Dan Weissmann

For one Texas tinkerer, collecting the rain that falls on his roof turned into a business.

The FCC is about to revamp the program that buys broadband access for schools

Cleveland now goes the way of St. Louis, Pittsburgh and other former airline hubs, as United announces a streamlining of its routes

More than 70 business groups have formed a coalition to confront the Obama administration’s energy regulation process at every step

The Chicago Tribune decides to give unsubscribers' doorsteps a break.

High demand for heating fuel means high prices in Midwest and Northeast.

California's rainfall last year was the lowest since 1877, it hasn’t rained yet this "rainy season," fire watch started in January, and there's almost no Sierra snowpack to melt. There's a drought emergency in this giant agricultural state.

Austin has banned watering lawns and raised rates for city water. So affluent residents are drilling private wells.

A private-equity firm plans to buy the kids' pizza palace. What on earth will they do with it?

People had to suspend the convenience of running water, and instead relied on bottled water for everything except flushing toilets.