A new study shows that in fact, if you build them, people use them and drive less.

Now how about some incentives to get people out of cars?

Price is no longer the main obstacle. Lack of understanding might be.

A judge has ruled against Monsanto; company complains that it would drive some customers away. Unsealed documents add to drama.

It was only a few years ago that I was testing LED bulbs that cost $100 each...

From broken zippers to damaged USB cables, embrace your inner handyman with these quick DIY repairs.

Irish architects Heneghan Peng win the competition to house world's largest canoe collection

Turns out, environmental issues are not about awareness. People get it.

Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that

While global warming naysayers seem content to continue flouting the overwhelming scientific consensus in favor of this anthropogenic phenomenon, they seem to have gotten one point largely right: hurricanes didn't suddenly begin massing over the past

Number of storms predicted per year during the period 1854 -- 2006 versus numbers actually observed for the Atlantic (filled diamonds). The model predictions (grey curve) have been normalized to the data. A quadratic fit to the model is shown for

Another summer site that is now open is the Duncan House, a Usonian design by Frank Lloyd Wright that was moved from Chicago to Polymath Park, a resort near Pittsburgh. Usonian houses were "ypically small, single story dwellings without a garage or

We have to decarbonize, not just because of carbon dioxide and climate change in the longer term, but because it is killing us directly right now.

Don't give up; Collective and individual actions can change the world.

The case is actually moving forward.

"Being the Change" is proof that weaning oneself off fossil fuels is not only possible, but also joyful and fun for a young suburban family.

For the first time, conservationists from WWF are putting dogs' superb sense of smell on the trail of tigers in Cambodia. Coming from the University of Washington Conservation Canines program, the dogs are trained to sniff out

Because a fringe candidate is a climate denier, it's now a political issue.

One little trip can blow you right out of the water.

As food supplies have tightened, a new geopolitics of food has emerged—a world in which the global competition for land and water is intensifying and each country is fending for itself.

It can; but until Americans are willing to trade quantity for quality, nobody will bother doing it.

The 'library subscription' model for food containers is becoming increasingly popular.

It could also help us eradicate heritable diseases in dogs.

Researchers are experimenting with software and a smart harness for carrying out basic dog training.

Authors of a new study say dogs may help develop over-the-counter tests capable of life-saving early detection.

A heat wave vulnerability map goes viral, boosting interactive technology that helps make important environmental data accessible.

A Toronto city councillor is going to try.

George Monbiot wades into the meat-and-climate debate by explaining how 'ethically' raised meat is actually worse for the planet than those raised in confined spaces. It leaves omnivores in an awkward position.

Huge new study reveals that going vegan offers far greater benefits than quitting flying or driving an electric car.

How will invasive Asian carp enter the Great Lakes? Via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, maybe another flood? They almost made it via a semi-tractor trailer crossing the Ambassador Bridge from the U.S. to Canada. The

How big of a locavore are you? Could you eat only foods that were available to Native Americans before 1600?

It's been forty years since Nixon and Trudeau signed the original; it's time for an update.

A major report just released offers expensive technological solutions. We reivew options ranging from barriers to bow-hunting.

Do international treaties mean anything when America needs fresh water?

The autonomous robot allows scientists to more safely study polar enviroments and also collects valuable information on ice conditions for climate research.

"There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." (Kenneth Grahame)

A scientific assessment has confirmed enormous amounts of waste and definite harm to wildlife.

Learning which plastics are most harmful to health is one thing you can do.

Preserving fisheries is crucial. But one fisherman argues that regulation can do more harm than good, and that fishing communities used to regulate themselves.

One craftsman is on a mission. Not only is he reclaiming and repairing quality hand tools. He is taking on corporate hegemony in the process.

And GO Logic shows again that they really do with the Little House on the Ferry.

This year's Stress in America survey by the American Psychological Association might make you feel not so all alone.

Most people think there are around 100 – most people are way off.

This one of a kind structure combines architecture, technology, algae farming and real-time data, and will dynamically respond to environmental factors like weather and movements of people.

Surprisingly strong and made with seaweed and a bit of paper, this collection of modern furniture and lighting makes use of an abundant resource.

We've already seen how pay-as-you-throw trash metering can cut landfill waste in half, and we've witnessed whole cities make composting mandatory. So there's little doubt that much, much

I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for those little hotel soaps and shampoos and lotions. I rarely go home from a hotel stay without a handful of them stuffed in my bag. But they are

Here is an interesting juxtaposition of stories; Kaid Benfield at NRDC Switchboard picks up on a study about how dangerous it is to be a pedestrian in America. He quotes Transportation for America: In the last decade, from 2000 through 2009, more than

There is something contradictory about building a Green Porsche Headquarters at an Aeropolis, but whatever.

Planner Paul Knight shows how to do the math and figure out where to go for maximum candy