Scientists say this is the only way to feed 10 billion people without causing catastrophic damage to the planet.

It's a number that's been thrown around a lot recently. There's a danger it will be misunderstood.

Carbon sequestration, the technology taking carbon dioxide out of fossil fuel emissions, just got a boost

You can't help but notice the street kids in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Some of them, darting through the heavy traffic of tuk-tuks and motos on their hunt for crisp dollar bills, are so young they have yet to learn to talk. Other than scooping them off

We love products that support or revive traditional crafts. Check out, for ex ample, the work of Kallari, fair trade suppliers of traditional Amazonian baskets, which we reported on here. Now we've come across another cool basket supplier, this time

Just a quick one on ethanol and Southeast Asia: Chinaview.cn is reporting that Cambodia has opened the nation’s first ethanol production facility. Using cassava as a feedstock, at least initially all of the

Because a fringe candidate is a climate denier, it's now a political issue.

Despite the fact that Venice, CA seems to be the epicenter of SoCal's green lifestyle movement, the 24th annual Abbott Kinney Festival that took over the city's main drag on Sunday, September 28th was far from eco-friendly. After claiming last year

CFL bulbs, or compact fluorescent light bulbs: energy savings Commonly referred to as CFLs, compact fluorescent lamps or compact fluorescent light bulbs, the energy-saving bulbs have escaped the stereotype of buzzing, flickery, washed-out lights to

Taking a step back from the emotional response of the recent environmental devastation, let's take a look at offshore drilling more broadly: How much oil do we currently produce from offshore drilling, and how much might we potentially recover?

On a more positive note, the report also notes that population growth with stabilize sooner than expected, at about 8 billion people by 2042.

Home owners are going solar, without having to put anything on their roof.

There is too much oil in the ground there just to leave it, so what about the carbon dioxide and the natural gas consumption. We will just throw some high tech at it; problem solved.

At the time of its construction the Union Tank Car Dome was the biggest clear span structure in the world. It was demolished in 2008 (see Another

The tiny house movement goes to the dogs with this $30,000 dream house.

Dogs have been trained to sniff out a devastating avocado tree disease before it becomes fatal – and they are really, really good at it.

A satellite that ran out of fuel two years ago is now giving scientists a huge wealth of data.

Providing clean water in areas with minimal local resources may be as simple as implementing this ingenious DIY water treatment system.

This little solar powered device can take the guesswork out of SODIS water treatment, showing when the resulting water is safe to drink.

You may think you're ingesting a safe, clean product, but you're really putting synthetic microfibers into your body.

A microbiologist and an Anglo Saxon scholar decided to test a recipe from an Old English medical compendium called Bald's Leechbook, what they found surprised everyone.

The director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre says it's a huge problem that meat is so "culturally embedded in Western societies."

The Obama administration loves its czars almost as much as the media loves using the title. So here goes: The U.S. Asian Carp Czar, also known as John Goss, says he has a multi-pronged strategy to help keep Asian carp from

This $2 million project, funded mostly with private money, is billed as the most comprehensive look at the Chicago waterway system since the reversal of the Chicago River more than 100 years ago. This

As environmental awareness spreads, shoppers are making different choices.

In a new video, Greta Thunberg and George Monbiot explain that we must use nature to fix our broken climate.

Scientists will be able to easier monitor the population of penguins, thanks to a high-tech solar-powered remote camera setup.

The 10,000 year-old ice shelf is half the size of Rhode Island; its collapse will add greatly to global sea level rise.

Turn your bathroom into a spa with an exfoliating DIY body scrub. Here are 8 homemade scrubs made with ingredients already in your kitchen.

This is the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" defense.

It solves the young activist's dilemma of wanting to attend two U.N. climate change summits without relying on fossil fuels.

Perhaps yes, if our food system stays the way it is, but maybe that's what we should be challenging.

The company is ramping up pressure on suppliers to design less wasteful packaging.

Starting in 2020, the company will redesign packaging to be more environmentally-friendly.

It's time we stopped greenwashing plastic alternatives and realized they do more harm than good.

A ban will take place in the new year, followed by crackdowns on straws and grocery bags.

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.

It's a mix of good design, a tough standard and sophisticated engineering.

Don't let a passing crisis, serious though it is, distract you from the real fight.

With fewer than 30 vaquitas left in the wild, the 'panda of the sea' is the most endangered marine mammal in the world. Now a crazy plan might just save them.

The 'puffin patrol' is saving baby puffins by the handful.

Instead of using a conventional polyurethane core, this sustainable surfboard starts with an algae-based foam blank.

There was a time when local currencies were usable only at food co-ops and yoga studios. When a city mayor elects to take his entire salary in local notes, you know things are changing.

I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for those little hotel soaps and shampoos and lotions. I rarely go home from a hotel stay without a handful of them stuffed in my bag. But they are

Here is an interesting juxtaposition of stories; Kaid Benfield at NRDC Switchboard picks up on a study about how dangerous it is to be a pedestrian in America. He quotes Transportation for America: In the last decade, from 2000 through 2009, more than

Under pressure from parents and breast cancer groups, Campbell's Soup says it has transition plan away from BPA in motion

The Substitution Support Portal SUBSPORT launched this week, intending to give business improved tools for substituting hazardous chemicals with safer substitutes.

Cartoonist Joe Mohr shows how the chemical might have affected the cartoon hero

Researchers have found that lignin, a compound found in wood, could replace BPA in plastics.

Scientists have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA over the past 20 years have the same damaging effects.