Building new roads has been a major contributor to the city's unsustainable growth, newly released Landsat photos show, but more of the same appears to be on the horizon.

It was pretty much inevitable; the company just couldn't capitalize on the digital revolution.

The Florida legislation will go into effect in 2021 in an effort to protect the world’s third-largest barrier reef ecosystem.

The bad guys bought abandoned or repossessed homes, ripped out interior walls, illegally tapped into power and water, and grew pot commercially. What starts in

Comments to the post What is the Best Way To Build A Wall? Not A Simple Answer wondered why we wanted to reinvent the wall. The consensus was "Having XPS on the exterior is, I think, the easiest and best solution." I will be

Can science use the genes engineered by nature instead of genetic engineering in the face of a pending food crisis?

Major food conglomerates want to stamp out state-by-state efforts to label foods containing genetically modified ingredients with federal legislation.

While banana farmers watch their plantations get ravaged by a fungal disease, scientists think they may have found a solution.

Don't take those cheap yellow fruits for granted! They're at the center of a great agricultural turmoil.

The island nation in the western Pacific wants to protect its coral reefs from toxic sunscreen runoff.

Alex previously wrote about concerns as China Tightens Grasp on Rare Earth Metals Vital for Green Technologies; now we are seeing it in action. After a dispute over a collision between the Japanese Coast Guard and a Chinese

The historical character of this old Saigon building was preserved with a fresh and respectful makeover.

It has one of the biggest pipelines of proposed new coal plants. But now those plans may be changing.

Referencing traditional terraced agriculture, this modern house with terraces has an integrated rainwater collection and irrigation system that would allow it to grow greenery.

Some good news on the critically endangered Indian vulture: New research published in PLoS One documents how the rate of the bird's decline has fallen since India, Nepal, and Pakistan banned the veterinary painkiller

It's like that 1965 movie Crack in the World, where drilling for geothermal energy causes all kinds of problems. There are such high hopes for real geothermal power; there is a lot of heat down there that can vaporize water and run turbines.

Frank Lloyd Wright would probably have liked this little addition to his winter home.

This traditional Japanese method of finishing wood is having a dramatic resurgence.

Strawless in Seattle is now officially enshrined into law.

Hungary already has a ban on genetically modified crops, so this is a bit more complicated than it may seem at first. As PlanetSave reports Hungary has destroyed approximately 1000 acres of maize fields found to

And even worse, they are devouring the much-smaller native treefrogs.

One couple's infamous battle over the right to grow vegetables has resulted in a new bill.

No more elephant or lion acts. Those are now a thing of the past.

But there's a strange loophole for biodegradable plastics, which we know aren't much better.

Big risks evidently still promise big rewards.

New Hampshire USA's first green co-housing community, Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm, features renewable energy ready and energy efficiently designed residences. The 29 total units include 7 single-family homes, 7 duplex units, and 2 quad units on a

A village that was threatened by the expansion of Heathrow Airport in London became home to a squatted community garden. Here's how it happened.

Hong Kong has been trying for a long time, through various 'clean air' measures, to deal with smog that is estimated to cause 3,000 premature deaths every single year.

Looking like a "great ship," this solar-powered music venue is a new gateway into the city.

This small space spread over two levels in Paris gets a minimalist and functional makeover.

Contrary to what many people believe, they're not going to charity – just straight to landfill.

Urban dwellers can get a taste of camping out in nature with this temporary island cabin just outside of Helsinki.

The wood and plastics industry prefers Green Globes and is designing laws around it. Paging Jerry Yudelson.

We have gone beyond gentrification and are now talking about Pikketyfication, aristocratization and plutocratification.

There are all kinds of distracted and compromised people in our roads. Some of them cannot help it. So why are phones a problem?

Populist leaders are more interested in cutting the price of gas than they are in stopping climate change.

No green energy issue is too small for the rampaging Premier.

It harms retailers, drives overconsumption, and contributes to traffic jams and pollution. What's the point?

New study says there's no safe level of exposure to organophosphates, a main ingredient in pesticides.

For example, 72 pesticides approved for use in the United States are banned or in the process of being phased out in the EU.

It's part of a much bigger energy transition, and sounds a lot like wishful thinking.

On the first of this month, Hawaii became the first state in the U.S. to put a plastic bag ban into effect.

When sunscreen chemicals wash off beach-goers, they bleach coral, stunt its growth, and sometimes kill it outright.

More pedestrians are getting killed in the roads. Are their phones really the reason?

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

This is, in fact, one of the things that e-bikes are really good at. Another dumb move.

And dancing robots!

We are at the end of our LostGen2 quest for the world's best city

The ban on buds (swabs) is expected to reduce Scotland's marine plastic pollution by 50 percent.

One would think this would be obvious, that sidewalks are for people, not cars.