The flood of toxic red sludge, which burst forth from a containment pond in Ajka, Hungary and covered several villages earlier in the week, reached a branch of the River Danube today. According to the head of the

Two months after the Indian government stopped plans by UK-based Vedanta Resources to put a bauxite mine on a mountain held sacred by two indigenous tribal groups in Orissa, on the

It may sound like an oxymoron, bringing sustainable practices to mining operations, but unless we all stop consuming resources immediately, mining is also not going anywhere. So this is good news: since 2007, Alcoa's Jamalco

Santa & Cole takes its environmental policy one step further by obtaining the Cradle to Cradle Certification (C2C) for its 100% Aluminum NeoRomántico Liviano Bench

How about using the light from already existing street lamps to spark off the festive season? Here are some off-the-grid parasite lamps so to speak, that look good by day!

You can't call an aluminum guest house dropped by helicopter green, but you sure can call it cute.

The toxic red line that runs through this town -- as photographed by Palíndromo Mészáros -- is shocking evidence of what can go wrong.

Recycling aluminum uses about 95% less energy than making new one from bauxite ore, which compares very favorably with other types of recycling.

Personal care is a big subject, but we'll focus on caring for our general appearance: Cleansing and cosmetics, hair care, skin care, makeup, hair removal and, of course, that time of the month most women deal

Made from virgin materials that require resource-intensive manufacturing processes, reusable water bottles aren't the perfect solution that you may think.

Yes, but we still have a problem, says Carl A. Zimrig in a new book "Aluminum Upcycled: sustainable design in historical perspective." Because we are using too much of the stuff.

Another reason that we have to use less of the stuff.

But hey, it's all in the interest of national security; Americans have to be ready to defend themselves from Canada.

Recycling isn't enough when demand for aluminum is soaring. We have to use less of the stuff and eliminate single-use packaging.

There is an alumina crisis right now. Making it is dirty and polluting, and it's back in the USA.

Built using aluminum, stainless steel and wood, this modular prefab is designed to be easily assembled and disassembled.

Is this really the future we want?

Remember how aluminum cans are "100 percent recyclable into pure aluminum"? They lied.

Declawing cats often leads to long-term pain and unwanted behaviors.

A new book, Allowed to Grow Old, reveals beautiful portraits of something we don't get to see very often: Elderly farm animals.

Environmental and animal protection groups have sued the administration over the Trump-Bernhardt 'extinction plan.'

The animals get distracted and distressed. Oh, and you could get your head bitten off.

It will soon be illegal to sell, trade, or donate furs of any kind.

This vegetarian tidepool dweller could be an answer to dietary protein in times of climate crisis, but who could ever eat a charmer like this?

In order to prevent future pandemics, we need to change our relationship with wildlife

And a look at Amazon's office morale.

Google and Save the Elephants teamed up to bring Street View to the Kenyan wildlife reserve to show its residents and spread the need for conservation.

Jellywatch.org has tapped into the power of citizen scientists to collect data on jellyfish populations and you can help.

Smaller, faster, cheaper! Single board computer (SBC) innovations are jumpstarting a whole new wave of DIY devices.

Spoiler: your city will be much warmer year round.

The underwater data center is an innovative attempt by the company to create more sustainable, energy efficient data centers.

The new program can learn and classify leaves so well that it could reveal the "tree of life" of ancient plants.

So much intelligence and so much technology, to what end.

Meet the cable that has earned praise as the 'best new technology' and 'invention of the year'

Designer Ludwig Rensch thinks it is, and so do a lot of other people.

It may well be all most people need as a computer, and it may well be what we have been waiting for.

It's impossible for a human to know all of the hundreds of thousands of species of flowers on our planet, so Microsoft has developed flower learning software.

Now you can handwrite letters on your computer.

There's a lot for TreeHuggers to love about the little operating system.

The machine with a mission exceeds everyone's wildest dreams

Using satellite and Google maps images, the program can count and identify the city's trees.

A new study suggests that a social media community adds to longevity similar to an offline community.

The findings could help us deal with environmental changes happening now and in the future.

A shark's fin is like its fingerprint, with each animal having its own unique patterns and scars.

The computing facility will help researchers with NASA missions while reducing its environmental impact.

Aircraft will have to fly new routes to avoid major bumps.

Telecommuting just isn't fashionable anymore; the "water cooler effect" is.

Researchers are developing computer simulations that can improve agricultural success.

The tech giant just agreed to purchase all of the energy from GE's Tullahennel wind farm.

The action will prevent 10 million metric tons of carbon emissions.