The fleeting distraction they provide isn't worth the surprising costs.

These worrisome sunscreen chemicals provide potential risk to humans and are wreaking havoc on coral reefs.

Gosh, there are a lot of ways to eat less meat. And a lot of ways to talk about it, too.

Reducing meat consumption is one of the best ways to help the environment. A new book offers many ideas for how to make it happen.

Efforts to reduce meat consumption are shifting focus from individual choice to systemic changes.

The first hydrogen fuel cell powered train in the UK was successfully tested last week, and the team behind it hopes to encourage further development by the rail industry.

A robot powered by microbial fuel cells that runs on human waste helps out at a wastewater treatment plant using its artificial stomach.

A new patent filing suggests that the tech giant has fuel cells in mind for future computers and gadgets.

Retro Report revisits the Flavr Savr, the first genetically engineered food to hit American grocery stores.

Researchers in the UK are using genetic engineering to fight the bird flu epidemic.

This is one of those comparison posts that that could draw many angry comments: like Could Hype Sell An Inferior Hybrid? - Ford Fusion versus Toyota Camry did. Please carefully read the caveats.

In a bid to highlight the clean air advantage of the Toyota Mirai, a hydrogen fuel cell electric car, the company is putting up pollution-scrubbing billboards.

Photo credit: What Rhymes with Nicole Target may finally be feeling the heat from consumer, health, and environmental groups such as the Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ), which has been vociferous in its campaign to get the nation's

Short design-life products made of PVC have been a common, inexpensive, and functional choice for almost 50 years. But, vinyl can also be a risky choice of material for objects often handled by consumers, posing a risk of lead exposure, especially if

Cartoonist and inventor Steven M. Johnson has us climbing the walls.

As far as endangered species go, it's mostly bad news, with the occasional positive story. Well this news seems to fall somewhere in the middle: in late August, a group of Laotian villagers in the Annamite Mountains captured a saola,

In addition to being one of the planet's most endangered primates, northern white-cheeked crested gibbons are among the most romantic -- and it's their love of the serenade which clued researchers to a significant discovery. Over

Prior to the discovery, fewer than 1,000 grey-shanked doucs were known to exist, making them one of the 25 most endangered primates on the planet.

The newly discovered horned mountain toad found in Southern Vietnam's elfin forest is the smallest of its species – and is already considered endangered.

Post-war, Lyons Tea Shops could't redecorate, so they commissioned some great paintings instead.

Promoting the gift economy and community resiliency, this man has been traveling the country for the last decade, offering free cups of tea out of his bus home.

It sounds ridiculous: how could an element on the periodic table be an endangered species? The scientist, James Elser of Arizona State University, who is asking if we need a 'Red List' for phosphorous uses the

A large section of a 140-year-old Western hemlock tree is faithfully reconstructed by hand from cast molds, using tiny pieces of reclaimed cedar that have been carefully glued together.

According to the Spanish newspaper El País last week, Spain will be the first big buyer of CO2 emission rights from Eastern Europe, in order to fulfil the Kyoto Protocol. In 2007, Spain's emissions had

One designer tackles how the ubiquitous egg carton could be rethought in order to waste less.

A tiny apartment in a new tourist hotspot is remade with clever modern elements to maximize space.

The electricity-free and low-water Drumi device could be one method of washing clothes without taking a huge toll on the environment.

After promising not to use sodium lauryl sulfate in any products, The Honest Co. is under scrutiny after two lab tests found significant amounts of the chemical in its laundry detergent.

Reducing the benefits they can count will reduce the number of regulations that pass the cost-benefit analysis phase of regulation

Luxury by its very definition means indulgence--while eco-consciousness, such as that employed by Scandic in its moderately-priced hotel chain, is more likely to mean slashing consumption.

David Milarch is on a quest to save California's coast redwoods, some of the world's oldest and largest living things; he may be saving the planet along the way.

The Eagle Creek Fire, which consumed nearly 50,000 acres, was started when the teen threw fireworks into the forested canyon.

Made out of glass, these rentable cabins in New Zealand's wilderness are meant to reconnect guests with nature.

Four miles from the shore of Key West, the fatigued iguana eagerly scrambled aboard the kayak and hitched a ride home.

Bike-powered devices often feel like hippy gimmicks. Yet for some communities, they offer an important glimpse of more resilient technology.

It actually won't take that much to reduce oil demand enough to cause serious trouble.

The tiny, flexible solar cells can be integrated into objects of any shape or size.

So far the panels and batteries are only offered in the UK but it might spread to sunnier North American climes.

It also comes with its own beer dispenser, built-in right in the couch.

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.

The CATable will keep the cat off the keyboard.

In which snail mail provides a lesson in the loveliness of slow living.

Earlier in the week, the New York Times reported that bees in Brooklyn had started turning red, and their honey was looking like bright red goo. It turned out that

Ever wonder what the difference is between clover honey and wild flower honey? Steve Gentry of Steve's Bees gives us the scoop!

Yesterday Brian wrote Galapagos Islands Moved Off Endangered Sites List, concluding:

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Since its eruption in late August, the Solyndra scandal has been a lightning rod for political and ideological debates over everything from the role of government in business to the debate on global

Amid all the upheaval in Egypt, one local newspaper is working to keep the fate of the country's natural resources from falling off the radar.

Who says the New York Times is ignoring climate and the environment? David Leonhardt writes about the importance of doing something about climate, in a political climate that makes it tough.

Looking to tiny houses for design inspiration, these new student housing units have been constructed in a former Rotterdam office.