Going green is going too far in the Province of Ontario

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

One newspaper says there is no difference between organic and conventional milk; another says the test pool is far too small to make that conclusion.

Just what we needed in what was a decarbonizing planet.

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

Who needs trees when you can have beer in corner stores?

It's being killed the name of "convenience."

The CDC has updated its US range maps to show the which mosquitoes are moving where.

While grid-scale liquid metal batteries might be a more exciting technology, good old pumped hydro storage is one of the ways we can store power from intermittent sources (like solar & wind) or shift supply around (from the night to peak use).

The project will take advantage of the sun, mountains and sea.

These photos reveal the horror of our disposable, consumerist culture and how it's ruining the most beautiful places on Earth.

A public memorial ceremony will be held in NYC for Wangari Maathai on November 14.

"The Ministry of Energy has insisted that they need this energy. What we are questioning is—how was the agreement reached, what is the cost of purchasing this power?"

In my early months in Istanbul, I had a Turkish teacher who could not get over the fact that I -- an American -- was not fat. "But I went to America and everyone was so

A TreeHugger hero visits our sister site.

The charity loses millions in rogue currency swap, just like the big boys.

Air quality in San Francisco is the worst in the world right now.

Non-profit organizations can now use the site to run fundraising campaigns and the simplicity could make a big impact.

We all know that America and the world are getting fatter, but I didn't know that they are even now making special toilets to deal with the problem. In fact it is, um, an expanding market; The Zurn Bariatric wall hung flush

Solar grid parity will vary from city to city. A new interactive map helps show how it will spread.

There is a day for everything, and today we celebrate ride sharing.

Your phone makes it easier and safer.

According to Forbes, revenue from the sharing economy will surpass $3.5 billion this year.

For years we've been talking about renting or borrowing rather than owning. There are so many things that people own but rarely use...

Why own a fondue pot when you can borrow one?

There is sharing, there is abuse, and there is theft. Susie Cagle takes a tough look at the subject.

Copper Lane, a cohousing project in London, shows how design by committee doesn't have to look like a camel.

Commercial kitchens are really expensive to build. Why not share?

There are reasonable limits on what people can do on their properties. But this goes too far.

Cadillac introduces BOOK, which lets you book the car you want when you want it. We should all be so lucky.

Why buy a kid's size bike when you can rent the right size bike every year?

Some are even containerized and self-service, and have a lot more than just tools.

Could it be that more efficient lighting means less coal being dug to power it?

Conservation organizations used Google Street View cameras to document the places, animals and people most vulnerable to climate change.

The Canadian province is overhauling its recycling program, which would include holding producers accountable for their wasteful packaging designs.

This Montreal collective is creating an online, crowd-sourced map that will document the city's wild spaces.

The city wants to become a leader in electric transportation, part of a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a third.

Image credit: UMBI Center of Marine Biotechnology Fully Contained, Indoor Fish Farming Update: Karin has reported on this initiative before under Fish Farming Moves to the Condos, and Lloyd also covered it under the Future of Food. Great to see it still

How can a city destroy an edible garden on private property without legal permission? We also have the viral party-gone-wrong prank on Shell, the 12 most toxic fruits and vegetables, and more.

In a funny twist, one of the stars of an extremely popular car show (Top Gear) whose script smeared Tesla is now going electric. James May is getting a BMW i3.

Many vegans don't realize that there's 'meat' in their electricity supply.

The average amount of meat consumed per person globally has nearly doubled in the past 50 years, a trend with terrible consequences for environment, scientists warn.

This was an actual test. But only a test. Like those emergency tones you hear on your TV when a storm is approaching. Officials in Ontario, Canada, think the possibility of a live Asian carp invasion via truck is real. People

It led to a series of other agreements that protected and cleaned up the Great Lakes environment

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

A new term for those who try to live without plastic, that might just catch on.

Studies of humans, mice, monkeys, and sheep all point to the same scary conclusion -- that BPA wreaks havoc on the female reproductive system.

From a painter's satirical take on 1950s images of a bucolic world to

When you've got a lot of driveway runoff, some careful landscaping can put it to good use.

If you guessed that climate-crisis-fueled, disease-carrying mosquitoes are wiping them out, you may be correct.