Let's not celebrate yet, but if it has, we still need to make the transition happen more quickly.

New study finds Aliso Canyon disaster’s impact equivalent to annual greenhouse gas emissions from over half a million cars.

The company quietly helps rebuild the island's electrical systems.

One hundred years later, we are still playing chicken with peoples' lives.

Lloyd's of London joins the ranks of big insurers who no longer see coal as a viable investment.

It's over. As of midnight on May 31st 2018, data on the hazards and risks of every chemical sold in Europe is available to ensure safety

It'll be interesting to see how this is received.

Now, for the rest of the U.S. and Canada to get on board...

And how one British lawyer is working to make that happen.

Even though it took 6 months to find an alternative, Coop refused to stock microwave popcorn because of the health risks to customers.

This stair does it all: it's a connector, a partition, a bench, a counter and a concealer of clutter.

The big Danish design competition really has similar goals to TreeHugger: to promote good green design that makes the world better

It's the Danish word for happiness, which these days seems in short supply.

We always write "Learn from Denmark." We take it back.

But no, we're not going to compare to that other tower.

Fireplaces! Candles! Clutter! What are these people thinking?

Once you've seen what goes on inside a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) it's tough to accept the trade-off of horrific animal suffering in order to have cheap food.

If shrimp can be happy on a farm, why not pigs? For all the weekday vegetarians and omnivores out there, here is a way to obtain sausages, chorizos and bacon in a friendly way. First of all, plenty of indoor and outdoor space

When I entered the Gallery Art & Design in Poblenou, Barcelona, it was the odd smell I noticed first. Very faint, but it reminded me of something far away. Large pieces of art are scattered around the big white gallery

In late May, a cow named Yvonne decided not to be eaten, and broke through an electric fence to escape from the farm in Bavaria where she was being fattened for slaughter. Since then, she has been on the

The divide between environmentalists and stockmen can sometimes be pretty wide, but they may find common ground in a new wireless fence technology for cattle.

The U.S.’s top nutritional panel has recommended that Americans eat less meat, both for their health and to help protect the planet.

A mini video series just released by the National Young Farmers Coalition illustrates the challenges and joys of starting one's own dairy farm.

Astronomers are stunned and stumped by the brightest light seen in 24 years of observations of the black hole at the center of our galaxy.

Learn when the autumn equinox happens and what to expect as we bid farewell to summer.

Don't forget to spend some time in nature! Let the 2019 US fall foliage forecast help.

Sturdy, stalwart, and superlatively statuesque, California's coast redwoods stand out as some of the most impressive organisms on the planet.

Researchers find that the neurotoxin is carried in by coastal fog, deposited on the land, and then makes its way up the food chain where it is approaching toxic thresholds in pumas.

A NASA scientist shows us the three-fifths of the planet's surface that we don't get to see.

In many part of the world, the 2019-2020 winter was the winter that wasn't.

From dancing tree fairies to the reality of spring fever, there’s more to the March equinox than almost-equal night and day.

Knowing how to make a few sauces by heart is a skill we all can use.

A bit of weekend prep work goes a long way.

These ingredients are worth the extra money.

Nothing exotic here, but it's all practical, versatile, and nutritious.

Establishing certain habits can make cooking easier.

Welcome to almost 30 percent of the world's forest cover.

You think Big Ben is tall? It's got nothing on the tallest tree in the world.

Among other things, the data reveals answers about the size of blue whales, the largest organisms to have ever lived on Earth.

It's time for swift and immediate action to protect marine life from further devastation.

Mixing conservation with death care, a new start-up offers permanently protected memorial trees that solve a slew of problems.

The UK government has approved a new scheme for desalination of water from the Thames, for use in London. The £200 million plant will be built in Beckton, east London. It's not a popular plan, though, among environmental campaigners. We've written before

We´ve noted in the past plans for new desalination plants in Australia and low-grade energy desalination technology from New Mexico.

Record droughts, falling water tables and the rapid depletion of aquifers have helped make desalination, a process once considered impractical and too expensive, a viable technology -- at least in some places. As such, there has been a rash of stories --

XEROX/PARC Spiral Water Filtration Technology A typical water-treatment plant is very big and very expensive. XEROX's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) has come up with a new technology that could make the whole process cheaper and simpler, potentially

Having given Global Water Challenge a Best of Green award earlier this year for their innovative work on the issues of drinking water and sanitation, it goes without saying that TreeHugger is a fan of their work.

Directed by David Valero for the Spanish eco-short-films festival La Luciernaga fundida, this video shows how a grandmother and grandson desalinate seawater at home.

Here's a frequent question asked by people wanting to create positive sustainable changes in the world: Is it more effective to work as a change agent from inside the current system or is it better to

These low-impact, solar-powered desalination units could be a potential boon to water-scarce coastal communities, disaster-prone areas, as well as local marine life.

Using solar stills to purify water isn't a new idea, but it's an effective one. And now new efforts are underway to use this old technology to help green the desert.