Experts have predicted a "high risk" of rupture on this aging oil pipeline that has recently been approved to bring Alberta tar sands crude to Eastern Canada.

The plyscraper era has begun as Cross Laminated Timber towers start popping up everywhere.

We visited Canada's first tiny house festival to find out more about this newly declared eco-residential development in Quebec for homes under 1,000 square feet in size.

I predicted trouble in winter, but they appear to still open even when buried in snow.

In a Canadian province where a winter heating with electricity might cost a few hundred dollars per month minimum, this man manages to cut his heating bill by using free solar energy.

Tiny houses don't have to be overly cute and rustic, as this little modern home shows.

An existing storage shed in the forest is transformed into a small modern home with a striking form.

A lovely cottage by Yiacouvakis Hamelin Architectes breaks all the rules about roofs.

This is a beautiful house, but it raises a lot of questions about what "respect for the environment" means.

Starting next week, shoppers at Metro stores in Quebec can go zero waste more easily than ever.

UC San Diego is using one of its free gifts - some of the best solar exposure in the country - to further power and shade the campus. Several solar trees (solar panels installed on a vertical racking system that supports

Image via: Aaron Chang Gallery Aaron Chang, popular recycled fashion swimwear designer and professional photographer, not to mention surfing legend, is opening a green art gallery in San Diego, February 28, 2009. Each of the pieces are printed with

Images via: Zoic.com San Diego based cycling clothing company Zoic just released their spring line, which now includes EcoZoic - an organic and bamboo charcoal blend of clothing that is both functional as well as eco-friendly. But while Zoic wants to

Image via: Project Kasei on Flickr Project Kaisei, the mission to research and figure out just what the heck we're going to do about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, made it to the Gyre just a few days ago. Their results: yep, there's a lot of plastic

A Colorado family that had long ago given up on finding their cat got some incredible news this week, when Willow was found in New York City -- five years later and 1,800 miles from home.

Solar grid parity will vary from city to city. A new interactive map helps show how it will spread.

This renovated bus is a mobile coworking space that brings location-independent professionals out into the great outdoors, combining work with a hike, a bike trip or a surf ride on the waves.

The American bald eagle is back after a four-decade fight for survival. The government has just declared that the national symbol no longer requires the protection of the federal Endangered Species Act.

Researchers have found that an Alzheimer's drug triggers dentine regrowth, eliminating need for fillings.

After 28 years of collecting lids, tabs, and connectors, Tilda Shalof was ready to turn them into a work of art.

A new study shows that children bear 88 percent of the burden of diseases linked to climate change.

Seedo, creators of automated consumer grow labs, will shortly plant a seed in the U.S. medical marijuana market.

Scientists have created a mobile bioprinter that when filled with a patient's cells, prints skin directly into a wound.

The FDA has announced new (and stronger) warning requirements for certain prescription insomnia medications. Here's why.

Here is the secret for the most delicious, cheapest, and least wasteful lasagna you can make.

Forget friends and family! Without the traditional meal, it feels like any old dinner party.

Meet the Whanganui. You might call it a river, but in the eyes of the law, it has the standings of a person.

Forty years ago, activists blocked plans to dam the Buffalo River, eventually getting Congress and President Nixon to designate the river as America's first National River. Now, a factory hog farm is putting one of Arkansas' most beautiful spots at risk.

This fake fight has a good cause.

Removal of the 118-foot-high dam in France will free the Sélune River, bringing wildlife back to the waterway and the bay of Mont-Saint-Michel.

People are being killed every day and the problem is the design of our streets as much as the cars and drivers.

Self-driving cars will likely be big autonomous mobile home theaters.

Though it was announced over two weeks ago, perhaps because of Exxon's backing of Synthetic Genomics, Dow Chemical's backing of Algenol Biofuels is getting a bit more play. Together they will develop a pilot-scale algae

If there's a holy grail of liquid renewable fuels it might look something like this: High yield per acre, doesn't negatively impact water supplies, doesn't compete with food crops, and is cost-competitive with fossil

Photo from Eco-Rally USA Eco-Rally USA, a grassroots transportation group, is launching a trip across the United States aimed at helping to accelerate clean energy vehicles to become the standard for automobiles rather than the exception. The tour start

Can we just all put palm oil biodiesel produced on deforested peatlands to rest already: A new report from the United Nations Environment Programme shows that biodiesel production under these

Jewish leaders met at the beginning of this month in San Francisco for the first conference dedicated to

French tire giant Michelin recently held its 10th Challenge Bibendum, this time in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event is a chance for Michelin to rally industry players around the flag of sustainable mobility and the future of the automobile. Here's me loo

This year, French tire giant Michelin (yes, the Michelin that made the tires on your car) held its 10th Challenge Bibendum event, this time in Rio de Janeiro. If you've never heard of this thing, don't kick yourself,

This week USEPA announced that the maximum ethanol content of motor fuel sold in the USA would be allowed to rise from 10% to 15%. Positives of the Agency's decision are: reduced dependence on foreign

Photo: World Economic Forum, Flickr, CC BY-SA Corn ethanol has turned out to be a bad idea -- there's little disagreement about that, especially in environmental circles. For starters, it's an inefficient fuel source, consuming tons of water to produce

Kidney failure is killing sugarcane workers in Central America who supply sugar for both our sweet tooth and demand for ethanol.

The rare metal is now worth US $1,700 an ounce.

With limited hours in the day, many U.S. schools are prioritizing lesson time over lunch time, leaving kids hungry and miserable.

The unprecedented move means that these schools will have greater access to funding and registrations.

This poetic, one-of-a-kind urn floats on the water while slowly returning cremated remains to nature.

Climate crisis? What climate crisis?

Here's a one-stop green guide to traveling in San Jose, from hotels to a night on the town.

This analysis looking at the real footprint of e-readers slaps us with a shocking reality check.

Sensors on cell phones is a concept that has gone mainstream enough that this Kickstarter project has blown its funding goals out of the water. The device turns your cell phone into a "Swiss Army Knife of environmental sensors."