwell for an announcement of $10 million in new funding to support energy efficiency research projects led by Mexican research institutions in collaboration with researchers at UC.

Berkeley Lab researchers are developing a practical method to convert water and sunlight into fuel.

UC Santa Cruz grad students pioneer a program to fight future droughts while offsetting farmers' bills.

The technology — developed at UC Santa Cruz — could help change the way we eat.