Dan Hanganu mixes the modern with the even more modern, totally respectful of the original.

The plyscraper era has begun as Cross Laminated Timber towers start popping up everywhere.

Tiny houses don't have to be overly cute and rustic, as this little modern home shows.

A lovely cottage by Yiacouvakis Hamelin Architectes breaks all the rules about roofs.

UC San Diego is using one of its free gifts - some of the best solar exposure in the country - to further power and shade the campus. Several solar trees (solar panels installed on a vertical racking system that supports

More and more, urban biking has become one of the best ways to see a lot of a city in a short span of time, so it's a no-brainer that more hotels are offering free bikes along with the price of the room. In

Though it was announced over two weeks ago, perhaps because of Exxon's backing of Synthetic Genomics, Dow Chemical's backing of Algenol Biofuels is getting a bit more play. Together they will develop a pilot-scale algae

If there's a holy grail of liquid renewable fuels it might look something like this: High yield per acre, doesn't negatively impact water supplies, doesn't compete with food crops, and is cost-competitive with fossil

It's been a while since a good poo-power story has come down the pipe, but here's an interesting one: Massachusetts-based biofuels company Qteros and wastewater recyclers Applied Clean Tech have announced that they

Can we just all put palm oil biodiesel produced on deforested peatlands to rest already: A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme shows that biodiesel production under these

Image: Casajuntoalrio Willie Smits long ago abandoned the customary role of the microbiologist. After working in the Indonesian rainforest for three decades (and marrying a tribal queen), he has taken it upon himself to regrow the delicate ecosystems

New Environmental Protection Agency requirements for its Renewable Fuel Standards program have been released which raise an issue which has sat dormant for a little while: How to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions of a

This week USEPA announced that the maximum ethanol content of motor fuel sold in the USA would be allowed to rise from 10% to 15%. Positives of the Agency's decision are: reduced dependence on foreign

The first large-scale commercial operation to produce cellulosic ethanol (the kind of ethanol made not from corn or other grown crops, but from organic waste) in the US just got major backing from the oil industry, and will be online in 2013. The New

Germans rate respect for having a national identity as eco-conscious people. Should it therefore come as a surprise that Germans are not embracing the advent of E10, a 10% ethanol-gasoline mixture, which has

Photo: Stephanie Says, Flickr, CC Turning Food into Fuel is Not the Solution The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has released a warning that U.S. and European policy to increase the production of biofuels could lead to almost

Is the conventional wisdom that we need not worry about tailpipe emissions in biofuel-powered vehicles, because the plants had been absorbing carbon while growing, grossly misguided?

The massive diversion of grain to fuel cars has helped drive up food prices, leaving low-income consumers everywhere to suffer some of the most severe food price inflation in history.

An ethanol production mandate could be in conflict with efforts to reduce the Gulf Coast dead zone.

This poetic, one-of-a-kind urn floats on the water while slowly returning cremated remains to nature.

Could this be the lawnmower we've all been waiting for?

Some timely examples of the intersection of Islam and environmental stewardship, both coming via the good folks over at Green Prophet: 1) Any new mosque built in Qatar must be eco-friendly, and 2) a new green guide to

Here are some staggering numbers of what could be saved.

A partnership between Moisson Montreal and the largest grocery chains in the province will continue to salvage hundreds of tons of food that would otherwise be discarded.

Electric bikes are the great leveller; a lot more people will be doing this.

The rollout starts in Seattle, then more broadly.

Big Auto is increasingly coming up against Big Tech.

Doctors from the University of Mississippi dissected two nuggets and were shocked by what they found.

We have been saying for years that building materials should be healthy and high fiber like the food we eat, and now Perdue delivers.

Fixing and making feels good, and everyone's doing it, so don't be shy. Experience the Joy of Fix.

Great cities know the future is renewable.

And we thought it was all about symbolism...

The thin layer of topsoil that covers much of the earth's land surface is the foundation of civilization. As long as soil erosion on cropland does not exceed new soil formation, all is well. But once it does,

Bluefin tuna is on the verge of total collapse. Maybe. It depends on who you ask. We may have been talking about

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

The case is actually moving forward.

A study has found that kids exposed to climate change science at school use it to convince their parents of the issue's urgency.

"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.

Carbon sequestration, the technology taking carbon dioxide out of fossil fuel emissions, just got a boost

Ed. note: This post, about ethanol is now the third post (read about biodiesel and compost to catch up) in the Green Basics series of posts that TreeHugger is writing to provide basic information about important ideas, materials and technologies for new

A level playing field for renewables is about to get a step closer, at least in Morocco.

The researchers have found a simple way to create an energy source for fuel cells using CO2 in the air.

And there are plenty of humans who would agree.

The country's onward march of low carbon energy shows no signs of stopping.

Bourgeois / Lechasseur architects figure out how to square the circle.

You're more likely to eat certain foods if your friends post pictures of them.

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.

Why are we wasting such a valuable resource? Where will it come from if we don't drill for natural gas?

The ancient Ok glacier, a fraction of its former size and unable to move, was declared dead in 2014.