Factoring in no-cost charging, electric vehicles are a no-brainer, and now Volta has a national plan.

Local Motors uses tech, crowdsourcing and design contests to create tomorrow's autos today.

At $1 million per mile, the cost of wireless roads would be prohibitive.

Even under poor conditions, Venturi's 240 mph shakes things up at the Bonneville Salt Flats.

It was a combination of hubris, professional rivalry and a desperate bid for success in the American market.

Tesla Motors gets some high-powered competition.

The big Japanese auto show is all about plug-in and hydrogen cars — and some even drive themselves.

EV prices are falling, range is rising, and there's free fuel to sweeten the pot.

As CES proves, the gadgets are more important than the color and the trim package.

The Detroit and New York auto shows may have the new car introductions, but Washington has the politicians.

Science Guy Bill Nye wants battery-powered stock car racers. But fans go for the noise.

Most electric cars plug into much cleaner grids, especially in California.

The deal with the Tesla Model 3: 215 miles of range, zero to 60 under 6 seconds, $35,000 — but read the fine print.

Low gas prices, and crossovers with 30 mpg, mean that only a quarter of hybrid and electric buyers are getting another one.

VW is poised to reinvent itself as an EV-friendly treehugger.

Electric carmakers need more cobalt for their lithium-ion batteries. Tiny Cobalt, Ontario, aims to become a sizable supplier.

Muncie, Indiana, police department lets residents pay off parking tickets with donations to the local animal shelter.

Escaped camel, cow and donkey in Kansas are 'halfway towards a live nativity.'

There are many different types of staircases that can make your home a more efficient, safer and even a more attractive place.

An interesting new prefab in Australia is described as being "Carbon Positive," but what does that mean?

Photographer Richard Silver captures the surreal ambience of the "blue hour" with these beautifully spliced landscape images.

With the Living Building Challenge now under its belt, the facility is being heralded as one of the greenest buildings in the world.

The after-school carpentry wizards at Sawhorse Revolution have big, community-bettering plans for micro-housing.

In a once iffy stretch of East Oakland, Tassafaronga Village stands as a model of affordable green housing done right.

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

Resilient design is showcased in competing homes hailing from New York, New Jersey and Missouri.

Honestly, it would be a touch difficult to hit the books on a campus this wildly verdant.

UC Davis students conceive a 'deliberate solution' to substandard farm worker housing.

A solar-powered home that can charge a car is one thing. But what if power flowed the other way, as well?

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

How they can provide some space for the next generation as well.

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

The treehouse-esque bunkhouses of Whitetail Woods Regional Park score big at the AIA Housing Awards.

It's a handsome, pared-down design, but where are the wheels?

M.A.Di., a flat-pack tiny house from Italy, is a new take on a beloved classic.

From the emphasis on nature to the secret location aspect, there's a lot to like about this off-grid lodging concept from Belgium.

Bosco Verticale, Milan's literal vertical forest, boasts the equivalent of 2.4 acres of richly green land.

A 'clunker' is a vehicle reaching less than 18 mpg. Check out the top 10 clunkiest clunkers here.

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It was one of President Obama's signature stimulus programs, and it looked like a roaring success — at the time.

The Mary River turtle, recognized for its algae-induced punk rock appearance and ability to breathe through its rear is endangered.

The Sisters of the Monastery of the Dominican of Order have cared for the rare salamanders for 150 years.

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

Rescuers in Cape Cod are racing to save wave after wave of "cold-stunned" sea turtles.

The 2019 Saving Endangered Species Youth Art Contest is open to children in grades K-12.

Two mother-and-calf pairs of North Atlantic right whales have been spotted so far this year in Cape Cod Bay.

Australia, on track to eliminate 2 million feral cats by 2020, bans outdoor cats.

2019 has been a record year for the threatened species, even after Hurricane Dorian destroyed sea turtle nests in the state.

Scientists plan to flood the black market with cheap fake rhino horns to disrupt the poaching market.

Nonprofit, which monitors the health and safety of animals in the entertainment industry, calls the expose a distortion of the truth.