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Faults Leading to 2010 Michigan Tar Sands Spill Known to Pipeline Operator For 5 Years

Plus, NTSB Investigators said a "culture of deviance" delayed Enbridge's response once the 2010 was first detected.




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See-through solar cells could close gap to meet electricity demand

This could turn 5-7 billion square meters of glass in the USA alone into solar power plants, plus power your cell phone and other gadgets




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In Defense of the Cow: How Eating Meat Could Help Slow Climate Change

Should we be eating more beef in order to slow global warming? It sounds counterintuitive, but it may be so: Cattle could be part of the whole ecological equation to solving climate change and restoring healthy,




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Travelling Art Has Seats for Insects

Pestival, is a weekend festival packed with art, music, talks and workshops, celebrating insects in art, and the art of being an insect. It starts from the fact that eighty percent of creatures on earth are insects, the 'pests' without whom humans




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Urban Shepherds Help Save the Fields

When Brighton council advertised for volunteer shepherds they never imagined that they would get hundreds of applicants. It's not the greatest job description: no pay, lots of walking on quite steep, uneven slopes, duty




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Fiskars Momentum Reel Mower Doubles Your Effort with Flywheel Action

Image: Fiskars If it's true that gas-powered lawn mowers crank out 5% of the nation's air pollution, then it's truly time to consider workable alternatives. If we haven't convinced you to replace your lawn with a xeriscape or food forest, you might want




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Cornell Installs Indoor Lawn to Soothe Students During Finals (Video)

The university brings the outdoors in to help students relax and focus on studying.




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This robotic lawnmower fuels itself with the grass it cuts, then harvests excess biomass for later use

Could this be the lawnmower we've all been waiting for?




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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Out Of Step With Their Religions On Climate Change

Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Climate Progress shouldn't come as a shock: Even




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We Are An Intrinsic Part Of Nature, Not Separate From Anything Else: Buddhism & The Environment

For many




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Map Documents World's Sacred Forests & Help Save Them From Destruction

Globally, religious groups own 5-10% of the world's forests and influence much more.




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If More of Us Love Nature, The Environment Will Take Care of Itself

Like the word 'sustainability', 'environmentalism' has become a hollow word, a word divorced from meaning, a word lacking in soul, separated from its essence.




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200 evangelical scientists ask Congress to pass climate legislation

Two hundred evangelical scientists recently wrote a letter to Congress making the religious case for passing climate change legislation.




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Evangelical Christians call on Obama to protect public lands from oil and gas leasing

Rev. Richard Cizik and the nonprofit New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good have released a video message to President Obama calling on him to do more to protect public lands from destruction by private industry.




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UK's National Grid supports 2030 petrol/diesel car ban

The electricity grid can handle a ban, ten years earlier than law makers are aiming for.




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In California, people without rooftop solar panels pay a $65 per year subsidy to those with them

Solar power is a wonderful thing but the benefits are not evenly distributed.




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CA approves utilities' massive $738 million electric vehicle proposal

This will mark a significant scaling of electrified transportation—including trucks and buses too.




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California utility offers rebates and incentives for going all-electric

SMUD demonstrate that all-electric living is actually cheaper than gas.




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Hard Brexit: Northern Ireland may need thousands of generator barges to keep the lights on

It turns out leaving the EU is quite hard. Who knew?




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California utilities will pay you to drive electric

And why not?




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If you think the Green New Deal is tough to do, think about the Rural Electrification Administration

Starting in 1936 they wired the entire country, the houses, the tools and the farms, changing America. It is time to think big and do it again.




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Surprise! Study finds that gas heating is cheaper than electric

That doesn't mean we shouldn't still be trying to electrify everything.




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Crisis for electronics recycling as glass market collapses

Ian Urbina reports at The New York Times on the negative side effects the tech industries shift to flat screen technology has had on the market for recycling old television and computer monitor glass




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New report card for best electronics recycling shows Staples in the lead

A new report card from the Electronics TakeBack Coaltion shows how each retailer stacks up when it comes to recycling the merchandise they sell us.




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‘Tis the season to recycle your electronics: Project Reboot

Chances are, your holiday gifts may include an electronic gadget or two, and a new initiative aims to encourage and support the proper disposal and recycling of the old ones.




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Why old-school cell phones are making a comeback

The smartphone market isn't slowing down any time soon, but many people are returning to simpler, older phone models for a host of reasons.




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New York makes it illegal to put electronics in the trash

Starting in 2015, it will be illegal to leave computers and other electronic for curb-side pickup, as part of an effort to fight e-waste.




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The true impact of not recycling our old electronics

Here are some staggering numbers of what could be saved.




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6 ways to do good with your old cell phone

Donating your old cell phones to these causes will keep them out of landfills and help others too.




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Growing recycling programs help us inch closer to Zero Waste

Looking beyond traditional recyclables and the "blue bin", here are some of the organizations and companies seeking to redefine what we consider trash with alternative recycling initiatives and methods of reuse.




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Google's self-driving car hits the road this summer

These may be limited to 25 MPH, but the era of autonomous cars is coming at us really fast.




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Virtually climb El Capitan with Google Street View

The Street View cameras now take you on extreme vertical tours alongside famous climbers.




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Why millennials are destroying our infrastructure, and why bike lanes destroy religious freedom

And really, how self driving cars are an attack on freedom.




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Google's Project Ara modular smartphone is finally being released

But is it truly modular?




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Google will be able to offset 100% of electricity needs with renewable energy in 2017

The tech giant has hit this major renewable energy goal ahead of all its competitors.




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Dandelion: an audacious and radical geothermal energy startup?

Alphabet's X moonshot factory spins out a ground source heat pump company.




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Sidewalk Labs releases its vision for Toronto's waterfront

It is a wonderful wooden and digital world, but will it ever happen?




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Montreal reveals plans for an electric car sharing service, aims for 1,000 EVs by 2020

The city wants to become a leader in electric transportation, part of a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a third.




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Clean Ride Mapper helps cyclists avoid polluted air, find quietest route to destination

It's up to you to decide if you want to take the shortest route, the cleanest one, or the quietest one.




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Converted minimalist work cabin comes with secret telescoping ladder

All work and no play? Here's a work space with some playful humor built in.




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Montreal may ban wood-fired ovens. Is this the end of the classic Montreal bagel?

Wood smoke is a huge source of particulate pollution and really shouldn't be in residential neighbourhoods. But the flavour...




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Montreal duplex is simple and elegant

This is the kind of gentle density we need.




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Ikea deliveries now 100% electric in Shanghai

Well, that happened fast.




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Lyft launches 'Green Mode,' allows users to request electric cars

The rollout starts in Seattle, then more broadly.




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Why do electric cars look just like.... cars?

Why doesn't form follow function?




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Gas car sales are down in China, EU, US. Electric cars to blame.

Now, if only we could get US drivers out of their trucks.




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Lyft backs lawsuit against EPA fuel economy roll back

Big Auto is increasingly coming up against Big Tech.




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Are you waiting for the perfect electric car?

And will gas cars suffer as a result?




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Tesla finally releases its 'affordable' Model 3

It was a while coming, but this could be a pretty big deal for your average buyer.




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Two mail giants commit to 100% electric vehicles

Fleet purchasing may turn out to be critical to electrification.