After the House of Representatives approved legislation pushing the Keystone XL forward, the Senate has rejected it.

Tar sands and thermal coal are out but natural gas and conventional oil can stay. For now...

In the grand scheme of things, $5.9 million is not a huge amount to take from fossil fuels. But when you reinvest in renewables...

A new twist in the plot for the controversial pipeline, as TransCanada asks for a suspension of its application.

These are tiny homes with an activist bent, taking a stand against the incursion of a pipeline that could contaminate indigenous lands.

Big risks evidently still promise big rewards.

New Hampshire USA's first green co-housing community, Nubanusit Neighborhood and Farm, features renewable energy ready and energy efficiently designed residences. The 29 total units include 7 single-family homes, 7 duplex units, and 2 quad units on a

Design like you give a damn with the second edition of Monadnock Paper Mills' how-to guide for creating more-sustainable print materials. A Field Guide: Eco-Friendly, Efficient and Effective Print, accompanied by luscious illustrations by the

For the first time in my lifetime the environment is a top-tier issue in a presidential race, as was clearly in evidence in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. It was next to impossible for a candidate to have any sort of press event

Before Stonyfield Farm was a $325 million company, Gary Hirshberg was milking the cows and trying to get the bills paid. Now, as the largest organic yogurt-maker, he is fulfilling the original mission: make money and save the world. From milk cows to

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If any of you have backpacked the Presidential Range and Mt. Washington in New Hampshire, you know that the weather can change in a hot minute. Over the past 20 years, we’ve hiked through hail, lightening storms, and

University of New Hampshire researchers have analyzed the economic impact of their State's locally-produced food system. The good news: farm market sales - known as 'direct marketing' of food -

Panic by UK motorists causes fuel supplies to run dry, all because of a few careless words from the Prime Minister.

New research rewrites our understanding of why no new coal deposits develop -- but offers hope for post-coal energy solutions.

Futurist Guy Dauncey acknowledges that the stakes are high and the challenges are enormous. Yet defeatism is not an option.

Growing bike sales, a boom in sharing, and an interest in growing your own food are ust some of the signs that we could be moving beyond our current energy paradigm. Add your own to the list.

This rapper nails it, imho.

We are often called wet blanket party poopers when it comes to holiday traditions, but maybe we are right.

It actually won't take that much to reduce oil demand enough to cause serious trouble.

Peak oil used to be about running out of supply; now some think that we will run out of demand. The oil companies will ensure that we never run out of demand.

Zero Mass Water's SOURCE device is a rooftop solar device that produces water instead of just electricity.

So far the panels and batteries are only offered in the UK but it might spread to sunnier North American climes.

A new study says yes, but luckily the fix is simple.

The blocks could be part of the architecture of a building, generating more power than just rooftop panels.

The solar cell can be stretched, bent and compressed without substantially affecting performance.

Tesla's tiny house integrates solar power and its Powerwall home battery into a seamless system, and can be towed by the Model X.

While the world chases solar generating windows, we see how to do solar generating walls.

A new breed of solar panel can do double duty on greenhouse roofs by not only generating renewable electricity, but also by using a light-altering dye to help optimize photosynthesis in the plants beneath them.

And now, in the 'Give me a break' category, the folks behind this garbage can scanner assume you can't make a grocery list on your own.

In which I try out a smart lighting system in my dumb home.

What is that man smoking?

It would be a good way to further broaden the appeal of electric vehicles.

It reveals what we already know but needs repeating – that more time in nature equals greater happiness in kids.

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold. The lush green landscapes of the Emerald Isle look calm and peaceful from far away -- but Ireland's species -- from a gorgeous barn owl to a toad

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold.

I grew up in the West of England. I like hard cider. And as a failed beekeeper, I owe a deabt of gratitude (or guilt?) to our furry pollinating friends. So I was delighted to hear that one purveyor of hard cider is

People are "risking their lives every winter by wearing dark clothing."

The fruit company is spreading its clean energy bets across many sources.

The humble avocado pit has been rescued from the compost bin of obscurity and remade into these magical little sculptures.

In which snail mail provides a lesson in the loveliness of slow living.

Another country joins the ranks of the Powering Past Coal Alliance.

These delightful mementos of the Irish countryside remind us of nature's beauty, but are also responsibly sourced and packaged.

If you like a little sugar in your morning (and late morning, and afternoon) coffee, but don't like the calories, there's a good chance you use one of the many artificial sweeteners on the market. But there's plenty of evidence

What happens when you find bees have made your home into their hive? You call Mike 'The Bee Guy' and document it their removal.

The largest honey packer in the US faces criminal charges over fraudulent trade in Chinese honey.

TreeHugger asked Andrew Sharpless, CEO for the Oceana ocean protection organization, why we really personally care about the health and fate of the world's big water bodies. Many of us, after all, live far from

Each of the islands in the Galapagos is incredibly different. From landscape to ecosystem to the endemic species that can only be found in that

The Galapagos Islands are the model of biodiversity which inspired Charles Darwin to surmise the theory of evolution, but scientists have made arrangements to ensure that the latest round of animal deaths

Remember the Yellow Pages Association? They represent the folks who print phone books. They've fought some efforts by cities to ban phone book distribution, and