Kitting out your home with a solar power system just got a bit easier in the state of Connecticut. Under the Connecticut Solar Lease Program, qualifying low and moderate-income homeowners—those people whose household incomes is

So you think you're doing everything you can to improve your home's energy efficiency. And if you haven't done everything you can do personally, both TreeHugger and Planet Green have plenty of tips on how you can get up to

In a move which Connecticut governor Jodi Rell says will help position Connecticut as "the preferred location to grow clean tech jobs", the state has launch the Connecticut Clean Tech Fund to

One way to get around many of the problems attributed to biofuel production (land use changes, effect on food prices, etc) is by using waste vegetable oil to produce biodiesel. Now it looks like New Haven, Connecticut will be

A quick one to keep an eye on and get your best booing voice reader for: New York Times is highlighting a bill passing through Connecticut's legislature that would slash in half the state's current renewable energy goal of

Some regular TreeHugger readers (and commenters, you know who you are...) are no doubt exclaiming that they being saying the same thing for years, that hemp makes great biofuel--if only the Feds would get out of the way. Well, researchers

One to keep in you pocket whenever you're faced with someone trying to tell you than putting a price on carbon and promoting energy efficiency will hurt more than they help: Huffington Post reports on the benefits of the Regional Greenhouse Gas

DNA testing of cougar crap left along a 1,055-mile trail has established that a young male Puma walked all the way from South Dakota to New England in search of a mate. The poor cat's

Connecticut legislative committee backs a labeling requirement for genetically modified foods.

As mom and I swam in the saline pool, enjoyed a meal of local, sweet scallops, and blissed out with deep tissue massages, the inn's sustainable touches made everything taste and feel a little more like home.

"The labeling provision was eliminated from the bill due to fears that it opened the state up to a lawsuit. The attorneys for the leadership & Governor's office felt the Constitutional rights of Monsanto gave them the power to successfully sue the state."

The bottled water company responsible for profound and pointless waste of water and fossil fuels is praised for low flush toilets and white roofs.

An eye-opening report reveals how low-grade plastics are burned as fuel, poisoning the surrounding soil and air.

Five tons of ivory was crushed earlier this year in Manila at the wildlife bureau compound, in an effort to change it's image as one of the world's hotspots for illegal ivory trading.

Madison is a city of lakes.

Could sharing more be central to achieving the Right's biggest dream?

The sharing economy is built more on convenience and the desire to save money than a mission to save the world. But does that matter?

Patagonia's Worn Wear events, held in collaboration with sharing start up Yerdle, offer a different, more sustainable vision of Black Friday.

It talks a lot about cycling, but notes that we don't do nearly enough about walking.

Studies prove these myths aren't true but nobody is listening.

It could move goods, transport hydrogen, reduce CO2 and water the lawn all at once.

The world is getting hotter. But if we need AC, we have to use it sparingly.

In a word, yes. We don't have to buy what they're selling.

Shipping Containers are used as giant blocks to build a giant steel party room

The public has cast their votes, and if the winner is any indication, there are some angry bikers tired of fighting the battle for clean transportation.

This is a housing form that we should be building a lot more of.

Made out of an old grain silo, this renovated micro-home is bursting with delightful creativity.

A town is prevented from creating regulations stricter than the state's rules, despite residents' concerns about groundwater contamination.

A roundup of our Blankenship coverage over the years, and what led up to this tragedy and this indictment.

But this is probably not the last we will hear from him.

Green-fingered volunteers in the Danish city of Aarhus have given abandoned bicycles a new lease of life – by turning them into tiny urban gardens.

ZGF builds interesting hives on the roof of a fascinating building.

World consumption of animal protein is everywhere on the rise. Wherever incomes rise, so does meat consumption.

According to the research of author David Simon, the externalized cost of our animal food system totals about $414 billion per year, which is carried by all of us.

Recommendations to eat less meat for environmental reasons won’t be included in the final 2015 dietary guidelines.

This elegantly designed small space presents yet another solution for the bed: lifting it up to the ceiling and out of the way.

These architects propose building a living space into the nacelle of giant offshore wind turbines. What could go wrong?

While large wind turbines remain the dominant force in wind power, wider adoption may lie with small-scale turbines fit for urban and low wind conditions.

It's a mutually beneficial arrangement. Lush gets luxurious fair-trade cocoa butter, while farmers earn income in a low-risk way, not threatened by violence.

An increase in maximum sentences for wildlife crimes are being delivered by the Republic of Congo – here's how one gang's arrest and conviction went down.

A young Toronto-based woman is working to build a school in the Kenyan village near where she grew up.

Paul Quinn College in Dallas converted its underused football field into a working farm.

It has become a familiar pattern. A natural disaster occurs and we can't help but wonder how it may have been influenced by climate change. Here's a look at how the Colorado rains and flood were connected to global warming.

Ever wondered what it's like to live in a renovated van? Here is one company that rents DIY van conversions out.

A tour inside a solar-powered bus conversion that makes you feel at ease.

Why Greens Should Support the Fight for Economic and Racial Justice

The holidays are a time of joy, happiness, families and... waste? Estimates show that almost 25% of waste produced in the US comes from the six weeks between Thanksgiving and New Years. But we can change that, starting now.

Anti-greens often try to make economic arguments against the big spring-cleaning that our civilization is going through.

The thin, skin-like electronics may usher in a future of earth-friendly gadgets.

For all the kooky and outlandish conspiracies, there is a serious battle going on about how we define our future. Demonizing the cyclist is a part of that war.