The approved measure ups fines from $480 to $120,000, and jail time from 2 years to 15 years.

Flying can be a divisive topic when it comes to curbing emissions, but airplanes have other environmental impacts too.

Nuclear power generation in the United States is falling. It plateaued between 2007 and 2010—before falling more than 4 percent over the last two years. Projections for 2013 show a further 1 percent drop.

Nuclear power is so controversial; an engineer working on the Bruce Nuclear plant gives his point of view.

Image credit: HowStuffWorks Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine - Oil and Water? George Monbiot is undoubtedly no stranger to controversy - my post about his climate change book, Heat, drew 81 comments, while his well publicized opposition to

Blogging like it's 1999 might make sense for a lot of people.

Leaving Boras takes us past a

For three days this summer, a local host could show you why their country consistently ranks among the happiest in the world.

You are going to hear a lot about this. It makes everybody's problems go poof. Just don't mention the CO2.

On some days, wind generated as much as 234% of demand.

Wend magazine continues to bring together intriguing stories about human powered adventures from around the world. In the current issue, they inform us that in 2010 officials in Isfahan,

Why would an engineer at Apple quit his job to design a product to help gardeners propagate plants?

Popup clothing store fits right in to a neighborhood in transition.

Stanley Jevons was right; develop a more efficient technology and people will figure out ways to use it that in the end, consume more energy

It's all about healthy hedonism, where sustainability meets socialbility.

The English town of Frome has seen a significant drop in emergency hospital admissions since it began connecting ill residents with volunteers and support groups.

Bangkok-based artist Nino Sarabutra investigates what really makes people happy, and how much money is needed to live a good life.

The Royal College of Art graduate students show their (environmental) stuff at the year-end show.

Last Saturday's Marathon Oil refinery explosion and fire was yet another dangerous, polluting event in a string of environmental injustices to plague the residents of the 48217 zip code in Detroit

It's time to end this destructive practice, and Appalachian residents descended upon Washington, D.C., this week to demand action.

Environmental initiatives are integral to addressing the "tale of two cities" that Mayor de Blasio campaigned on.

Chemical companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and the industrial waste industry are exempt from a law requiring companies handling hazardous waste to protect public health and the environment - and vulnerable communities are at risk.

For the first time ever, insects took the place of cheese at an upscale gastronomical event.

When the evening is carefully planned, the morning goes smoothly.

They are always fun to look at but do they make sense?

The state of Maharashtra, home to Mumbai, collected nearly $6,000 in fines this past Sunday from businesses that haven't gotten rid of banned plastics yet.

I move around a lot - between being home, at school, and now living abroad, I've lived in seven different apartments or rooms in the last five years. And I don't see myself settling down any time soon. That's why I'm

Also spotted at the recent edition of the Feria Puro Diseno, Buenos Aires biggest design show, this simple yet interesting wooden home accessory goes in line with some of our favorite concepts: multi-purpose objects and small

Using mushrooms to challenge our unhealthy obsession with "body preservation," artist Jae Rhim Lee fabricates a suit that will remediate environmental toxins from dead bodies.

With a few tips from Grandma thrown in.

We love little boxes!

There is a shipping container building revolution coming, but it won't look like a bunch of silly boxes.

The point of having a booth at Greenbuild is to attract attention, and like with everything else, design matters. I immediately fell in love with the Kohler booth; In some ways it is so 2005 green, with its recycled materials

A decade ago, the Taliban's destruction of two 1,500-year-old Buddha statues in the Bamiyan Valley drew worldwide attention to Afghanistan's rich archaeological

Nature's acoustic environments are wild, haunting and beautiful. As this online educational project shows, these wild soundscapes are in danger of disappearing too.

Experts have predicted a "high risk" of rupture on this aging oil pipeline that has recently been approved to bring Alberta tar sands crude to Eastern Canada.

Starting next week, shoppers at Metro stores in Quebec can go zero waste more easily than ever.

Images courtesy of Quiet Hero. Quiet Hero, a San Diego based clothing company sprang onto the scene in 2007 and has not stopped running. Their tshirts are quickly gaining interest in boutiques across the US. With themes like "Art you can ride a tiger

As an alternative to expensive antibiotics, people have taken to taking amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin, penicillin and other drugs meant for fish. Here’s why it’s a bad idea.

Self-driving cars will likely be big autonomous mobile home theaters.

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

This article from The Guardian explores the tin mines of Bangka and the death tolls that come with them.

The rare earth metals mining industry is one rife with issues. But is there a way to green up the business?

Bitcoin mining uses so much power that it may well turn into an environmental disaster.

Plus, NTSB Investigators said a "culture of deviance" delayed Enbridge's response once the 2010 was first detected.

After reviewing the major religions of the world's stances on the environment, it seems pretty clear to me that there are more commonalities than differences. In the realm of metaphysics there are genuine and significant

It's a moveable feast of cheaper, cooler, greener electricity for building blockchains.

Could it be that more efficient lighting means less coal being dug to power it?

Microsoft decided that a good way to advertise its cloud-based Office 365 software would be to actually put a T-Mobile wifi router with 15 days of free wifi inside a magazine advert.

The machines are popping up at grocery stores in Norway.