USGBC founder David Gottfried is selling his Oakland bungalow which, at the time of its completion, was the highest scoring LEED-certified home in the country.

Buried in the 500-plus pages of the defense budget signed by President Obama on Dec. 31 is a curious provision that prohibits the Department of Defense from spe

In response to the rapidly expanding green home building market, the USGBC teams up with Home Depot to launch a database of LEED-qualifying products ranging fro

The U.S. Green Building Council announces that a not-too-shabby 20,000 residential building projects have been bestowed with LEED for Homes certification and t

Study reveals that green certified homes are valued 9% higher than comparable properties.

Tour a LEED Platinum certified denim factory. The VDS Group factory in Bangladesh received LEED Platinum certification.

'Green Buildings for Great Communities' is the theme for World Green Building Week 2012.

If it meets the goal, the Exploratorium in San Francisco will be the largest net-zero energy use museum in the nation.

With the U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild International Conference and Expo about to kick off in San Francisco, the organization announces the recipient

The Hawks and Philips Arena have purchased enough clean energy to power the facility for the 2012-2013 basketball season.

In observation of one of the original New Urbanist-style planned communities' 75th anniversary, Norris, Tenn. gets a self-sufficient prefab demo home.

In the South Bronx, a 124-unit housing development with a rooftop farm combines low-income housing with an emphasis on healthy living and fresh food.

If I had to work in an office, Cuningham Group Architecture's Hayden Place would be my dream green workplace.

This California hotel that our food blogger stayed goes beyond LEED certification in its sustainability initiatives.

Paul Williams' landmark 28th Street YMCA in South L.A. emerges from a LEED Gold restoration project, historically significant identity still intact.

To save energy, a newly opened LEED residence hall at Bridgewater State University outlaws the dorm room staple known as the mini-fridge.

Now that it's established itself as one of the greenest homes in the Volunteer State, the New Norris House is seeking a private buyer.

Holst Architecture's Bud Clark Commons project joins an eclectic assortment of notable green buildings on the 2014 AIA COTE annual top 10 list.

As Make It Right inches toward the finish line in New Orleans, the housing nonprofit unveils 5 designs that address overcrowding at Fort Peck Reservation.

This isn't your grandfather's vegetation-topped, solar-powered, vegan pulled pork sandwich-selling football stadium.

This 60-second video is like watching everyone's lives flash before your eyes.

The Earth's globally-perceptible seismic 'hum' is now being used to peer into its depths, shedding new light on the planet's inner layers.

From curious kid to giving back, to advisor to Apple computers, Jackson shares her path to leadership.

Filmmaker Mark Kitchell talks to MNN about the need to understand the birth and life of the green movement in the U.S.

Global survival game places you in a biodiverse world that rises or falls based on how you protect or abuse its resources.

Researchers studying fossilized bivalves discovered evidence of a one-two punch of cataclysmic climate change.

Researchers say the beautiful new flame, inspired by fire tornadoes, may provide an eco-friendly way to clean up oil spills.

Oxybenzone, a common UV-filtering agent in sunscreens, linked to deformities and DNA damage in coral around the world.

How the Sahara Desert both contributes to and checks the formation of big hurricanes.

Extreme weather journalists are not the calm we need during a hurricane or storm.

Animals use the same wait-your-turn system that most humans do, say scientists who reviewed a series of animal studies.

Touching a giant hogweed can cause burns and even blindness.

Urban noise — and AC/DC — may be wreaking havoc on ecosystems.

Moving invasive purple sea urchins off the California coast helps to restore balance to the ecosystem.

Satellite images confirm another massive iceberg has split from Antarctica, this time from the Pine Island Glacier.

You're not imagining it when the world falls into a hush during a snowfall.

New plastic PDK can be broken down at a molecular level and come back just as strong to be reused again and again.

​Nearly 10 percent of rocky surfaces on the island paradise of Madeira are covered in 'plasticrust.'

Scientists complete the first-ever genome sequence of the deepest-living animal on Earth.

Obama's energy policy will be pretty corny, which could be bad for soybeans. Could we turn to air force for power? And should we take time to reflect on global

The rainforest as a living machine, is quite possibly the most sophisticated technology on the planet.

The Danes are helping kick-start Colorado's green energy economy.

New report calls for less damage in the development of biofuels.

All-new Ford Police Interceptor police cruiser will match the Crown Victoria in power and add eco-friendly upgrades.

Complete catalog for the corn gene will have far-reaching implications in the fight against hunger and disease.

The latest assault on ethanol subsidies comes from one of the nation's leading newspapers.

MNN offers a graphical tribute to a gifted grain — corn — in all its many uses.

Probably not, but one enthusiast is organizing a petition to make the social networking site consider the idea.

Actress will front marketing campaign targeted at getting more involved in turning off the lights on March 26th.

Supermodel once again named Global Earth Hour Ambassador in preparation for the lights-out moment on March 31.