Wave power is the oft-forgotten cousin of solar and wind power. It has huge potential, but it is not quite as far along as the better known sources of clean power, so it tends to be overlooked.

Think living green is all about sacrifice? Think again!

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first genetically engineered animal for human consumption.

The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), as passed by the US Congress in August, 2008, inadvertently threatens to take many handmade toys and children's clothing items off the market. According to the

There is a man dressed in a silver lamé suit jumping about with extraordinary energy in a wind blown field in West Wales. His name is Steve Edge and his motto in life is:

The US produces more than enough food to feed the world, but hunger is still a major issue around the world. A new study proposes some ways to change that.

Appeals court calls EPA approval of bee-threatening sulfoxaflor “based on flawed and limited data.”

The agro giant made contradictory claims to the government about the herbicide Enlist Duo, the EPA isn’t happy.

And the company that makes the chemical, Bayer CropScience, refuses to agree.

This Bilbao tower is like nothing the Passivhaus world has seen.

Yes, he's blond, blue-eyed handsome and yes, he's talented. But Academy Award-winning Leonardo DiCaprio continually proves he is more than just a pretty face jumping on the celebrity hybrid bandwagon. From resorts

This ingenious design uses biodegradable waste products to build the greenest shoe you've ever owned.

House of Representatives voted in favor of the XL Keystone pipeline project, in an attempt to bypass executive authority.

The fully automated aquaponics system grows lettuces, herbs and small fruits right in your kitchen.

The head of a cooperative of honey harvesters, a park guide, and a doctor who uses a garden of medicinal plants to treat asthma and other ailments are

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"I was shocked when I saw the tree. It was cut down, the head was lopped off, it was so upsetting," said one Cleveland business-owner.

The mixing of old and new is one of the toughest things to deal with in architecture. Do you try to blend in, doing faux old, or stand out in contrast? Does everything get perserved in amber or can

Drivers used to get away with murder; new legislation is much stronger.

Doug Ford, now leading in the polls, wants to open up more of it for development.

At the ConocoPhillips annual shareholder meeting last week, CEO James Mulva announced the company's withdrawal from the oil-drilling project in Block 39 of the northern Peruvian Amazon. It was a highly controversial project

Ice cream lovers aren't happy to learn they're licking glyphosate on hot summer days.

The latest figures from the EIA show renewable energy sources overtaking nuclear power in the US, through the first nine months of 2011.

Conservationists are celebrating a British firm's recent pullout from a biofuel project in Kenya that they say would have destroyed the Tana River Delta, a wetland ecosystem crucial for regional wildlife.

A UK offset company launches a world-first partnership to finance Life-Straw water purifiers in Africa.

The estimated 80% of Kenyans that are not on a grid rely solely on kerosene to light their homes. But a pay-as-you-go home solar system promises to deliver clean, affordable lighting to rural areas.

Many sunscreens contain chemicals that are devastating to sensitive coral and other marine life.

Most of us alive today owe a debt to those who avoided nuclear war in years past, and sadly, there were many occasions when that was necessary.

Instead of building giant concrete buildings filled with uranium, why not build smaller energy-efficient buildings filled with people.

Our photo of the day visits the wacky world of nudibranch sea slugs.

Smog-choked, traffic-clogged Tehran may seem an unlikely candidate for an environmental honor, but the Iranian capital's aggressive recent moves to improve its public-transit

Trade the morning shower for one before bed for better sleep and more.

Over the past 15 years, awareness and interest in livestock conditions and wellbeing have increased exponentially, leading to significant improvements. How much further can it go?

Experts have predicted a "high risk" of rupture on this aging oil pipeline that has recently been approved to bring Alberta tar sands crude to Eastern Canada.

It's a big step forward for the high-tech timber industry.

"Surfboards of

After several decades of Lrapid rise in world grain yields, it is now becoming more difficult to raise land productivity fast enough to keep up with the demands of a growing, increasingly affluent, population.

This will mark a significant scaling of electrified transportation—including trucks and buses too.

Jeans into insulation, plastic bottles into coats – details like this make people more inclined to use the blue bin.

Clean drinking water is one of our basic human needs, but in many parts of the world, it's also hard to come by. Here's another look at some of the latest concepts for providing clean drinking water.

Providing clean water in areas with minimal local resources may be as simple as implementing this ingenious DIY water treatment system.

New trucks will all have much greater visibility for the drivers, saving lives of people who walk and cycle.

To carbon neutralize the Super Bowl, the NFL plants mangroves in Florida

Artist/inventor Michael Jantzen's new concept for a Solar Winds Desert Power Plant envisions a large public gathering place, inspired by the shape of a flowering plant, to be located in a public park in a hot, dry climate.

Our photo of the day reveals the wonderful frippery of waterfowl.

Carbon offsets have traditionally gone to technological improvements or reforestation. One group is teaching a different way of cooking. And it's using offset funds for the training.

They really do live up to their billing this year.

Mangroves are a special ecosystem. Found all over the world, they thrive in the in-between zones of land and sea, and act as nurseries for a vast variety of animals, grocery stores for humans, a buffer between homes

I love it when a retail giant highlights eco-friendly products, so when I picked up Pottery Barn's Christmas 2008 catalogue, I was excited to see

This little boy looks like he might be blogging over spilled milk, in fact he's concerned about the future of his environment. The Global Warming Rug by Mexican design cooperative NEL, featuring Emiliano Godoy, has created quite a