We have long called for deposits on everything. California shows that even that is not enough.

It's still up to a restaurant to decide to fill them, but the law provides detailed guidelines on how to do it safely.

If you thought the top market for electric car growth was somewhere in California, you'd be right many months out of the year, but not the 4th quarter of 2013.

It was a sad day last year when intense lobbying efforts in Congress won out, and a ban on BPA in children's products was blocked. But it seems that China and Malaysia have beaten us to the punch. According to Green Biz, China and

Just when I thought it would be fine to cook with canned tomato sauce - bis-Phenol A recently having been granted toxicology probation - emerges the possibility that BPA can make you obese. Ohhh wait - not

BPA had been found to trigger the release of insulin in nearly twice the amount as when glucose is ingested.

Where does the FDA stand on a BPA ban?

A new term for those who try to live without plastic, that might just catch on.

Studies of humans, mice, monkeys, and sheep all point to the same scary conclusion -- that BPA wreaks havoc on the female reproductive system.

Nearly a year ago a "Great Green Wall" of trees was proposed to run across the entire southern border of the Sahara desert in an attempt to stop expanding desertification. At the TED Global conference in Oxford, England,

Locals in one region of the Australian Outback have been terrorized of late by a roaming band of feral camels. Drought conditions and a recent heat wave are being blamed for driving some 6,000 camels into residential areas near

A bright white antelope with long thin horns, the Arabian oryx is thought to have inspired early stories of unicorns. (Its two horns appear as one when viewed from the side.) And until

Korean activists are spearheading efforts to plant trees in Mongolia, hoping to improve both the lives of nomadic desert herders there and the air quality their families are exposed to back home.

A drive-in movie theater in the wilderness and an urban rooftop are just a few of the innovative spots from which stylish trailer hotels are popping up.

Imagine millions of these slithering out from the mud? The eggs of this alien desert crustacean remain dormant for years, waiting for a bout of rain to hatch.

What does it feel like to be an arch? Very different from how it feels like to be a cantilever.

Our photo of the day comes from Atascadero, California.

A Czech church was 3-D mapped and made into a one of a kind musical instrument, controlled by visitors' laser pointers.

This woodland cabin in the Bohemia region of the Czech Repbulic keeps it simple but clever, with one end perched on a large rock.

The inside of this updated caravan is surprisingly chic and comfortable.

While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst

This past Thursday, at the business conference Opportunity Green, one panel entitled Next Generation Carbon Mapping: Radical Transparency and Truth in Advertising captured the attention of the standing room only audience at

In 2007 BC's Premier shocked North America when he announced his government's bold Climate Action Plan. Is it working?

Designed to capture and maximize the flows of sunlight, water and air, this prefabricated home feels modern, light and spacious.

Young people's interest in 'healthy, clean living' has them cooking, crafting, and counting their pennies in ways that baffle their Boomer parents.

Remember pallets? Remember infographics? We have both in one post!

If the goal is to reduce meat consumption, then why not make it more expensive?

A writer argues that glitzy new plant-based technology distracts from the bigger issue of animal welfare.

You may have heard that the iPhone 3G went on sale this morning. I saw a line outside of the AT&T; stores here in Manhattan, and I heard there was a line around the block this morning at the Union Street Apple store in San

There's a , and now trees in Central Asia have theirs as well. The

From the news that scientists have created a bacteria that lights up around landmines to the development of a rot-proof apple--that stays fresh for 4 months--a lot happened this week in green. A new study called The Economics of Ecosystems and

Archigram’s Plug-in City meets 3D Printing

This is what happens when LEDs get cheaper and better: designers use more of them. Someone predicted this once.

Steve Webb thinks we should tax upfront carbon like cigarettes, and we should build in wood and stone.

Where the words and appeals of those indigenous tribes destined to be displaced by the dam had failed, nearly two-hundred native Amazonians have now gathered in a last ditch effort to protect their homeland using their bodies.

‘You can't argue for the protection of an area without knowing what is there.’

Nature gets digitized in these vibrant animations that feature audio recordings from the rainforest.

This rustic, modern tiny home features lots of smart space-saving ideas, plus a self-built bed that can lift up and down automatically.

It's the practical sequel to 'The Reducetarian Solution,' striving to get more people eating fewer animal products.

You'll be shocked to learn what goes on behind the scenes at grocery stores – and relieved to know there's a much better alternative.

A gentle reminder to never, ever, Free Willy your goldfish.

Our pets become like family to us during their lives, so why not treat them with the dignity that a family member deserves when they die?

More than just a reflection of emotional states, a new study finds that dogs’ facial movement are potentially active attempts to communicate.

Contrary to popular opinion, young people aren't practicing what they preach.

A lesson in coexistence.

Has the Costa Rica Foreign Minister really just suggested that the Sea Shepherd founder might voluntarily go to Costa Rica to face trial?

Other websites shriek "the end of capitalism" but really, it is hardly that.

These people know a thing or two about money. And they say it's INACTION that's going to cost us.

Actors Emma Thompson and Michelle Thrush are traveling with their daughters to the North Pole, as part of an Greenpeace campaign to create an international sanctuary in the Arctic.

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has asked pilots to avoid flying too close to a group of about 35,000 walrus gathered on an Alaskan beach.