Scientists exploring the possibility of a moon having a moon of its own have suggested that the wee orbs be called moonmoons.

For billions of years, a tiny moon has been slyly orbiting the ice giant – now the little lovely has a poetic name, as well as a surprisingly violent backstory.

To cap off a week of black hole fever, the cosmic object has now been named by a language professor in Hawaii.

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

Scientists think there is a hidden, protected ocean inside of Pluto – and the implications are wild.

The so-called 'transient lunar phenomena' has been stumping scientists for years – but an explanation may be in the works.

Morocco is making good on it's stated goals of increasing renewable energy development, leading towards 40% of electricity from renewables over the next decade.

The latest figures from the EIA show renewable energy sources overtaking nuclear power in the US, through the first nine months of 2011.

The project will take advantage of the sun, mountains and sea.

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

Innovative model brings fresh produce and jobs to areas and people in Chicago that need it most

Just keeping your phone in your car's console during a drive could charge the battery with this novel tiny generator.

Walking and other gentle movements could power the next generation of devices.

The city council has begun installing solar-powered lights around the streets of downtown Nairobi.

A public memorial ceremony will be held in NYC for Wangari Maathai on November 14.

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

This photograph was taken at Nairobi National Park, which is located just four miles south of the city’s urban center.

On Monday, a molasses pipeline (yes, that's a thing!) leaked 1,400 tons -- 233,000 gallons -- of molasses into Hawaii's Honolulu Harbor and it has turned into a killer mess with no quick solution.

Last week, 233,000 gallons of molasses spilled into Hawaii's Honolulu Harbor killing thousands of fish, eels, crabs and other aquatic life. And the damage continues to worsen.

There’s some good news about the endangered Hawaiian monk seal.

Decommissioned buses are getting a second useful life as mobile shelters for Honolulu's homeless.

This short film, while focused on the island of Kauai, highlights the challenges and crises we will all have to face on our island planet.

This is candy in its purest form -- certified organic ingredients, zero artificial colors and flavors, no preservatives or GMOs.

Simple, no frills cabin living at its best, right by the ocean.

Masao Yoshida, one of the Fukushima 50 who stayed behind at the earthquake and tsunami-struck power plant after the other employees evacuated, has just died from esophageal cancer.

The technology turns the problem of nuclear waste into a source of safe nuclear energy.

There is so much in their new strategy that I can't get it all in the title.

Researchers found that listening to the song was as good as midazolam in relieving anxiety before regional anaesthesia.

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Why are our cities being designed around the needs of the trucks instead of vice versa?

And dancing robots!

And a self-driving chair, a computer in your phone and learning to listen.

Over the course of three months, previously clean mussels picked up a slew of contaminants from the waters of Puget Sound.

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

It takes the controversial stance that more fish doesn't necessarily mean better fish.

If it weren't for an added colorant, it would be grey or white like most of the other fish on display at the store.

George Monbiot, who is touring his new book Heat, spoke in Vancouver last week. It was riveting, inspirational, and depressing all at once. Ecoshock, an environmental internet radio station, will be posting a recording of Monbiot's speech. Ecoshock is

The Guardian columnist and environmental thinker George Monbiot usually manages to provoke a strong debate in our comments sections. Some time ago, our post on his new book Heat raised a fierce exchange of views about the impacts of flying, meanwhile his

The 2007 Be The Change Conference is fast approaching and has an amazing line up of speakers to inspire you with the theme "The Sky's the Limit". For the fourth year in a row the BTC conference brings together world leaders in sustainability and social

George Monbiot, everyone's favourite controversial climate commentator, launched the Be The Change conference with a bang here in London yesterday. He leaped off the starting blocks with the statement that not only is it imperative that we reduce Co2

A lot of people have called George Monbiot a lot worse, but he calls himself a fructivist, which is not defined in any online dictionaries, but appears to derive from the latin fructificare or fructus, meaning fruit. He calls himself obsessed with

The debate over the true ecological sustainability of biofuels, the effects on global food prices, and their oft-heard claims of carbon-neutrality has been played out on TreeHugger in great detail. Adding a new

The American public is deathly afraid of the kind of changes we actually face -- such as, the end of consumer culture, the gross loss of value in suburban real estate (which

In the UK and Canada, manufacturers are urging the government to give consumers money to get old cars off the road and into newer, lower emission vehicles and "catalyse a new low carbon transport revolution." George

Image credit: HowStuffWorks Environmentalism and Alternative Medicine - Oil and Water? George Monbiot is undoubtedly no stranger to controversy - my post about his climate change book, Heat, drew 81 comments, while his well publicized opposition to

George Monbiot is at it again, causing controversy by saying "Environmentalism may be emotional but it should always be based on science, not like the wishful thinking behind natural remedies."-Environmentalism must be fact based and there is no room

EvanEco: Carnival of the Green 172 by Don Bosch "Got milk? Grab a glass of the white stuff and a chocolate chip cookie, and join me for some green bloggy goodness..."Guardian Ethical Living: Ethical Superstore and Natural Collection merge into giant

Matt recently wrote Eat Like It's 1975 to Save the Planet: New Report Links Obesity, Energy Consumption & Climate Change, which said We need to be doing a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness, and recognize it as a

Since the Viet Nam war, Canadians (and some Americans) have been sewing Canadian flag patches on their backpacks when they travel to distinguish themselves from their neighbours. But they will be ripping them off soon, as the country becomes an