Ian Urbina reports at The New York Times on the negative side effects the tech industries shift to flat screen technology has had on the market for recycling old television and computer monitor glass

Phonebloks was a great idea - mix-and-match pieces means upgrading from a basic platform is forever. Now it has a first competitor - the Eco-Mobius.

A coating made from copper nanowires could make those smartphone screens a lot tougher and help the gadgets to last longer.

The best way to extract all of those valuable metals in old electronics may be to grow some fungus.

But is it truly modular?

Alphabet, Google's parent company, has scrapped the release of the Project Ara phone.

Talk about slashing food miles; 'fresh from the roof' is as local as it gets.

You just can't fool Mother Nature.

Darya Pino of Summer Tomato prepared this terrific flow chart to help navigate the supermarket.Marion Nestle of Food Politics liked it, noting:

Walmart has been in the sustainability spotlight over the last few years, both for implementing its own efficiency measures and for raising the bar for industry at large. Some view these initiatives with skepticism because the

Many users replace their smartphones every couple of years, even though they have years of life left in them. Here's how to keep your smartphone for longer while keeping up its performance.

I'm going to let Josh Tulkin speak mostly for himself on this one, but here's the thumbnail sketch of the situation: Tulkin received a latter from the Maryland State Police informing him that from March 2005 to May 2006 Tulkin was under

The state of Maryland has already shown a proclivity towards environmental programs—it has embraced wind power via positive legislation, for one. Now, it's going to clean up its wetlands. The Maryland chapter of the

Taking advantage of the Federal stimulus package, Maryland's Governor O'Malley announced the State's intention to purchase hybrid 100 hybrid diesel/electric buses for $62 million.

Image credit: UMBI Center of Marine Biotechnology Fully Contained, Indoor Fish Farming Update: Karin has reported on this initiative before under Fish Farming Moves to the Condos, and Lloyd also covered it under the Future of Food. Great to see it still

Baltimore residents, get ready to get in on the smart grid party. Baltimore Gas & Electric has just announced that it has filed paper with the Maryland Public Service

Not waiting for national legislation to set a price on carbon and kickstart the journey to a low-carbon future, Montgomery County, Maryland has enacted one the country's first carbon taxes. Passed by a vote of 8-to-1 the tax

What am I, the phone book blogger? It seems that way. After a ban on Yellow Pages in Seattle and a related industry lawsuit, the latest news on ditching phonebooks comes from Maryland. This time, it's the other way

Neither jobs nor electrical stability will be sacrificed by the state's proposed plan to protect the climate by reducing emissions 25% by 2020.

Residents in southern Maryland have long felt like they live in an 'energy sacrifice zone.' They already have a nuclear power plant and now are trying to stop a liquid natural gas port.

Maryland's ban on arsenic in chicken feed would have been groundbreaking, but the bill has been gutted by lobbyists.

Thanks to an exception for "electric or non-fossil-fuel-burning vehicles". Maybe all other states could do that so that other EV makers don't have to face what Tesla is facing?

Dan Rockhill and his students keep pushing the building envelope.

When made from the right materials, buildings can be a solution, not a problem.

Electric vehicles have come a long way in the last few years, steadily gaining acceptance as a practical and sustainable form of transportation. This is especially true in cities, where most trips are short and space is at a premium.

If the world is to move onto a sustainable path we need the market to tell the truth, through full cost pricing.

Domes are tough. Here is a design that tries to make them comfortable. Does it live up to its billing?

The tiny house movement goes to the dogs with this $30,000 dream house.

Ever wonder what it would look like to be in the maw of a snow leopard? Wonder no more.

Yet another example of the uncanny intelligence of our 8-armed overlords.

Climate change has become an ethical issue in the eyes of the Danish Council for Ethics, which suggested last week that the government consider a tax on beef, and eventually all foods depending on climate impact.

A posse of paper penguins has spread to major international cities in the past week, as part of a new Greenpeace campaign to protect Antarctica.

These are the ones that also had a green slant to them, making them special to TreeHugger's heart.

Waitrose wants to see how serious shoppers are about bringing their own containers.

The company is ramping up pressure on suppliers to design less wasteful packaging.

The ancient Ok glacier, a fraction of its former size and unable to move, was declared dead in 2014.

From oldest to tallest to most sacred and more, we present a brief who's-who of arboreal heros.

Image credit: El País According to El País on sunday, celebraty chef Ferran Adrià is plotting a zero emission premises for his restaurant elBulli on the coast of Catalonia, Spain. The 2010 chef of the decade (nominated by The Restaurant magazine) closed

You won't find Lobster Boy in Hartford, Connecticut. Or Salt Lake City, Utah, or Denver, Colorado, for that matter. Those are the top three most "Suntelligent" big cities in the U.S., according to a survey by the American

A new study from the Breast Cancer Fund shows that BPA is found in canned foods marketed specifically to kids. This should be no surprise to TreeHugger readers; we have been talking about BPA lining cans for years. All

These designer bags from Brooklyn are made with local leather.

The Freedomky is a nicely done modular design

This smart system automatically frees up floorspace and can learn your preferences.

Hundreds of people weathered the blizzard last Sunday to support New Amsterdam's Wintermarket in lower Manhattan. The New Amsterdam Market is not your

It supports local business owners and gives you more local and seasonal options.

This month, BookHugger presents Ideas That Matter: The Worlds of Jane Jacobs edited by Max Allen with an introduction by Mary Rowe. Readers can order a discounted copy today and join in a discussion with distinguished urban

Once you have paid for the panels or turbines, renewable power is almost free.

Martín Azúa's latest rug design is made from esparto soles from the traditional spanish espadrilles. It will be used in Camper's shoe stores.

It remains to be seen how green (or not) new Pope Francis aka Jorge Mario Bergoglio will be, but this photo of him riding the subway in Buenos Aires, Argentina, certainly makes a good ad for public transportation.

There are a lot of good ideas in this truck; will they catch on?