Solar power is a wonderful thing but the benefits are not evenly distributed.

Fewer solar panel manufactures are willing to share information about their manufacturing practices, and that can't be good news.

Big business may be coming to the climate party late. But it is making its presence known.

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

Weed killer, it's what's for breakfast! Glyphosate found in 43 of 45 conventional oat products tested by EWG.

When I wrote about Robert Llewellyn's solar car charging in rainy England, commenters noted that solar at home is unlikely to benefit most car drivers, as they will typically charge overnight. Situations will obviously vary

Designer Matt Kovaleski integrates a solar power system into a picnic table setup for workers at Vice

Hawaiian engineers think that it can address many of the world's problems. Are they too ambitious?

Temperatures in January dropped to -24°F and an air source heat pump kept it comfy and cozy.

As subsidy-free renewables proliferate, it will become harder to derail decarbonization.

Haitian schools connect to the internet for the first time, powered by the sun.

Small-scale solar panels promise many off-grid applications for renewable energy, and the SolarPuff is a particularly elegant example.

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?

Getty Images Volatile organic compounds: something's in the air You can't see them, but they're all around us. They aren't listed as ingredients on the objects we bring in our home, but they're often there. They're volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, a

For as long as our planet has spun 'round the sun, there's been solar energy cascading down on the earth, and, for a long time -- since the 7th century B.C., when glass was used to magnify it -- humans have been working to

Pollinator power, y'all.

The Bay Area needs affordable housing. And it needs clean energy. A new campaign supports both.

Move over, regular solar panels.

Buying products from solar farms is just one more way to support clean energy.

Now that's progress...

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

Stanford scientists figure out a way to get hydrogen out of seawater. Does this matter?

Sometimes we should just let a bad idea die.

A new kind of food label hopes to fight obesity by stating how much exercise is required to burn it off.

The mapping technology will eventually be used to get precise solar power potential information for any location around the world.

One solution for purifying water in remote off-grid areas comes in the form of a wagon, complete with solar panel and water purification system.

As you can see in the satellite photos above, California is experiencing a massive drought over most of the state. The most visible aspect from space is the snow cover (or lack thereof) over the Sierra Nevada mountain range

In which we tackle one of life's more pressing queries.

Delivered to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the group of 16 alleges that climate crisis inaction constitutes a violation of child rights.

The autonomous robot allows scientists to more safely study polar enviroments and also collects valuable information on ice conditions for climate research.

The robots have gathered new information that will help scientists determine how fast the ice is melting.

Despite needing to pay a hefty tuition bill this fall, Hannah Rousey refused to take money from Poland Spring Bottling Co., a subsidiary of Nestlé.

Not long ago, my parents installed a sizable solar array on their home in England. Now my brother has just emailed with photos of his own installation. What's going on? Besides providing more evidence that solar feed-in

The building of the massive 5.6-square mile Ivanpah solar project in the Mojave Desert by BrightSource Energy has been suspended in the midst of

As it turns out, personal energy choices can be contagious.

Simmer like a crock pot and bake like an oven, using the clean energy of sunlight.

It's urban, Passive House and prefab. What's not to love?

The Amazon is home to one of the most fascinating life forms of all -- humans, like us, but who are living free from the narrow confines of our 'civilization'.

Polar bear attacks are on the rise thanks to diminishing sea ice, but Alaska's Polar Bear Patrol is doing an incredible job of keeping the peace.

This month, BookHugger presents Ideas That Matter: The Worlds of Jane Jacobs edited by Max Allen with an introduction by Mary Rowe. Readers can order a discounted copy today and join in a discussion with distinguished urban

Braving polar bears and subfreezing temperatures, years of preparation pay off for a University of Hawaii astronomy team.

Take a breathtaking 9-minute journey with wildlife photographer Vincent Munier through the beautifully bleak frozen North, you won’t be sorry.

Looking to reduce waste, increase local food security and create a "circular economy," this permaculture project is growing food in the Arctic.

There's a new polar bear live cam in town ...

Some 60 polar bears are loitering near Ryrkaipy in Chukotka Russia, a new occurrence which is prompting some to suggest permanent evacuation.

"Come touch the Greenland ice sheet and be touched by it."

Patricia Urquiola at the exhibition 'Cosas' at Habitat Valencia. Photo Credit: Petz Scholtus Valencia Design Week has invited us to FEED, the first international design media and bloggers' meeting this week, so together with Core77, Mocoloco,

We were at the Cottage Life Show in Toronto this weekend, but soon there might be a whole spinoff, "Compost Toilet Life Show" , there were so many new products in the alternative toilet world. One that surprised us was the Finnish Biolan- we are used to

When the oft-predicted water wars start, we're going to want this technology on our side. Let's hope it survives the budget wars.

However the referendum in South Sudan turns out, one thing will not go away quickly: the lack of water in the region. The International Committee of the Red Cross, however, is at work on a project that will mitigate that