Gov. Andrew Cuomo will recommend ending a ban on most horizontal drilling, according to reports. Here are three quick things to consider about the plan.

Honda revamped the ultra-clean natural gas Civic for 2012, but it has an uphill battle getting widespread acceptance in the U.S., where there are still few CNG

Although natural gas is considered comparably safer and better for the planet than other fossil fuels, there are drawbacks.

The president discussed the nation's growing clean energy economy at a Daimler facility in North Carolina.

Investigators find unhealthy and dead animals on 24 farms near natural gas drilling sites. The resulting paper is the first peer-reviewed study linking fracking

The school plans to fund a study on the effects of fracking by allowing the controversial extraction process to take place on 8,000 acres in Cumberland Forest.

Video: Images continue to appear showing the scale of the tsunami. ITN's Louisa James describes the rescue of one woman, plucked to safety as the water surged t

Feel-good (in more way than one) underwear line PACT releases a new collection of organic cotton skivvies that support Architecture for Humanity's rebuilding ef

Scientists, engineers and telecommunications officials are in the early planning stages for a seafloor fiber-optic cable that would span the Pacific Ocean, and

The 2011 tsunami that struck Japan released thousands of tons of ozone-destroying chemicals and greenhouse gases into the air.

Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, which recently received SFI chain-of-custody certification, has launched a new sustainability campaign.

A new report suggests that while many countries are getting better at managing their tropical forests, deforestation remains a very real danger.

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.

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

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

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

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

Not a big shocker: In the wake of Michael Bloomberg announcing a push towards innovative pint-sized housing options in NYC, micro apartment-related news dominat

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

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

Prefab powerhouse Blu Homes releases an infographic detailing how speedy n' strong modular homes can weather future storms.

Blu Homes celebrates the East Coast debut of the iconic Breezehouse with an open house weekend in New York's Hudson Valley region.

Prefab builder Blu Homes details a few considerations — energy-efficient and climate change-ready among them — when thinking about your future home.

Philippe Starck unveils a line of energy-efficient prefab homes with European wood builder Riko.

Watch a tiny prefab home be 'dropped' into a vacant lot outside of Madrid with not much more than an electric screwdriver and a crane.

A pair of preservation-minded architects are giving away a historic 1926 bungalow sold as a mail order kit home by Sears with one big catch ...

The flashy and fancy new breed of ice fishing shacks are extravagant enough to make grandpa drop his hand auger in disbelief.

In Japan, militantly unfussy retailer Muji sells much more than stationery, travel pillows and slippers.

Sleek, slender and topped with solar panels, Heijmans ONE is a rental unit that addresses the dearth of affordable housing options for young professionals.

Keep Thanksgiving from turning into a battle zone with these tips to help your picky eaters enjoy their holiday meals.

A messy winter storm is moving across the eastern half of the United States, threatening to delay holiday travel.

It takes only a few minutes to whip up this delicious cold-weather drink at home.

If policing your child’s plate at a holiday dinner dampens the celebration, this one tip may be incredibly freeing for you and your children.

NYT and Google teamed up to find the most distinctive Thanksgiving dishes by state. Some of the more unusual ones have whipped topping in common.

It's colder up here and the harvest is earlier, but that's not the only reason Canadian Thanksgiving is different than American Thanksgiving.

Ancient marine reptile sheds light on the origins of the distant relatives of modern crocodiles.

The archaeological site is located a mere 900 feet off Manasota Key in Florida.

These volcanic seamounts are rich with life and are estimated to be at least 30 million years old, formed when Australia and Antarctica broke apart.

The find confirms that America's earliest human inhabitants were here much sooner than previously thought.

Researchers uncover the remnants of lost continents hidden under the ice sheets of Antarctica.

Located under the Hiawatha Glacier, the impact crater is one of the largest on Earth.

Elasmotherium sibiricum, the so-called 'Siberian unicorn,' is not as closely related to modern rhinos as once thought.

A startling find in Wyoming radically changes our theories about the distant origins of our taxonomic order.

The bottom of the Pacific Ocean is actually cooling down. How is this possible? The answer is proof that Earth's systems operate on long timescales.

As acidic seawater forces shellfish to grow thinner shells, scientists warn of a ripple effect that could alter marine ecosystems around the planet.

Arctic sea ice, the white cap that covers the watery northern edge of the planet, has melted back to a record low level.

Microbes possibly feeding on the remains of an ancient forest may be generating billions of tons of methane deep beneath Antarctic ice, a new study suggests.

The ozone hole above the Antarctic has hit its maximum extent for the year. Due to warm temperatures, the opening in the protective atmospheric layer was the se

Put down that hamburger, pick up a cricket burger, and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.