The breakthrough also scored 18-year-old Hayley Todesco a Google Science Fair Award.

Big risks evidently still promise big rewards.

New Hampshire USA's first green co-housing community, Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm, features renewable energy ready and energy efficiently designed residences. The 29 total units include 7 single-family homes, 7 duplex units, and 2 quad units on a

Senator Barack Obama proposed on Monday a plan to decrease the United States' dependence on foreign oil―while fighting climate change―by creating an auction system that will require power companies and other polluting industries to pay for their

DeSmogBlog has conferred a controversial award on US Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama: It's called the "2007 SmogMaker Award for blowing smoke on global warming." Joe Romm's reaction in Climate Progress is here: "DeSmogBlog owes Obama

A village that was threatened by the expansion of Heathrow Airport in London became home to a squatted community garden. Here's how it happened.

This rapper nails it, imho.

We are often called wet blanket party poopers when it comes to holiday traditions, but maybe we are right.

It takes a lot of metal to make this stuff.

When printed in a precise pattern onto carbon nanotubes on paper, these photosynthetic bacteria can produce electricity from sunlight, which could power biodegradable environmental and medical sensors.

And now, in the 'Give me a break' category, the folks behind this garbage can scanner assume you can't make a grocery list on your own.

Hong Kong has been trying for a long time, through various 'clean air' measures, to deal with smog that is estimated to cause 3,000 premature deaths every single year.

One design attempts to deal with the problem of plastic bottle caps -- which often get discarded rather than recycled.

Built with the help of a village's last remaining bamboo weaver, this computer-designed pavilion was built by hand using local materials.

An under-utilized element becomes a bench, a place to eat, nap and store things in this redesigned scheme.

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

Lonesome George is quite a character. He's a Pinta Island tortoise, and, as Brian noted when he visited a few years ago, he's the last of this breed. Yep, that means when he's gone, that's it -- his species will

If Lonesome George suffers from performance anxiety, it's hard to blame him. At the ripe old age of nearly 100, the last-of-his-kind Galapagos tortoise has been charged with preserving his species' genetic

This discovery could change how we think our planet works

We've reported before on Andy Revkin's assertion that "climate change is not the story of our time," as well as his sometimes provocative thoughts on geoengineering and other subjects (Rush Limbaugh once suggested the journalist kill himself to save the

And whatever you do, don't read the comments.

Looking like a "great ship," this solar-powered music venue is a new gateway into the city.

This small space spread over two levels in Paris gets a minimalist and functional makeover.

Contrary to what many people believe, they're not going to charity – just straight to landfill.

Urban dwellers can get a taste of camping out in nature with this temporary island cabin just outside of Helsinki.

And what's worse, going to the gym won't compensate for it.

A six-year dispute over mislabeled shipping containers has been settled, but the world can learn an important lesson from this.

A 18-foot-wide helix turbine specially designed for urban spaces has been installed on the roof of Progressive Field, ready to begin churning out energy on opening day.

The wood and plastics industry prefers Green Globes and is designing laws around it. Paging Jerry Yudelson.

One was recently installed at an Ohio university. Is this the message one wants to give to students there?

We have gone beyond gentrification and are now talking about Pikketyfication, aristocratization and plutocratification.

There are all kinds of distracted and compromised people in our roads. Some of them cannot help it. So why are phones a problem?

This is shipping container architecture that makes sense.

An electrifying story from Germany, where they are wiring the autobahn.

Populist leaders are more interested in cutting the price of gas than they are in stopping climate change.

No green energy issue is too small for the rampaging Premier.

Outfitted with GoPros and solar-powered GPS trackers, the crew of carrion-loving vigilantes is sniffing out illegal dumps in Lima.

Peruvian environmental authorities make a big statement with tiny turtles.

It harms retailers, drives overconsumption, and contributes to traffic jams and pollution. What's the point?

New study says there's no safe level of exposure to organophosphates, a main ingredient in pesticides.

For example, 72 pesticides approved for use in the United States are banned or in the process of being phased out in the EU.

From ribs and onions to chips and corn, these barbecue-friendly foods can be unfriendly to dogs and cats.

Perhaps lofts are not the best solution for tiny homes and apartments.

A health insurer practices what it preaches.

Because if you make it beautiful and open, people will use it.

Our blue-green Earth might have actually been a different color, thanks to this molecule.

Hubble's image of Messier 3 reveals what astronomers say is one of the prettiest "globular clusters" in the universe.

It's part of a much bigger energy transition, and sounds a lot like wishful thinking.

This time it is for open offices, when you need a bit of peace and quiet.

This portable pavilion has a clever lightweight structure where the bookshelves hold up the roof.