Where does the FDA stand on a BPA ban?

The Substitution Support Portal SUBSPORT launched this week, intending to give business improved tools for substituting hazardous chemicals with safer substitutes.

Beer cans are lined with the stuff, but hey, thats the price you pay for convenience.

It seems that the only people who benefit from this rule change are the members of the American Chemistry Council who make BPA.

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

Cartoonist Joe Mohr shows how the chemical might have affected the cartoon hero

A new study from the University of Illinois shows how chemical exposure early in life can alter stem cells and cause disease.

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

What's in that "polymer lining" in every can? A gender-bending hormone that may be really bad for you.

Find out which brands are the best and worst players in the canned food industry right now.

A new report shines the light on a dirty little 'secret' of canned goods, which has little to do with the food itself, and everything to do with the coating in the can.

Nobody should be drinking canned beer. Period. But it is particularly bad for young women.

There is a fundamental logical inconsistency here. Either the stuff is bad for you or it isn't.

There is no place for you in a healthy, circular economy, and this is nothing to celebrate

The Aral Sea, Central Asia's most (in)famous body of water, has become a global symbol of environmental mismanagement. But at least one government in the region doesn't seem to have

After a volunteer accidentally burned down its office, Bustan, an environmental justice organization based in Israel's Negev desert, decided it was time to

At first it sounds like any other reality show: "Candidates will be put through a series of tough physical

It's been a couple of years since the still-planned and so-called Great Green Wall of Africa graced the pages of TreeHugger, so here's a quick update and overview: As the BBC reports, African leaders are meeting in Chad to further push the

Deserts are hot, dry, and unforgiving -- which makes them difficult environments for most creatures to survive in. But desert residents who have adapted to the temperatures -- by learning to survive without water, developing their own cooling systems, and

Though conflicts over sparse water supplies have created rifts between Turkey and its neighbors, the sandstorms they exacerbate have brought countries in the region

The literature on soil erosion contains countless references to the "loss of protective vegetation." Over the last half-century, clearcutting, overgrazing, and overplowing have removed so much of that protective cover

From Wangaari Maathai's Billion Tree campaign to lush permaculture landscapes in Jordan, we've seen how individuals and communities can reverse desertification and bring life back to arid soils. Now a new dramatized documentary

A bright white antelope with long thin horns, the Arabian oryx is thought to have inspired early stories of unicorns. (Its two horns appear as one when viewed from the side.) And until

Korean activists are spearheading efforts to plant trees in Mongolia, hoping to improve both the lives of nomadic desert herders there and the air quality their families are exposed to back home.

It's a 340 ton rock, balancing over a crevice...forever.

"If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere," says Geoff Lawton. So let's get started.

Studies show that humans and kangaroos may have co-evolved to be mutually beneficial to one another.

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

Imagine millions of these slithering out from the mud? The eggs of this alien desert crustacean remain dormant for years, waiting for a bout of rain to hatch.

It took me hours, but I finally found this guy.

Recent rains attributed to a changing climate are leading to mass extinction in the Atacama Desert.

What does it feel like to be an arch? Very different from how it feels like to be a cantilever.

There is so much that they can't burn it here, so they compress it, liquify it, and ship it. That's not working out too well either.

Yes, in theory. Doing it in practice is a whole other story. This is another example of how the hydrogen economy is a fantasy.

It seems that you can build just about anything out of wood.

Ampere Energy has developed a battery that fits in your minimalist apartment.

The play bombed in Oxbow for promoting a green agenda.

As it turns out, personal energy choices can be contagious.

If a massive water footprint, air pollution, contaminated drinking water, earthquakes, and general environmental degradation weren't bad enough...r

The world is awash in LNG that's a lot closer to the ocean and a lot cheaper to move.

Thanks to COVID-19, a lot more than previously thought.

Some 200 bald eagles are scavenging the goods at Cedar Hills Regional Landfill and dumping the leftovers in suburban backyards.

Pigeons sure, but urban eagles and city vultures? A beautifully illustrated new book, Urban Aviary, spills their secrets.

Welcome to some of the most bizarre social behavior on Earth.

Some birds are charming, others majestic or graceful; the subject for our daily photo has it all.

Our photo of the day comes from Cape San Blas, Florida.

Few other animals are known to be intrinsically motivated to assist others in need.

We visit the writer behind the Zero Waste blog TrashIsForTossers.com.

Common Good was started by Sacha Dunn and her husband Edmund Levine out of their personal desire to have refillable and eco-friendly option when it comes to cleaning supplies.

Although the term “Passive House” might seem to refer to single family homes, these concepts can be applied to all kinds of buildings.