The U.S. Green Building Council's annual conference and expo will be held in San Francisco, California.

The office is the highest scoring LEED-NC version 2009 project in the Northern Hemisphere.

Study reveals that green certified homes are valued 9% higher than comparable properties.

This California hotel that our food blogger stayed goes beyond LEED certification in its sustainability initiatives.

In a refreshing departure from the norm, the developers of a LEED luxury development in Cambridge focus on amenities and sustainability with equal measure.

To save energy, a newly opened LEED residence hall at Bridgewater State University outlaws the dorm room staple known as the mini-fridge.

This isn't your grandfather's vegetation-topped, solar-powered, vegan pulled pork sandwich-selling football stadium.

The palatial Beaux-Arts beauty completed in 1915 is named the oldest LEED Platinum building.

It's amazing how closely the powerful swirls of a hurricane match the Fibonacci sequence.

The Colorado-based school wants to buy itself from a cash-strapped parent organization, but it may have to close if it can't raise $2.5 million by Jan. 31.

The Colorado-based school raised $2.3 million over the past two months, allowing it to buy itself and its campus from a cash-strapped parent organization.

Meet Dr. Rob Sanford, department chair and professor of environmental science at the University of Southern Maine.

A survey of general scientific knowledge found that Americans aren't so science-savvy. How will you do?

Researchers say the giant tsunami occured in the Cape Verde Islands 73,000 years ago.

Researchers studying fossilized bivalves discovered evidence of a one-two punch of cataclysmic climate change.

A drone has found a vast catshark nursery on the seafloor west of Ireland, say scientists with the SeaRover survey.

Ethanol is emerging as one of the biggest wedge issues for Republicans as they focus on the Iowa caucus.

MNN offers a graphical tribute to a gifted grain — corn — in all its many uses.

On October 6, Panasonic Corporation is hosting a worldwide Earth Lunch Hour event.

Get daily reminders about your carbon footprint and IE will plant a tree of your choice.

Matt Hickman unravels the mysteries behind offsetting CO2 and buying RECs. (Hint: One of them can fund tree-planting efforts.)

COTAP will focus its carbon offsetting projects in impoverished countries.

"Why do you have to sing everything like you just swallowed a pair of jazz hands?!"

GM owners with an OnStar-equipped vehicle can earn some extra cash by renting out their autos.

What is Uber anyway? Is it a taxi service or as it claims, a technology platform, or something else altogether?

The Lit Motors C-1 can cruise 200 miles on a charge, and even a truck can't pull it over.

These guys aren't shy about taking on Tesla, but first they need to ramp up the factory for this 1,088-horsepower, 200 mph electric from Croatia.

Effects include people traveling more, in bigger cars (EV sales are flat), and a dip in public transit.

BMW Vision Next 100

Environmentalist Peter Bahouth shares the inspiration behind Atlanta's most leafy and lovely Airbnb listing.

Heatherwick Studio's mighty pretty design for Maggie's Centre Yorkshire resembles a cluster of massive potted plants.

Developers behind the 104-acre sustainable project in Belize promise to consider all concerns ahead of construction in 2017.

Despite inherent flaws, House in the Tree is a fanciful fir-based escape.

This biophilic home owned by Gennaro Brooks-Church, founder of Eco Brooklyn Living Walls, is so green it boasts a turtle sanctuary.

When people see animals everywhere in pop culture, they assume they're everywhere in real life.

Many well-known bird species are in danger of going extinct, according to the State of the World’s Birds 2018 report.

This Guam kingfisher chick is one of the rarest birds in the world.

International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated its Red List, and the news isn't good for Australia's reptiles.

The elusive Bahama nuthatch was found in limited numbers on the island Grand Bahama amid concerns it had been wiped out in 2016.

Brazil's once-expansive Atlantic Forest has now almost completely disappeared.

Only 68 critically endangered Javan rhinos are left on Earth.

The clones come from trees that were larger than any alive today.

19 of the 450 remaining whales died from 2017-2018, pushing the species even closer to the edge of extinction.

The rediscovery of this hibiscus relative in Hawaii illustrates the growing importance of drones in wildlife conservation.

Business and property owners can decrease their tax liability by taking advantage of one of the many green tax incentives available to businesses.

Option packages and other 'forced' features increase the base price of many vehicles, balancing out the environmental value, group says.

Despite the recall woes plaguing Toyota, Kelley Blue Book has named the Toyota Prius as the top green car for 2010.

In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint, UPS is working with Utilimaster and Isuzu to test a new prototype delivery vehicle.

Student filmmakers win Environment Agency film competition by casting Coolio as a water-wasting polar bear.

A botched message on health insurance reform offers lessons in the effort to sell climate change legislation.