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65 reef balls deployed to honor 65 sunken US subs

This undersea memorial will honor all the US subs and their crews lost since 1900, while creating new habitat for marine life.




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Oil pipeline regulation is broken, admits US top oil pipeline regulator

In a shocking exclusive report, Marcus Stern and Sebastian Jones at InsideClimate News write that the top official of the agency that regulates oil and gas pipelines recently admitted that he's essentially powerless as a regulator.




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Community Supported Chicken Keeping for Backyard Coops (Video)

I may have once mused on the environmental impact of my backyard chickens, but I have no doubt that, overall, keeping them has been both a wonderful experience and a significant contribution to improving our family's




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Should The Galapagos Be Taken Off The Endangered Sites List?

Yesterday Brian wrote Galapagos Islands Moved Off Endangered Sites List, concluding:




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UK Company Pulls Out of Controversial Kenya Biofuel Project

Conservationists are celebrating a British firm's recent pullout from a biofuel project in Kenya that they say would have destroyed the Tana River Delta, a wetland ecosystem crucial for regional wildlife.




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An International Music Festival in a Kenyan Slum Seeks to Protect Indigenous Tribes

An international music festival in the slums of Nairobi is unusual enough. But one that plans to stop a dam and save an indigenous way of life? Let's party.




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Kenya's Plastiki? Boat Made From Plastic Bottles & Old Flip Flops

It's not an 8,000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, but it's still pretty cool.




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Massive Forest Fire Continues to Burn the Slopes of Mountain Kenya

Now in its sixth day, the forest fire threatens critical habitats and precious water sources.




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Turkana Woman Fights Ethiopia, Kenya Dam Project in the Already Arid, Conflict-Prone Region

"The Ministry of Energy has insisted that they need this energy. What we are questioning is—how was the agreement reached, what is the cost of purchasing this power?"




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Pay as you go solar power systems provide clean, affordable lighting in Kenya

The estimated 80% of Kenyans that are not on a grid rely solely on kerosene to light their homes. But a pay-as-you-go home solar system promises to deliver clean, affordable lighting to rural areas.




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Kenya significantly increases fines and jail time for poachers

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




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How elephant poaching helped fund Kenya terrorist attack

Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda-backed Somali terror group responsible for Saturday's attack in a Nairobi mall, receives significant funding from the illegal poaching. This is why the US sees wildlife trafficking as a national security issue.




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Kenya to get 50% of electricity from solar by 2016

There's been much talk of Africa "leapfrogging" the paradigm of fossil fuel dependence. Kenya's latest announcement on solar power provides a vision of what that might look like.




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In Kenya, dried poop briquettes are serving as a clean cooking fuel

This waste-to-resource project not only produces a less smoky and long-burning fire, but could also help improve health and sanitation outcomes.




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Elusive snowy white giraffes filmed in Kenya

As if giraffes weren't exotic enough, this very rare mother and baby seem outright otherworldly in their absence of color and pattern.




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Kenya adjusts to life without plastic bags

No more plastic bags means a return to old-fashioned ways of packaging and carrying goods -- not necessarily a bad thing!




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'Headless chicken monster' filmed for the first time near Antarctica

Scientists hope the technology that filmed it can make fishing more sustainable.




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Flat pack urban chicken coop lets you raise chickens on your balcony

This flat pack, do-it-yourself version of a chicken has a lot of features, but can it help raise happy chickens on a city balcony?




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Horrific abuse of chickens revealed at Eggland's Best farm

The company should really be called 'Eggland's Worst,' based on how these poor animals are treated.




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Perdue says it's concerned about chickens' desires

The chicken-producing giant is desperate to rebrand itself as an ethical, transparent poultry producer.




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Kentucky nuns fight fracking

After successfully preventing the Bluegrass pipeline from running through their Convent's property, these nuns are speaking out against fracked gas.




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Surfboard Swap Next Weekend in San Diego

Now that the summer surfing season has come to a close, (is there ever really an end to surfing season?), it's time to give your board a little TLC, upgrade any thrashed gear and prepare for the big waves of the




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Wired Interviews Paul Hawken

Wired News chats with environmental economist Paul Hawken about his latest book, how PBS is turning another into a 17-part TV series, and how he is organizing the environmental movement through a collection of wikis. We've excerpted some choice




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Chickens may help solve the mysteries of the human eye

A new study on chicken embryos may help researchers understand how humans developed their sensitive daylight vision.




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RentTheChicken.com lets you practice raising backyard chickens

Well, this is pretty clever. If you're enticed by the idea of having fresh eggs straight from the backyard, but are not sure if you're ready to commit, RentTheChicken.com lets you rent some chickens!




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TreeHugger Radio #202: The Warmest Winter Ever, Arsenic in Your Chicken, Dying Dolphins, and Vermont Versus Monsanto

Jacob and Brian look at chicken pre-marinated with Prozak, the blackest solar cell ever, and Poland and Vermont's fight against Monsanto.




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Study describes chicken nuggets as edible "super glue"

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




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Food and building materials merge with Perdue's wood composite chicken nuggets

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




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Broken things are everywhere, and this man finds them

Artist Roland Roos finds broken things and fixes them—whether you've asked him to or not.




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3 easy DIY repairs for broken zippers

Save your clothes with these easy fixes for common zipper problems.




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Maryland Politicians Chicken Out on Arsenic Ban

Maryland's ban on arsenic in chicken feed would have been groundbreaking, but the bill has been gutted by lobbyists.




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The Kendeda Building is "the greenest in the Southeast"

Leed is for wimps; the Living Building Challenge really pushes the building envelope.




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Vast water reserve discovered in drought-stricken Kenya

The newfound aquifer contains enough water to quench Kenya for decades to come.




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Antarctica has never been this hot: The record was broken twice last week

Another signs that the poles are warming fast.




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Recycling is broken: California's rePlanet shuts all its recycling centers

We have long called for deposits on everything. California shows that even that is not enough.




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TreeHugger Staff Meets in Atlanta, Gets Overtaken by Beards (Pics)

This week, the full-time TreeHugger crew met up in Atlanta to pow-wow over the blog we all know and love. We are serious subscribers to the working-from-home-is-green ethic, but about every 18 months or so, we get together to




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The Fjällräven Kanken Rucksack, a Swedish Eco-Design Classic

Last month, my partner gave me a Fjällräven Kanken rucksack for my 30th birthday, and I have to tell you about it, as this is a classic amongst the eco-designs nowadays. I first spotted these slightly odd-looking bags in London many years ago, and




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U.S. is trying to boost British appetite for chlorinated chicken

The problem is, it's not just about the presence of chlorine, but rather why the chlorine is needed in the first place.




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Author Kennedy Warne Discusses the True Cost of Seafood (Video)

This month, BookHugger presents Let Them Eat Shrimp by Kennedy Warne. Readers can order a discounted copy.Watch live streaming video from treehuggerlive at livestream.com Vital Mangroves On The Edge Of




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Are chickens the new popular pet?

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




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Isabella Rossellini has written a book about her chickens

Watching a flock of 40 heritage birds grow proved to be an unexpected pleasure.




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Why I no longer have backyard chickens

It seemed like a good idea at the time...




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Slow Cook Your Way Out Of A Drought-Stricken Electricity Bill

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is proposing a rate increase due to extreme drought having reduced their ability to ramp up hydroelectric generators in time for customers to turn on the bright kitchen lights and cook dinner - after 4:00PM. Only 6




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Broken iPhones recycled for stylish home decor

There is a new use for your smashed iPhone: a clock.




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Has Skender cracked the code of modular housing?

An experienced Chicago builder is making a big investment in it.




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Kenyan Teen's Invention Saves Lions, Helps Farmers

A 13-year-old inventor in Kenya has come up with a low-cost, eco-friendly way to protect his family's livestock that could also serve as a solution to a serious problem in his country -- managing human-wildlife conflict.




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Full Planet, Empty Plates: Chapter 5. Eroding Soils Darkening Our Future

Sometime within the last century, soil erosion began to exceed new soil formation. Now, nearly a third of the world’s cropland is losing topsoil faster than new soil is forming, reducing the land’s inherent fertility.




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Sustainable cattle in Kenya pay off

Livestock to Markets seeks to provide a sustainable solution to overgrazing in the Northern Rangelands of Kenya, creating local community capacity for rangelands conservation..




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Look for the northern lights in the US this weekend

Much of the upper US could be treated to some celestial theatrics.




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People eat so much chicken that it's changing the geological record

Until now, no species has had such a profound effect on shaping the Earth's biosphere as the humble broiler chicken.