Where does the FDA stand on a BPA ban?

The Substitution Support Portal SUBSPORT launched this week, intending to give business improved tools for substituting hazardous chemicals with safer substitutes.

A new term for those who try to live without plastic, that might just catch on.

Studies of humans, mice, monkeys, and sheep all point to the same scary conclusion -- that BPA wreaks havoc on the female reproductive system.

Nobody should be drinking canned beer. Period. But it is particularly bad for young women.

Scientists have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA over the past 20 years have the same damaging effects.

The Aral Sea, Central Asia's most (in)famous body of water, has become a global symbol of environmental mismanagement. But at least one government in the region doesn't seem to have

Nearly a year ago a "Great Green Wall" of trees was proposed to run across the entire southern border of the Sahara desert in an attempt to stop expanding desertification. At the TED Global conference in Oxford, England,

From a painter's satirical take on 1950s images of a bucolic world to

It's been a couple of years since the still-planned and so-called Great Green Wall of Africa graced the pages of TreeHugger, so here's a quick update and overview: As the BBC reports, African leaders are meeting in Chad to further push the

The building of the massive 5.6-square mile Ivanpah solar project in the Mojave Desert by BrightSource Energy has been suspended in the midst of

A bright white antelope with long thin horns, the Arabian oryx is thought to have inspired early stories of unicorns. (Its two horns appear as one when viewed from the side.) And until

Studies show that humans and kangaroos may have co-evolved to be mutually beneficial to one another.

When you've got a lot of driveway runoff, some careful landscaping can put it to good use.

Check out these photos of a surprise 10-mile lake that popped up in Death Valley, California.

How green does your garden really grow? Top 10 tips for making sure your garden is chemical free and growing strong.

The play bombed in Oxbow for promoting a green agenda.

As it turns out, personal energy choices can be contagious.

It's why we have to reduce demand as well, with radical efficiency.

It's killing everything, including renewable energy.

Some 200 bald eagles are scavenging the goods at Cedar Hills Regional Landfill and dumping the leftovers in suburban backyards.

Our photo of the day comes from the Essex countryside.

Here is another reason to hate the Hudson Yards in New York City.

Our photo of the day is a lesson in singing and building.

If you guessed that climate-crisis-fueled, disease-carrying mosquitoes are wiping them out, you may be correct.

The Carolina parakeet was the only parrot species native to the US; by 1918, we had killed them all. New evidence explains their demise.

Few other animals are known to be intrinsically motivated to assist others in need.

They also build a "tree house" for themselves. It's almost an indoor community.

These designer bags from Brooklyn are made with local leather.

Although the term “Passive House” might seem to refer to single family homes, these concepts can be applied to all kinds of buildings.

We take a tour of a sustainable factory that turns discarded glass into durable building materials.

Solar panels, distributed energy, resilient microgrids, and blockchain. Oh my!

Tomorrow's home urban farm may not need soil, just an Urban Farm Pod that doubles as an extra living space (emphasis on the "living").

FC Modular, that "cracked the code" of tall modular, is no more.

The Brooklyn Journalist covered this project like a blanket, and looks at some of the detailed claims.

In Brooklyn and Toronto, the same story: "accidents" where cyclists somehow lose control, fall under rear wheels.

The vase designed and named after Finnish designer Alvar Aalto is an icon among the design-savvy. The now-classic piece was released in 1937 at the World Fair in Paris. Today, the vase is produced by Iittala, which has slightly changed the size and

Architects are often late bloomers. Frank Gehry is in his prime at 79; Ralph Rapson died at his drafting board last year at 93.

Whether your traveling tastes run rural or urban, green hostels offer an inexpensive and character-filled -- not to mention sustainable -- alternative to bland hotels.

At least $40 million worth of carbon credits have been stolen in recent weeks from various registries across Europe, in what some are calling a growing black market for carbon credits.The Wall Street Journal explains that there are

The Freedomky is a nicely done modular design

The architects call it a "Conceptual Object" but it is pretty and real.

The inside of this updated caravan is surprisingly chic and comfortable.

Instead of combining the two poles of work and leisure, this simple and functional design separates them into distinct volumes.

Fed up with the disposable culture we all live in, two women from Portland, Oregon, founded a low-waste company to help the entire city cut back on plastic.

Mongstad industrial area at night. Photo Tøssekaien via flickr. The Norwegians have been big supporters of carbon capture and storage, and the government helped get the public to go along with building of a gas-fired plant near an existing oil refinery

While no longer breaking news, the endeavours of students and staff at two different Australian schools still merits attention. One school went bottled water free, whilst

This past Thursday, at the business conference Opportunity Green, one panel entitled Next Generation Carbon Mapping: Radical Transparency and Truth in Advertising captured the attention of the standing room only audience at

The Power of Making is the new craft show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It's a mix of craft and science: a coming-together of the disciplines.

In 2007 BC's Premier shocked North America when he announced his government's bold Climate Action Plan. Is it working?