Great Lakes residents would be paying this off for 47 years ... but reaping the benefits for just as long.

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

Updated curriculum will help them to navigate the emotions associated with the climate crisis.

The robots have gathered new information that will help scientists determine how fast the ice is melting.

Award-winning photographer Sue Flood braved the extremes to bring us this marvelous new book, Emperor: The Perfect Penguin.

Some pretty smart designers, builders and consultants have a pretty good idea for a sensible building standard.

Move over royal baby, there's an infant two-toed sloth in town.

Abimis offers refrigerated drawers and heated tops. Does anyone need this?

This year, NOAA predicts a massive "dead zone" the size of New Jersey will bloom in the Gulf of Mexico. Brian Merchant reports on the cause and consequences of dead zones.

The vast majority of species exist in a sort of 'dark matter' biomass. But new tools are shedding light on the microscopic organisms that, although invisible to our eyes, constitute the "most diverse and abundant" life forms on earth.

It's still up to a restaurant to decide to fill them, but the law provides detailed guidelines on how to do it safely.

Once you start buying fennel, you won't be able to stop.

To carbon neutralize the Super Bowl, the NFL plants mangroves in Florida

The UK-based renewable energy company Ecotricity recently won an award from the renewable energy agency for South West England for its development of three giant wind turbines at the industrial Avonmouth Docks site on the outskirts of Bristol (which we

There was a time when local currencies were usable only at food co-ops and yoga studios. When a city mayor elects to take his entire salary in local notes, you know things are changing.

It is the first big city in the South to commit to being fully renewable energy powered.

BPA had been found to trigger the release of insulin in nearly twice the amount as when glucose is ingested.

A new study finds those with heart disease had higher concentrations of BPA in their urine.

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

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

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

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

Solar panels, distributed energy, resilient microgrids, and blockchain. Oh my!

Count Prague in on the trend toward green hostels and hotels: The opening late last week of a cool new central-city accommodation not only provides a fresh option for eco-conscious travelers, it also marks a green "first" or two

The Freedomky is a nicely done modular design

The Power of Making is the new craft show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It's a mix of craft and science: a coming-together of the disciplines.

The Glowing, Glowing, Gone is a brightly somber campaign calling for urgent action against climate change.

Here's what happens when kind humans and open-armed owls encounter an orphaned owlet.

Every day, New York City residents waste 270,000 pounds of food. Want to know what that looks like? Here's an unforgettable way to imagine it - fill up a subway train with the equivalent amount of apples, and release it onto the

Since the Rena, a Liberian ship, ran aground on a reef off the coast of New Zealand 10 days ago, an environmental catastrophe has been brewing. Oil is spilling into the ocean, harming wildlife and reaching shore.

Lots of great Food Day events across the country, but New York's will be particularly tasty and loud.

But I am in the tank for the one that came in second

The OCADU project won a Wood Works! award and will probably win a lot more to come.

For one tiny spider recently discovered in the Peruvian Amazon, creating an incredibly convincing decoy of itself seems to come naturally.

The new-to-science Amazonian glassfrog has skin so transparent that its tiny heart can be seen beating in its chest.

A follow-up to the book by the same name, this intriguing film shows how one American family has weaned itself off fossil fuels.

A new study says it is, and we speak to one of the authors.

These books get down to the bare-bones of home cooking.

It's good for so much more than treating sunburns.

Cuddly, gentle, and low maintenance, there's a lot to love about these feathery fowl.

Creative crafters can come up with all sorts of beautiful and innovative ways to

Two ships of shark fin poachers have been stopped in the past two weeks, influenced by renewed government focus on the issue due to Paul Watson's case in Germany.

The tropical country received almost all of its energy from a mix of renewable energy sources.

Commonly thought to be a byproduct of economic distress, a new report suggest that dollar stores are a cause of it.

Once you have paid for the panels or turbines, renewable power is almost free.

The laser-outfitted satellite will be able to pick up shifts in the ice on a very small scale.

I love it when a retail giant highlights eco-friendly products, so when I picked up Pottery Barn's Christmas 2008 catalogue, I was excited to see

Guest blogger Cara Smusiak is a journalist and regular contributor to NaturallySavvy.com's Naturally Green section.

Carpeting may be something we give little thought to, but the ubiquitous floor covering is actually a serious environmental problem. Not only are toxic chemicals often used in the making of most carpeting, they are

Forget about wood furniture, we are all tied up in knots about rope.