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

Artist/inventor Michael Jantzen's new concept for a Solar Winds Desert Power Plant envisions a large public gathering place, inspired by the shape of a flowering plant, to be located in a public park in a hot, dry climate.

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

Designed to capture and maximize the flows of sunlight, water and air, this prefabricated home feels modern, light and spacious.

It could of been a great prototype for affordable efficient housing across Britain.

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

Thinking about making a move into a home, but really, really want a green space? We stumbled across the perfect (little) eco-home.

It's that seventies show all over again as a Trudeau gets blamed but it's not his fault; it's simple economics.

New technology might actually pull hydrogen out of the Alberta tar sands and leave the carbon behind.

Power the World has already brought solar lights to Haiti, now it's working to bring solar powered healthcare kits to Uganda + get a million signatures so that policymakers know we care about ending energy poverty.

Access to reliably electricity is what defines civilization in the 21st century, but in many parts of the world, and for a shockingly large number of people, even basic access to electricity is rare, unstable, or nonexistent. This has to change.

It is time we stopped cooking and heating with methane, a climate problem from source to stovetop.

If a hurricane is headed your way, you surely have a lot on your mind. Knowing the energy infrastructure risks in your area may be one more thing to throw in there.

The online-only financial institution will provide low cost loans for solar, electric cars and even electric-assist bicycles.

Flow Loop introduces a new closed loop shower that will bring back one of life’s little pleasures: a long hot wet shower.

Another good reason to pile density onto subway lines: Almost free heat and cooling.

Another reason to electrify everything.

There is a real footprint to all those baby pictures and Netflix binges.

Some might say it's slovenly. I call it cutting down my carbon footprint.

An ambitious scheme to build a number of solar power stations along the Mediterranean shores of the Middle East and northern Africa could generate enough electricity to supply one sixth of the European Union's needs. The generators, individually fitted

Dean Kamen is the kind of inventor we don't imagine exists anymore—a fervent polymath like Thomas Edison. Best known as the creator of the Segway, Kamen is also responsible for major breakthroughs in clean energy, water purification, prosthetics,

With his planes, helicopters, and other fuel-hungry pets, Dean Kamen admits that he takes a lot out of the world. This just means that, in keeping with his immigrant grandfather's advice, he has to put more back in. In the second part of our

This novel wave energy technology can deliver large volumes of high pressure water ashore for desalination or power production (or both).

The iPod of thermostats gets updated with new energy saving features and increased functionality in its mobile apps.

What if the Google Street View car took thermal energy scans of all the country's buildings and then built a database of building energy efficiency information? That's the concept behind startup company Essess's approach to home energy audits.

The smart thermostat is now compatible with most home heating and cooling systems in the U.S. and Canada.

The thermostat add-on lets consumers set a limit to what they want to spend on cooling and heating and then it controls the temperature to keep energy use in check.

It may sound like an oxymoron, bringing sustainable practices to mining operations, but unless we all stop consuming resources immediately, mining is also not going anywhere. So this is good news: since 2007, Alcoa's Jamalco

How about using the light from already existing street lamps to spark off the festive season? Here are some off-the-grid parasite lamps so to speak, that look good by day!

Recycling aluminum uses about 95% less energy than making new one from bauxite ore, which compares very favorably with other types of recycling.

Made in Australia out of a solar-powered workshop, this gorgeous little home incorporates a great layout and clever features.

But Amazon has some work to do.

Storing solar energy for when the sun doesn't shine or wind power for a calm day costs too much. But that could all be changing.

A new system for turning astronaut urine into drinking water also makes good use of the waste urea as fuel.

Paying homage to Denmark's historical relationship with wind, these public art sculptures would generate music and power from wind.

The only people who benefit from the hydrogen economy are the oil and petrochemical companies that make the stuff.

The technology could help keep buildings cooler in the warmer months.

Thyssenkrupp's TWIN elevators have a very unique feature that could save buildings energy and space.

It's not every day the more industrial inner workings of a school district are featured on the front page of TreeHugger, but if you’re looking for a school that’s on the cutting edge of energy conservation and making smart use of taxpayer dollars look

So you think you're doing everything you can to improve your home's energy efficiency. And if you haven't done everything you can do personally, both TreeHugger and Planet Green have plenty of tips on how you can get up to

A quick one to keep an eye on and get your best booing voice reader for: New York Times is highlighting a bill passing through Connecticut's legislature that would slash in half the state's current renewable energy goal of

One to keep in you pocket whenever you're faced with someone trying to tell you than putting a price on carbon and promoting energy efficiency will hurt more than they help: Huffington Post reports on the benefits of the Regional Greenhouse Gas

Take a thermographic tour of my house to see why.

The Nautilus shell-shaped turbines could fit on rooftops of houses or buildings in urban environments.

The turbines leave no room for the eye-sore excuse.

All those cat pictures and viral videos won't harm the Earth.

At 100 meters in diameter, wind turbines really are getting monstrously large. So what do they look like close up?

No turbine blades in sight.

The world's most powerful wind turbine to date backs up its massive size with serious power output.

College students make waves for clean energy at IU, UK basketball games.