.Chances are it's not, but Swedish mega-retailer IKEA has recently come under fire from environmental watchdog groups for clear-cutting old-growth forests in a

As commerce becomes increasingly global, American corporations are taking steps to develop sustainable supply chains that span the country and the planet.

A winner is announced for Timber in the City, a design competition that challenged entrants to design a wood-centric mixed-use complex for Red Hook, Brooklyn.

The Rainforest Alliance's new video suggests what it would be like if the environmental consequences of your food choices happened in your own backyard.

Student film "Battle Behind the Bottle" tells the story of the cork industry positive response to the “kick in the pants” screw tops and plastics gave it.

An inside look at the 4-year effort to restore Atlanta's Fernbank Forest, a 65-acre forest within the city.

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson of the Hayden Planetarium in New York City talks with Rachel Maddow about his new PBS documentary about Pluto and its status as a planet

Pluto and its mysterious neighbors hold perhaps some of the most exciting astronomical discoveries to come.

Though the dwarf planet Eris on the edge of the solar system is much denser than Pluto, the two frigid worlds are nearly exactly the same size, a new study find

Scientists announced the discovery of a new moon around Pluto on July 11, bringing the dwarf planet's number of known satellites to five.

The moons of Pluto, and a potential set of rings, may create dangerous debris zones for a NASA spacecraft currently speeding toward the distant world, researche

If you've ever wanted to leave your mark on the heavens, here's your chance.

The votes are in, and it looks like 'Vulcan' could be the new name for one of Pluto's smallest moons.

It's official! Two tiny moons orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto finally have new names: Styx and Kerberos.

Scientists are searching for possible sources for life on Earth on the edge of our Solar System.

A speedy NASA probe has crossed the orbit of Neptune, notching one more spaceflight milestone on its way toward a historic flyby of Pluto.

A NASA spacecraft's epic Pluto encounter is officially underway.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has snapped new images of Pluto — the first taken by the probe during its six-month approach to the dwarf planet.

A Pluto-bound NASA probe has captured the best-ever images of the dwarf planet.

With NASA's New Horizons probe zeroing in on Pluto, due to pass it on July 14, attention of astronomers all over the world is focusing in on Pluto.

Pluto's moons are even stranger and more intriguing than scientists imagined, a new study reveals.

Kids around the world can say hello to Pluto ahead of the first-ever flyby of the dwarf planet this summer.

New Horizons is the subject of "Mission Pluto," a special that will premiere July 15 on National Geographic Channel.

Pluto looks especially welcoming in a new photo by NASA's approaching New Horizons probe.

With Pluto's unveiling on the horizon, here's a quick look at past and present efforts to study the elusive world.

When it comes to tracking New Horizons's Pluto flyby, you have options.

Here are five things researchers can learn about Earth by studying the dwarf planet Pluto.

​The first-ever flyby of Pluto was a big success.

Scientists are stunned at the incredible new images of the surface of Pluto, its largest moon Charon and its farthest-flung moon Hydra.

A new photo from New Horizons shows Pluto's towering ice mountains cast and frozen nitrogen glaciers.

Flyby images recently beamed home by New Horizons reveal that faraway Pluto has blue skies similar to those of Earth.

NASA's video of New Horizons photos constructs what it would be like to touch down on Pluto — and not just fly by it. It's inspiring.

NASA scientists hatch proposal to redefine what it means to be a planet in our solar system.

A new NASA video uses photos from New Horizons to give you a sense of what it would be like to soar over Pluto.

NASA asked the internet for help in choosing a nickname for the Kuiper Belt object named '(486958) 2014 MU69.'

As much of the country sizzles during the first week of summer, air conditioners — in all of their global warming-causing, envy-inducing, but probably not dea

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To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle, Habitat for Humanity constructs a prefab-hybrid home that incorporates various future-t

From Czech architect Marek Štěpán comes Freedomky, a stylish prefab retreat that's affordable, easy to install and — thanks to an optional 'independence'

Appealing to both storage-conscious oenophiles and fans of modular green building alike, Sunset's 2012 Idea House, a next-generation Breezehouse from Blu Homes,

The Miami Herald profiles Cabin Fever, a Little Haiti-based prefab firm specializing in versatile and affordable micro-dwellings that have a growing fanbase acr

With Sonoma County in the bag, affordable prefab builder Blu Homes unveils its first project in Southern California: a remote, low-impact desert retreat owned b

At 15 square meters with an equal amount of outdoor living space, Jonas Wagell's flat-packed Mini House 2.0 is a lovely prefab retreat that can be assembled in

Thar she grows! The first three model homes at Grow Community, a net-zero energy development centered around gardening and low-impact modes of transportation, a

From prefab powerhouse Blu Homes comes the company's eighth and largest design: A spacious, two-story take on Michelle Kaufmann's pioneering prefab, the Breezeh

The Solar Homestead, a nifty homage to early Appalachian mountain settlement camps that wowed the crowds at the 2011 Solar Decathlon, is now available from Ashe

Aiming to help eradicate the 'performance dinosaur' otherwise known as the standard American home, Bensonwood launches an affordable green prefab offshoot dubbe

LivingHomes once again teams up with manufactured home heavyweight Cavco for a trio of low-ish-cost, high-quality green prefabs that have nothing to do with Mar

In conjunction with Greenbuild 2012, prefab firm Blu Homes announces the acquisition of Modern Cabana, a family-run company specializing in stylish accessory dw

New York City unveils a disaster housing plan centered around retrofitted shipping containers that boast interiors that are like 'CB2 meets Motel 6' and that ar