Maryland's ban on arsenic in chicken feed would have been groundbreaking, but the bill has been gutted by lobbyists.

Designer Matt Kovaleski integrates a solar power system into a picnic table setup for workers at Vice

This former pigeon roost is transformed into a light-filled family home.

It turns out that helping mining regions move on is just good politics.

The leader of the Catholic Church used his strongest language yet to call for 'decisive action, here and now.'

photo: J. Novak Food Freedom recently reported that Chavannes Jean-Baptiste, peasant farmer leader of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the entry of Monsanto seeds into Haiti "a very strong attack on small agriculture, on farmers, on

Kate Stohr, the co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, dropped me a note suggesting that I have a look at their Year in Review of their work in Haiti. I did, and couldn't help but come to the conclusion that it was really boring.. I mean really,

Now you can get your morning coffee fix celebrity-style, thanks to an alliance between Leonardo DiCaprio and LaColumbe coffee -- plus, all proceeds support sustainable initiatives.

Number of storms predicted per year during the period 1854 -- 2006 versus numbers actually observed for the Atlantic (filled diamonds). The model predictions (grey curve) have been normalized to the data. A quadratic fit to the model is shown for

You a runner? Or an exercise-oholic? And you want your workouts to reflect your green lifestyle? Well, the race is ON or at least for me and a few friends to find the best performing green running equipment.

One more US city fully commits to transforming itself into a better place to live for all.

He's not exactly treating it like a crisis. But at least he's doing something...

A study has found that kids exposed to climate change science at school use it to convince their parents of the issue's urgency.

Using officially documented research and color-it-yourself data visualizations, this project aims to convey climate change data in an engaging way.

The successful launch of Sentinel-5P means scientists will soon have access to the most accurate monitoring yet of pollution and climate change related gases in earth's atmosphere

More importantly, it reminds scientists not to lose sight of the importance of human behavior in the search for answers about the physical processes of climate change

Seriously ...

The contents of your bag reveal more about you than you might think, but what about your choice of bag itself? District Cotton, a New York City-based company dedicated to fashion with a conscience, has a couple of sturdy options that are as socially

For the first time, conservationists from WWF are putting dogs' superb sense of smell on the trail of tigers in Cambodia. Coming from the University of Washington Conservation Canines program, the dogs are trained to sniff out

Fast fashion hurts real people, as this online series challenges three unsuspecting youngsters to go meet and work with the people who make their clothes.

They may sound progressively eco-friendly, but a new Greenpeace report explains why they're not.

Perkins&Will's new Dallas office tries to do all three certification systems in one beautiful historic building.

Everybody knows that change is happening, but thanks to the fossil fuel economy, we are all having such a good time.

Despite the fact that Venice, CA seems to be the epicenter of SoCal's green lifestyle movement, the 24th annual Abbott Kinney Festival that took over the city's main drag on Sunday, September 28th was far from eco-friendly. After claiming last year

The EPA has just released official "fuel economy" and range information for the BMW i3 100% electric car.

Well, as much as you can humanize a $136,000 sports car.

Ed. note: This is now the seventh post in the Green Basics series of posts that TreeHugger is writing to provide basic information about important ideas, materials and technologies for new greenies (or those who just need a quick refresher). Read on and

Though known colloquially as food that is grown to be more healthy (and is more expensive), in order for organic food to be certified as such, it must be produced under specific, legally-regulated standards and be subject to testing in order to retain

Pollution from power plants, cars, and other transportation is a well-known contributor to outdoor air pollution, but our indoor air quality is often worse; it can be up to 10 times worse for you than the air outside. Microbial pollutants like mold,

Ecological footprint: what is it? An analysis that gauges our impact on the planet's biological systems, the ecological footprint measures human consumption of natural resources in comparison to Earth's ecological capacity to regenerate them.

Getty Images Volatile organic compounds: something's in the air You can't see them, but they're all around us. They aren't listed as ingredients on the objects we bring in our home, but they're often there. They're volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, a

Cleaning products are everywhere in our homes and offices: on dishes, countertops, furniture, clothes, floors, windows, and floating through the air. In our war on dirt and germs we may often actually be making things worse.

In what is said to be a first for automakers, Ford is developing foams and plastics using captured carbon dioxide, which could be integrated into the company's vehicles within five years.

It's also affecting everything from meat packing to crumpets.

Everyone is worried about population growth, but in fact it may well be going the other way.

The 21st century needs a redefinition of security, to something broader than military terms, a relic of the Cold War.

Home owners are going solar, without having to put anything on their roof.

Can we hear them saying, "I told you so!" to the rest of the outdoor gear industry?

It was, in 1958, the worlds largest clear span. The Union Tank Car Building was 384 feet in diameter, 128 feet high. "It was just big and magnificent," Fuller biographer Jay Baldwin said to Kansas City Star reporter Mike Hendricks. "It was a

At the time of its construction the Union Tank Car Dome was the biggest clear span structure in the world. It was demolished in 2008 (see Another

Bourgeois / Lechasseur architects figure out how to square the circle.

A new kind of food label hopes to fight obesity by stating how much exercise is required to burn it off.

Some useful tools for working on a 1.5 degree lifestyle.

The tech helps owners take care of their dogs the way the dogs take care of them.

It could also help us eradicate heritable diseases in dogs.

Authors of a new study say dogs may help develop over-the-counter tests capable of life-saving early detection.

A recent report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded that 55 percent of U.S. rivers and streams are in poor condition. When we see a number like that we might not realize how many rivers there are in the US...

The overhaul now includes the Voyager feature for deep exploration, not just satellite views.

California has been going through a drought for about 3 years now, with 2013 being the driest year on record.

The bigger question: why is the industry playing into the hands of the anti-fracking activists?