Demographers are complaining, but Americans have many good reasons for not wanting so many kids.

If the latest projections prove to be accurate, we need to plan for about a 10% increase in the needed supply of food, drinking water, and energy, and in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.

It's not revising up its official targets, but the government is hinting that it may now achieve 225 GW by 2022.

Primary energy consumption was down, too.

This is green energy writ large. Very large...

The country's onward march of low carbon energy shows no signs of stopping.

It's an important inflection point. But a lot of work still remains.

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

In the first half of 2019, Scottish wind generated enough electricity to power the equivalent of 4.47 million homes, almost double the number of homes there.

After all, who wouldn't want a glass of "pure glacial water filtered through lava"?

Thirty bottles will buy you a ticket on the subway or bus.

After seeing the stunning Dymaxion car built by architect Norman Foster in Abitare and the Guardian, I wrote "I want one." Not that an eleven-seater is particularly useful, but it is just so gorgeous. Over at Metropolis,

It can; but until Americans are willing to trade quantity for quality, nobody will bother doing it.

The 'library subscription' model for food containers is becoming increasingly popular.

Researchers gathered data over two years by following 70 different dogs, from 37 different breeds, as they... defecated and urinated.

The drought was so bad it made our region a little lighter.

The software lets you virtually float down the Yampa River, which has been largely unchanged by man.

In some areas of the world, transporting water to where it is needed is a major burden, in terms of both time and health, but a new solution may help to ease that process.

A concept water bottle pulls water from the air like the Namib Desert Beetle.

The newfound aquifer contains enough water to quench Kenya for decades to come.

The ÖKO Odyssey water bottle actually has six functions!

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

It's time we made water bottles part of our every day carry (EDC) kit. This handy little bottle squishes down small enough to go everywhere you do.

You may think you're ingesting a safe, clean product, but you're really putting synthetic microfibers into your body.

Times they are a changin'

Burning fossil fuels puts out a lot more than just CO2.

And it couldn't come a moment too soon.

We are going backward, not forward.

We are by no means helpless in the face of climate change.

You might want to rethink that dream house by the ocean.

A new study suggests we look to the past for guidance on how to cope going forward.

Lack of diversity makes grapes vulnerable to climate change.

What happens when you restrict cars? Transit use, cycling and walking increase dramatically.

These 7 sea-loving grandmothers are helping research an elusive venomous snake population.

This is beyond climate denial, it's science denial

Not just for barbecues, some companies are switching over completely.

The Obama administration loves its czars almost as much as the media loves using the title. So here goes: The U.S. Asian Carp Czar, also known as John Goss, says he has a multi-pronged strategy to help keep Asian carp from

If you can't beat 'em, ship 'em. The state of Illinois is spending $2 million to ship invasive Asian carp back to China, where they're considered a delicacy. In Illinois, and the Great Lakes region, they're

This $2 million project, funded mostly with private money, is billed as the most comprehensive look at the Chicago waterway system since the reversal of the Chicago River more than 100 years ago. This

Just what the Great Lakes needs, more aquatic invasives. We're worrying about Asian carp and now we have whales? Whales in the Great Lakes, on Lake Superior? Well, "whale burps" have been found

How will invasive Asian carp enter the Great Lakes? Via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, maybe another flood? They almost made it via a semi-tractor trailer crossing the Ambassador Bridge from the U.S. to Canada. The

Asian carp, meet your worst nightmare. Not poison. Not an electric barrier, or a predator from your native land. No, this is good ol' American ingenuity. With a touch of Ted Nugent, or maybe Chuck Norris. People dressed in spiked body armor with

This was an actual test. But only a test. Like those emergency tones you hear on your TV when a storm is approaching. Officials in Ontario, Canada, think the possibility of a live Asian carp invasion via truck is real. People

Bloody red shrimp are invasive, but yummy for some native Great Lakes fish. A first-time find by Canadian researchers.

Flame retardants build up in the DNA of Great Lakes fish. Not cool.

Great Lakes residents would be paying this off for 47 years ... but reaping the benefits for just as long.

Exfoliating body wash may make you clean, but it's making the lake water dirty.

A major report just released offers expensive technological solutions. We reivew options ranging from barriers to bow-hunting.

Finally one state is putting a stop to the "exfoliocean." Hopefully others will follow its lead, forcing companies to adopt eco-friendly alternatives.

Restaurants win; Great Lakes lose.