From blending beef with mushrooms, to boosting plant-based menu items, companies are doing a lot to cut back on meat.

It'll be interesting to see how this is received.

Sony, McKinsey & Company, Royal Bank of Scotland and WeWork are all committing to going all-out for clean energy.

Now, for the rest of the U.S. and Canada to get on board...

All 400 vehicles will be emission-free by 2030.

With a renewed partnership between the fashion label and resale consigner The RealReal, McCartney is coaxing consumers into a circular economy.

This won't solve the climate crisis, but it could help direct air capture of CO2 to scale up.

And how one British lawyer is working to make that happen.

'Instead of putting the money back into our business, we’re responding by putting $10 million back into the planet. Our home planet needs it more than we do.'

Even though it took 6 months to find an alternative, Coop refused to stock microwave popcorn because of the health risks to customers.

Part treasure hunt, part real-life Pokémon Go, the hidden giants (which are made entirely of scrap wood) can be found by treasure map or riddle poems.

A look at some of the nominees which are brilliant, and others that are something else.

Designed to reduce construction waste and with energy efficiency in mind, this new community gathering spot strikes an unconventional pose.

Using shipping containers for housing near a Danish rock music museum makes sense, sort of.

It's the Danish word for happiness, which these days seems in short supply.

The project in Denmark is a good object lesson.

Computers and technology let designers do things that were unimaginable just a decade ago.

Design by Jens Quistgaard stands the test of time.

Researchers at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology have developed a zebra-smelling cattle collar which will be tested on Masai herds subject to the biting tsetse fly,

Dozens of sheep and goats broke out of a slaughterhouse in upstate New York on Tuesday night, and gave police quite the runaround.

It's cow bliss at a dairy in Hertfordshire, England run by the Hare Krishnas. There are only 44 of them but life is sweet: On this farm all the cows have names, they are hand-milked whilst listening to Sanskrit music and

When I reported on a planned 8,100 cow super-dairy in the UK, I noted that many dairy farmers were concerned that these industrial-scale operations would expose the public to the fact that even most smaller

In late May, a cow named Yvonne decided not to be eaten, and broke through an electric fence to escape from the farm in Bavaria where she was being fattened for slaughter. Since then, she has been on the

The divide between environmentalists and stockmen can sometimes be pretty wide, but they may find common ground in a new wireless fence technology for cattle.

The U.S.’s top nutritional panel has recommended that Americans eat less meat, both for their health and to help protect the planet.

What progress has been made since the first wave of media excitement about this project? We catch up on the news of efforts to breed an ancient species back from extinction

Historically we've looked to nature to help forecast the weather; here are some indicators gleaned from generations of folk wisdom.

Astronomers are stunned and stumped by the brightest light seen in 24 years of observations of the black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Sturdy, stalwart, and superlatively statuesque, California's coast redwoods stand out as some of the most impressive organisms on the planet.

Restoring plants and trees near US industrial sites could reduce air pollution by an average of 27 percent, new study finds.

Researchers find that the neurotoxin is carried in by coastal fog, deposited on the land, and then makes its way up the food chain where it is approaching toxic thresholds in pumas.

Another good reason to pile density onto subway lines: Almost free heat and cooling.

There is a real footprint to all those baby pictures and Netflix binges.

A bit of weekend prep work goes a long way.

Don't settle for sub-standard meals. Good homemade food fuels both body and soul.

From amaranth to wheat berries, here's how to cook grains that don't come with instructions.

Home cooks are learning how to make do with what they have, as our grandparents did.

It's a lot more than just a box, it's packaging as a service.

Slight adjustments to the way you shop and cook can result in big savings.

They show that the struggle is real, and you're not alone.

Consumer demand for meat, soy, palm oil, and more has resulted in 60% of primate species facing extinction.

Here's what to know about Lynx rufus, the solitary wildcat that roams North America.

The 530-acre forest has hundreds of ancient giant sequoia, including the fifth-largest tree known on the planet.

Among other things, the data reveals answers about the size of blue whales, the largest organisms to have ever lived on Earth.

New research finds that on just two remote islands alone, nearly 600,000 crabs are killed every year by plastic debris.

An ambitious scheme to build a number of solar power stations along the Mediterranean shores of the Middle East and northern Africa could generate enough electricity to supply one sixth of the European Union's needs. The generators, individually fitted

We´ve noted in the past plans for new desalination plants in Australia and low-grade energy desalination technology from New Mexico.

With over a third of the world's cranes hard at work building artificial islands, an underwater hotel, and the world's tallest building, biggest mall and most expensive airport, the United Arab Emirates has now turned it attention to building the

XEROX/PARC Spiral Water Filtration Technology A typical water-treatment plant is very big and very expensive. XEROX's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has come up with a new technology that could make the whole process cheaper and simpler, potentially

Dean Kamen is the kind of inventor we don't imagine exists anymore—a fervent polymath like Thomas Edison. Best known as the creator of the Segway, Kamen is also responsible for major breakthroughs in clean energy, water purification, prosthetics,