Forty years ago, activists blocked plans to dam the Buffalo River, eventually getting Congress and President Nixon to designate the river as America's first National River. Now, a factory hog farm is putting one of Arkansas' most beautiful spots at risk.

Rivers are people too, you know.

Perhaps AVs should have their own lower speed limits until they figure this all out.

On National Walking Day, a look at how putting cars first kills people who walk and drive.

If it seems like you've read a variation of the above headline before you're not wrong, and as much as anything it's a sign of the rock road cellulosic ethanol and biofuels in general have had in the past few years. The details: The Department of

These sneakers and sandals are proof that footwear production can be gentler on the environment.

If only we could buy it in North America.

Some timely examples of the intersection of Islam and environmental stewardship, both coming via the good folks over at Green Prophet: 1) Any new mosque built in Qatar must be eco-friendly, and 2) a new green guide to

An interesting step towards eco-friendly spiritual travel: The Alliance of Regions and Conservation, working with WWF, is about to launch the Green Pilgrimage Network. The program, to formally kick off at an event in

They are one of the most iconic features of the city, but some of them are really scary.

A round home is British Columbia's first home to be Energy Star qualified, a topic of contention on TreeHugger.

Save your clothes with these easy fixes for common zipper problems.

A vintage Airstream trailer gets a fresh and airy makeover with some eye-catching patterns.

This family with four kids is traveling full-time in a beautifully redone vintage Airstream trailer.

Just a quick one on ethanol and Southeast Asia: Chinaview.cn is reporting that Cambodia has opened the nation’s first ethanol production facility. Using cassava as a feedstock, at least initially all of the

How my thinking has evolved in the last decade

BMW has built the first of their Hydrogen 7 cars for public use, and handed the first set of keys over to US funny-man, Will Ferrell. 25 of the first 100 cars will be handed out to celebrities in order to promote their hydrogen cars in a predictable PR

Up until now, only solid materials have offered the ability to capture materials using the filtering power of pores

It could also help us eradicate heritable diseases in dogs.

Finally one state is putting a stop to the "exfoliocean." Hopefully others will follow its lead, forcing companies to adopt eco-friendly alternatives.

Do international treaties mean anything when America needs fresh water?

This looks a bit like the Hoth rebel station in Return of the Jedi...

Though only powering 75-100 homes at launch, the TidGen Cobscook Bay project, in Eastport, Maine, is slated to expand to ten times its initial size.

For Arbor Day, learn how to show damaged trees the love they deserve.

When you watch the video do you see a triumph of nature or the beady eyes of a predator?

Instead of using a conventional polyurethane core, this sustainable surfboard starts with an algae-based foam blank.

Yumbii, an Atlanta-based food truck, adds a low emissions super food truck to its fleet. Check out its environmentally friendly features.

A drive-in movie theater in the wilderness and an urban rooftop are just a few of the innovative spots from which stylish trailer hotels are popping up.

A new collaborative space dedicated to sustainable fashion design is now open for production.

These apex predators play a much bigger role in ecosystems than most people suspect, and their absence causes all kinds of problems that we aren't always able to solve.

Embedded in a hillside, this eccentric dwelling uses a series of functional ramps that connect all the spaces together.

While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst

Barcelona wants to build an indoor carbon-neutral ski dome, taking waste energy from the gas industry to cool the hall and using renewable energy to power the rest... fact or fiction? Eco-friendly or greenwashing?

The makers of the EcoDataCenter prefer the term "climate-positive."

By 2030, Britain hopes to demonstrate that even cement, steel and glass industries can operate at net zero emissions.

Chairs take up a lot of space, but not in this line of space-saving furniture.

The people of Newtok, Alaska are living a slow-motion disaster that will end, very possibly within the next five years, with the entire village being washed away.

Adapting to climate change is going to affect the lives of every human on Earth. But for some those impacts are hitting a little sooner and a little harder than they are for others.

They call it a "one-off" but it is the shape of things to come.

The wonderful world of birds, painted in life size and all together on a huge 2,500-square-foot wall.

He must have seen my TreeHugger media badge, because the salesman from Element Square called out and said "No trees were harmed in the production of these chairs!" I replied that a lot of fossil fuels were burned and a lot of CO2 released, and he said

A most painful demonstration of Murphy's Law - that

Environmentalists and Urban Planners on the run as smart growth and sustainability become illegal in the State.

The Templar Block in Hamilton Ontario pushes a lot of buttons.

Making things more efficient is not enough; we have to ask ourselves what we really need.

By making simple, versatile swaps, you can stay hydrated this summer and all year long without ever touching a disposable water bottle again.

The good people of Denmark phoned in enough kroner to plant nearly a million trees.

CEO John Holland-Kaye expects to be taken up on this offer within the next 12 years.

“December 10, 2019 will be remembered as the day the electric aviation age started.”

The plane carries no single-use plastics – but aren't we ignoring a much bigger environmental issue?