Rev. Richard Cizik and the nonprofit New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good have released a video message to President Obama calling on him to do more to protect public lands from destruction by private industry.

Fifth Third Bank shows us just how easy it is becoming for corporations to source all of their electricity from renewables.

The electricity grid can handle a ban, ten years earlier than law makers are aiming for.

In a compromise with environmentalists, the energy giant is committing some significant resources to clean tech.

SMUD demonstrate that all-electric living is actually cheaper than gas.

It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew?

The smartphone market isn't slowing down any time soon, but many people are returning to simpler, older phone models for a host of reasons.

The best way to extract all of those valuable metals in old electronics may be to grow some fungus.

The machines are popping up at grocery stores in Norway.

Using the bones of old-world infrastructure to build new-world infrastructure.

The ring of giant Project Loon balloons will bring data service to people living below.

The prime minister also mentioned holding companies responsible for the packaging waste they create.

Unfortunately, people like the slogans a bit too much.

With disinfecting and sanitizing on everyone's mind, good old-fashioned bar soap has never been more necessary. It's still possible to go plastic-free, too. These are the best bar soaps for every body part.

This Montreal collective is creating an online, crowd-sourced map that will document the city's wild spaces.

This architecture and engineering design used to be all the rage. What happened?

Wood smoke is a huge source of particulate pollution and really shouldn't be in residential neighbourhoods. But the flavour...

Big Auto is increasingly coming up against Big Tech.

Following anti-Monsanto activism in other countries, Poland has announced plans to completely ban the growth of Monsanto’s genetically modified strain MON810.

When reviewing the safety of glyphosate, the Environmental Protection Agency considered just five independent studies, and 27 industry-funded studies.

Attend your own green film fest at home with filmmakers' live Q&A

By controlling portion size and refusing to overeat, particularly in restaurants, we can reduce food waste and remind ourselves of the true value of food.

Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives with skepticism because the

LEDs were already cheap when you take into account how much money they save you on your electricity bill, but now this is just a no-brainer.

We have to slow down and smell the coffee, and it might actually be fun.

Image via: LA Citystreets Clark U, Rice University, U Minnesota are all launching bike-sharing programs, along with the City of Minneapolis. Towson University has launched several green transportation programs - sadly no bike sharing, yet. Many of the

Baltimore residents, get ready to get in on the smart grid party. Baltimore Gas & Electric has just announced that it has filed paper with the Maryland Public Service

Wikipedia carries a definition of Arabbers which includes this:An arabber (or a-rab) is a

By now you've probably heard that adopting a vegetarian diet, or at least cutting way down on you meat consumption, is a great way to reduce your ecological footprint and get some great health benefits at the same time. Now

For most people, living along southern Chesapeake Bay with a scenic view over the waterfront might sound idyllic, but for nearly 100 residents who do, it's turned into a nightmare. Slowly, the

Back in 2009, the EPA was sued for "abdicating leadership" on protecting Chesapeake Bay. Part of clean water advocates' anger was directed at a lack of geographical targeting for agricultural conservation funding. But

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

Researchers found that a 10 percent increase in trees roughly matched a 12 percent decrease in crime in Baltimore.

These lovingly photographed, colourful rowhouses are what's left after all the neigbouring ones have been demolished.

Thanks to an exception for "electric or non-fossil-fuel-burning vehicles". Maybe all other states could do that so that other EV makers don't have to face what Tesla is facing?

Green roofs are wonderful things and lovely to look at, but there are other factors in play here.

It may be the most expensive and useless green roof ever built

Located in Rotterdam, this Concept House features a huge rooftop garden, and uses natural heating and cooling techniques to keep maintenance costs down.

This reconstruction scheme in China encourages resilience and self-sufficiency.

This modern, Scandinavian take on the hostel includes private rooms and a jacuzzi in the old vault.

This delightful apartment renovation in Spain hides a huge bathtub and other mysteries.

Yes, slavery is still legal.

New wind and solar will be cheaper than 96% of all existing coal by 2030.

Pioneers are already making inroads into the market. But once economies of scale kick in...

We used to say this stuff should be banned because it was always installed badly. Has anything changed?

The big question is how well will it be enforced and what alternatives are currently readily available.

How one crowdfunded organization is using earth building techniques to build impressive and durable structures for Haiti.

In a belated attempt to (finally) stem the growing tide of aggressive overfishing, the U.S. is calling on the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to enact a 3-5 year ban on bluefin tuna

There are so many missing teeth, so many vacant lots in so much of rust belt North America. We showed how Superkül took back a sketchy main street store in Toronto for their live/work space; Now Azure Magazine shows us how

PNC Financial Services Group, based in Pittsburgh PA, has built a plant-covered exterior wall, "to make its headquarters building more energy-efficient." Looking like one of those huge billboards seen along an