The Eagle Creek Fire, which consumed nearly 50,000 acres, was started when the teen threw fireworks into the forested canyon.

Handmade is becoming big business -- reeeally big. Etsy -- the online marketplace for handmade items -- announced earlier this week that it has raised $20 million in venture capital financing and has now tripled its valuation at $300 million (not

Finally, green shoe design is reaching mainstream levels.

Not only will this save home owners money, but it will also allow utilities to manage demand during peak times.

Usually, air-dropping over 20 tons of poison from an helicopter on a fragile island ecosystem would be a very bad thing...

Steven M. Johnson really should have had an agent.

It is better than a fixed standing desk? They make a good case for it.

After 52,696 steps, a review of a LifeSpan treadmill desk.

As their nation's sole law enforcement agency, the Philippines National Police carry a heavy burden when it comes to keeping the country safe -- but arresting one of the biggest threats they face will take shovels, not clubs or handcuffs.

Remember the story of Ohio's Bay Shore coal-fired power plant, the one that (perfectly legally) kills at least 46 million fish a year? Well that's still happening, but not without some legal challenges. A coalition of

Who needs trees when you can have beer in corner stores?

Born out of first-hand research in a Lima slum, this time and water-saving device is targeted at families that live without electricity or running water.

Income for farmers, or fracked natural gas—will communities be allowed to decide?

I get the design part, but is it really sustainable?

The charity loses millions in rogue currency swap, just like the big boys.

Uttar Pradesh is going to be looking a lot greener after a marathon 24-hour tree-planting frenzy.

Another massive recall raises questions about food safety standards -- and how animals are raised.

Research reveals that rivers deliver up to 4 million metric tons of plastic debris to the sea every year, with up to 95% coming from just 10 of them.

They are going to be autonomous taxis. Is this a good idea?

This will mark a significant scaling of electrified transportation—including trucks and buses too.

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

And really, how self driving cars are an attack on freedom.

In a word, no. Ford can sell this fiction, but it is all about friction.

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

The company had been promising "near profitable" results. It turns out they were lowballing.

A few short weeks ago it came out the China had plans in the works to place 20 hydroelectric dams on the upper

The competition is looking for new ideas for capturing the emissions from fossil fuels and turning them into something useful instead of harmful.

Satisfying the world’s unmet need for contraception would dramatically reduce population growth, easing pressure on natural resources.

Humans have never lived with the high CO2 atmospheric conditions of the last 60 years, according to a new study.

The 9-mile long archipelago has more Adélie penguins than the entire rest of the Antarctic peninsula combined.

Paper Age reports that "total printing-writing paper shipments decreased 6.4% in August compared to August 2010." Burrowing in, Fortress Specialty Cellulose echos the

These 'living fossils' have survived mass extinctions over the course of their eons of existence, but it just might be two youngsters that save them from the human threats they face today.

This compact all-in-one cooking kit is looking to overhaul the traditional kitchen for today's hectic schedules and non-traditional living situations.

Here is another reason to hate the Hudson Yards in New York City.

As the CEO of sustainable consulting firm Blu Skye Sustainability Consultants, Tom Miller oversees teams and strategies that are changing the way the world makes things--from the design stage and production

Economists with the IMF crunched the numbers to quantify the economic value of a whale's life; what they found is astonishing.

Young people's interest in 'healthy, clean living' has them cooking, crafting, and counting their pennies in ways that baffle their Boomer parents.

The largest wildlife refuge in the United States needs protection from oil & gas development.

Contrary to popular opinion, young people aren't practicing what they preach.

Lake Michigan alone receives the equivalent of 100 Olympic-sized pools full of plastic bottles each year.

They have toilets but they just dump the sewage out the back. This is nuts.

A condo in Manhattan and a mixed use 12 story building in Portland get a boost.

Evidently natural gas has a clean image that is being threatened by reality.

To do their part toward tackling the climate crisis, the Emerald Isle is undertaking a massive reforestation project.

The good people of Denmark phoned in enough kroner to plant nearly a million trees.

Computers and technology let designers do things that were unimaginable just a decade ago.

This might be one of the smartest ways to use a smart thermostat.

Octogenarian couple united by a love of entomology

In cars, houses, furniture and electronics, The trend was toward increasing repairability and simplifying recycling. Apple goes its own way.

The machine with a mission exceeds everyone's wildest dreams