The ACES (aka Waxman-Markey) bill passes the house, but not all environmental groups are rejoicing.

Former Colorado senator criticizes industry's lack of engagement in the climate legislation debate.

Clean coal lobbyist forges 12 letters to trick House members into voting 'No' on ACES.

New analysis of basalt rock formations on the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. reveals the possibility of cleaner coal.

Margaret Palmer, professor of biology at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies, believes there's a better way to mine for coal than blowin

Breakthrough 'crystal' captures CO2 and could one day turn it into a fuel or turn water into hydrogen.

4 new projects show the viability of storing captured wind energy underground. So why are we still investing in far more expensive carbon capture?

MNN's Karl Burkart closed his Chase Bank account to protest their financial support of mountaintop removal mining. What can you do to help?

Video: President Obama explains about how clean energy investments can diminish the environmental risks of fossil fuels and provide new jobs and opportunities a

In the wake of the Japan nuclear situation, the Gulf oil spill and other disasters, maybe it's time to talk about energy in terms of safety instead of greenness

A note-perfect 'clean coal' parody site has become the talk of the Internet. With its Coal Cares campaign, the heretofore unknown activist group Coal is Killing

The Pennsylvania Republican is a solid pick for social conservatives, but what are his views when it comes to environmental policy?

Lend your voice to calls for power plants to upgrade their water systems to prevent millions of fish from being chopped to bits.

What is clean coal? Clean coal technology encompasses a variety of technologies and techniques to reduce harmful emissions and improve the efficiency of coal-bu

Here are the winners and highly commended images from the 2019 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards.

The Ivy League campus is now home to 50 LEED certified green building projects.

A USGBC report highlights green building advancements made in all 50 states.

Find out what the LEED Green Building Rating System has in common with Shakespeare.

The BuildingGreen Top 10 Green Building Products were announced at Greenbuild 2011.

The Greenbuild 2011 keynote address is sure to get you fired up about green building.

Go green or get left behind. That's the message many hotel owners are hearing as they watch their competitors slash operating costs, gain respect in the communi

Project Haiti Orphanage and Children's Center will provide a safe and healthy home for Haitian children.

USGBC founder David Gottfried is selling his Oakland bungalow which, at the time of its completion, was the highest scoring LEED-certified home in the country.

The Center for Green Schools, an initiative of the U.S. Green Building Council, has published the first Best of Green Schools list.

Environmentally-friendly practices aren't just for new buildings anymore. Their existing – and, in some cases, elderly – counterparts are catching on, too.

Buried in the 500-plus pages of the defense budget signed by President Obama on Dec. 31 is a curious provision that prohibits the Department of Defense from spe

The District of Columbia had the most LEED-certified square footage per capita in 2011.

In Isla Vista, Calif., an easy-going but architectural outdated beachside college community where the median age is just 21, a new LEED certified student housin

The New American Home 2012, the official show home of the International Builders' Show, is revealed to be a boxy and modern beauty that's smaller and more effic

Recession proof green jobs, $7 million in energy efficiency savings and more.

Located a stone's throw from a light rail station and a host of ethnic restaurants and public amenities, Dwell Development's Columbia Station is a green micro-c

In collaboration with the Make It Right foundation and William McDonough, the green prefab powerhouse debuts a LEED Platinum home starting at $179,000.

The U.S. Green Building Council's annual conference and expo will be held in San Francisco, California.

The Salmon Cove home was built with the environment in mind.

When describing March's featured 'Evergreen home,' resisting alliteration is futile: A magnificent, modern modular home in Madison Valley that's currently on th

In response to the rapidly expanding green home building market, the USGBC teams up with Home Depot to launch a database of LEED-qualifying products ranging fro

The office is the highest scoring LEED-NC version 2009 project in the Northern Hemisphere.

The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) developed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system to certify buildings as meetin

The new certificate is offered by the U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools.

The home of the Chicago Bears is the first LEED-EB certified NFL stadium.

Once considered a dead zone for green building, Miami Beach will soon be getting its first LEED Platinum home in the form of 2020 Alton Road, a super-sleek, sup

Application deadline for the 2012 Affordable Green Neighborhoods Grant Program is Aug. 10, 2012.

The first national park in the world has a comprehensive recycling program, LEED certified buildings and more.

The company's Emeryville, California headquarters earns top green building honors.

Toyota's Kansas City Regional Technical Training Center received LEED Gold certification.

The U.S. Green Building Council announces that a not-too-shabby 20,000 residential building projects have been bestowed with LEED for Homes certification and t

The Citi branch in Union Square received LEED Platinum certification.

Bryan Cranston — the actor behind "Breaking Bad," television's favorite chemistry teacher-turned-meth manufacturer — appears at Dwell on Design to discuss

Harmony House for Cats’ new shelter isn’t just doing something good for Chicago’s felines — it’s also doing something good for the planet. The no-kill

As LEED for Homes surpasses a significant milestone, the New York Times singles out one area where there's a near-absence of USGBC-approved residences: Westches