Andrew Scheer is a climate arsonist.

It's a mix of speculative fiction and informed prediction. Which do you think is most plausible?

Unless they're specially branded Keep Cups that reduce the likelihood of catering staff getting burned.

Everybody is hopping on the hydrogen train, but it's being driven by natural gas.

The city of New Orleans had given up on glass recycling. Enterprising students from Tulane University decided to step up to the challenge and bring back free glass recycling citywide in spring 2020.

Even a full day later, a one-hour shift in the clock is hard to adjust to.

The Story of Stuff's latest film underscores the importance of putting deposits on all cans and bottles.

While in the midst of a global pandemic, we can't forget the ongoing climate crisis. Here's how you can participate in Earth Day 2020.

Greta Thunberg, Margaret Atwood, Michael Mann, Naomi Klein, David Suzuki, Bill McKibben, George Monbiot and more make the case.

It's a curious reversal of the farm-to-table movement.

Some question if it is even possible.

Or are they just fooling themselves and being selfish?

They have always been controversial, and they may well be counterproductive.

With a carbon credit card, it doesn't have to be hard.

Need a break from the news and bored of books? Here are some quality screen time suggestions of movies and TV shows that will (hopefully) take your mind off the pandemic.

The origins of Joseph Pilates' regimented workout program began when he was sequestered in an internment camp in England during WWI.

A British critic calls two green icons, rammed earth and Passivhaus, "architectural trickery at its most cynical."

Yes, but not necessarily in the way you think.

Can digital fabrication and robotic construction techniques help reduce the carbon emissions of concrete?

Built for a sculptor and his new family on the site of an old gold mine and sawmill, this house uses reclaimed concrete blocks weighing a ton each.

The ones we have left should be preserved; they don't make them like they used to.

The carbon footprint of concrete can be a whole lot better, if you make it out of carbon dioxide.

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) sends out a press release touting their recent political victory in Washington State, and their new promotional campaign, “Build with Strength.” Hilarity ensues.

They save concrete and look great after all these years.

A Chinese study says concrete actually sucks up CO2. This is not news, it's chemistry.

Sand mining is described as "the global environmental crisis you’ve probably never heard of." Another good reason to use wood instead of concrete.

Is this the future of construction?

New research sheds new light on why Roman concrete is so strong and water resistant, but let's not get carried away here.

It's a celebration of a technology that covers longer spans with less concrete and looks good, too. Here are some I have feasted on.

The tech pioneer turned investor talks meat, batteries, and cement.

So much for my New Year's resolution to stop writing about concrete planters in the sky.

But for everyone else it is a big nothingburger.

Making cement puts out a lot of CO2. Making concrete needs a lot of sand. Both are big problems.

A key industry association is working to keep warming to "well below" two degrees.

Ambitious progress is possible, even in society's hardest to abate sectors.

Did we say we hate concrete? Just the new stuff. This kind of concrete should be buffed, polished and treasured.

They keep piling it on Florida's beaches, but they can't keep it up.

Access to reliably electricity is what defines civilization in the 21st century, but in many parts of the world, and for a shockingly large number of people, even basic access to electricity is rare, unstable, or nonexistent. This has to change.

We need a new system to determine which nations ought to be forced to cut emissions, not the 20-year old outdated one we've got now.

There's plenty of "recognizing," "acknowledging," and "noting" going on in the final draft of the Rio+20 text. Lot's of UN-ese. And that's about it.

A new UN report says that a 1% tax levies on the world's 1,225 billionaires would more than make up for the shortfall in development aid from governments.

Just 30 minutes of play time can power a lamp for three hours.

A new generation of succesful for-profit, mission-driven businesses are serving energy-hungry communities across the globe.

Using ceramics and metal nanoparticles, a non-profit organization from University of Virginia is making these simple but effective purifiers that can eliminate up to 99.9% of waterborne pathogens.

Good for the Westons, owners of both, for doing the right thing by admitting their use of the factory and their willingness to help out.

The student invention just won the James Dyson Award for its intelligent design.

Discarded laptop batteries could power LED lights in regions with scarce electricity.

Trust the rock stars, or your doctor.

The technology could save countless lives.

The batteries could provide back-up power for small solar power systems.