Image from Tetra Pak Tetra Pak is the world's largest packaging company so when they decide to do something environmental it has a big impact. They have just announced that all of their UK and Irish packaging will be FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)

This week a new report has been published by UK environmental think tank Green Alliance which unites top UK businesses on a mission to design out waste in industry. The report is called A Pathway To Greener Products and calls on the new coalition

This lovely looking Victorian house in west London seems deceptively straightforward except for a tiny plaque on the front door. It notes that this is the second house in the UK to reach PassivHaus standards. And that is no mean

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This ingenious design uses biodegradable waste products to build the greenest shoe you've ever owned.

Beyond the headline, a really great overview of how globalization may well be entirely reshaped by energy constraints, for the betterment of local economies in places where manufacturing has been outsourced for years.

Panic by UK motorists causes fuel supplies to run dry, all because of a few careless words from the Prime Minister.

The horsemeat scandal in the UK and Europe could make more people turn to vegetarianism.

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

UK households can now buy 15 percent green gas and 100 percent green electricity with one easy tariff.

Conservationists are celebrating a British firm's recent pullout from a biofuel project in Kenya that they say would have destroyed the Tana River Delta, a wetland ecosystem crucial for regional wildlife.

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.

More than two years after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan, the situation is worse than ever.

It's a job even too tough for robots.

A new study used DNA testing to reveal shark meat being sold under generic fish names.

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

These spikes might be intermittent. But they are getting bigger and more frequent.

Even with falling subsidies, solar still makes sense.

At less than $50, this little dual USB port solar device is an affordable option for a clean, efficient portable charging solution.

Health care providers are alarmed by the rise in sleep disorders, but is it the kids or the parents who are in need of education?

Report also provides a blueprint for how to overhaul the food system to improve wellbeing all around.

The fast food chain will also take old plastic toys and melt them down for repurposing.

Architype demonstrates that simple forms and careful window choices are the way to build efficient, affordable homes.

It has rejected recommendations that could divert some of the 300,000 tonnes of clothing that go to landfill each year.

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.

That's compared to 624 in the whole of 2017...

It's not just renewables that are driving down emissions.

What's next after the coal purge?

Climate action is about to get radical.

Duke Energy Corp. is reportedly discussing with BMW Manufacturing Co. the potential for building a solar energy plant at the car company's Spartanburg South Carolina USA facility. Well, isn't that a German sort of response to US government pressure?

Primary energy consumption was down, too.

The country's onward march of low carbon energy shows no signs of stopping.

The British government sees offshore wind as a genuine opportunity to lead.

A lesson in what happens when the humans disappear.

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

Waitrose wants to see how serious shoppers are about bringing their own containers.

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

We mentioned Ecotricity’s new 'Merchant Wind Power' project at Avonmouth Docks near Bristol, UK earlier this year, but we couldn’t help posting a picture of the now completed initiative. Located in the ultra-industrialized port, surrounded by storage

Volunteers are trialling an urban fish farm allotment in Bristol, England. Could this help ensure food security in an uncertain future?

So many flavors and colors of gas these days. They are all problematic.

Image credit: Duke University Duke University's Bleed Blue, Live Green campaign created a clamor of attention from fans wanting to get hold of a limited edition shirt. So much so, we had to post a follow up on where to find the green Duke shirts. I'm

By 2030, Britain hopes to demonstrate that even cement, steel and glass industries can operate at net zero emissions.

There was a big pile of beautiful lumber to choose from too.

Greener aviation is about to get a boost.

The new energy drink that is taking Japan by storm!

Corporate commitments to clean energy mean renewables are harder than ever to derail.

It's cow bliss at a dairy in Hertfordshire, England run by the Hare Krishnas. There are only 44 of them but life is sweet: On this farm all the cows have names, they are hand-milked whilst listening to Sanskrit music and

When I reported on a planned 8,100 cow super-dairy in the UK, I noted that many dairy farmers were concerned that these industrial-scale operations would expose the public to the fact that even most smaller

The red glowing street lights allow light-shy bats to cross the road.