Mining your iPhone: Recycling iPhones yields gold, silver, platinum, and more (infographic)

That iPhone in your hand isn't just a complex piece of electronics. It's also a gold mine -- quite literally. And a platinum mine, silver mine, copper mine ... you get the picture.

Everybody Solar helping nonprofits go green … for free

Everybody Solar is helping charities like the Bay Area low-income home rehab volunteer organization Rebuilding Together Peninsula go green by accessing the free energy of the sun -- with free solar panels, to boot.

Reel Solar raises $4M for stealthy greentech

The company doesn't have a website and hasn't announced any products, but we're going way out on a limb and guessing it has something to do with solar energy.

A sneak peek at Subaru’s first-ever hybrid

The hybrid version of the Boxer engine weighs around 300 pounds more than the standard gas-only version. In low-speed situations, the car can run on electricity, and it can start on electricity.

Clean tech startup Choose Energy grabs $4M from Kleiner Perkins

While the options for clean energy are growing for U.S. consumers, it's not always easy to see what your options are, which is something clean tech startup Choose Energy is focused on.

Yahoo’s spring plans: 115 new jobs & an eco-friendly data center in New York

The data center will use low-cost hydropower from the Niagara Hydroelectric Power Plant as well as an outside-air cooling system to keep machines at optimal temperatures.

Westly Group ‘more bullish than ever’ with new $160M fund for clean tech

Venture firm The Westly Group closes its latest fund of $160 million to invest in up-and-coming clean tech startups.

Greenstart axes accelerator program to focus on building great design

Clean tech accelerator program Greenstart loses the three-month mentorship model to become a venture firm with a built-in design studio.

Bad karma: Electric car pioneer Fisker loses co-founder, chairman, and designer Henrik Fisker

Apparently, it's not easy starting a brand new car manufacturing company.

‘Smart grid’ biz Silver Spring Networks pops 29% in IPO debut

Smart grid business Silver Spring Networks took a huge step today with its debut on the New York Stock Exchange -- and its stock jumped 29 percent over its IPO price.

Life hacking: Craig Venter says he’s close to creating artificial bacterium ‘from scratch’

We are close to creating artificial life from scratch, according to Human Genome scientist and genetic research trailblazer Craig Venter.

Urban mining: Recovering $21B a year in gold and silver from discarded devices (infographic)

Every year, we toss out 152 million mobile phones, 52 million computers, and 36 million monitors. That's a massive ecological problem -- but it's also a massive revenue opportunity.

Tesla closes the day down 9% after weak earnings shake investors

Although the car maker has enthusiastic supporters, investors have clearly cooled on Tesla Motors, with its stock closing down 8.7 percent today.

The Constant Gardener: Robots raise your plants

The future of robotics may be less Terminator and more gardener. Charles Grinnell helped build the world's largest particle collider at CERN (The European Center for Nuclear Research). Now he's taken up gardening, or rather, his robots have.

Greentech state of the union boost: Obama proposes using oil and gas money to fund green energy

President Barack Obama's state of the union address focused on innovation, jobs, education, health-care ... and green technology.

Tesla isn’t taking criticism lying down, will publish reviewer’s driving log

Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened to release the driving logs of a reviewer's car, after the reviewer claimed that the Model S has shorter than expected range.

Smart thermostat maker Nest reportedly raises $80M with $800M valuation

Following strong momentum, smart thermostat startup Nest Labs has raised $80 million in new funding with a valuation of $800 million, according to a GigaOM report.