These storied specimens have been shortlisted for Britain's Tree of the Year contest.

The Bush Administration buried a report showing a highly elevated risk of cancer for those living near coal ash. Why do we burn coal again?

In the wake of the Japan nuclear situation, the Gulf oil spill and other disasters, maybe it's time to talk about energy in terms of safety instead of greenness

Complaints of sidewalk excrement have become so frequent that the city has established a team dedicated to clearing away number twos.

London, Houston and Bangkok are among the cities most vulnerable to sea level identified in a new report by London-based charity Christian Aid.

Woodland hawks, attracted by the songbirds that love backyard feeders, are thriving in cities.

Here are 14 of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

A new report from the Health Effects Institute says are breathing air that's considered unsafe by the World Health Organization.

A new retrospective study finds that 1980s-era cleanup of Boston Harbor was well worth it from a return on investment standpoint.

Spread across nearly 70 action-packed acres, Tulsa's newest public green space champions sustainability, accessibility and inclusion.

The BuildingGreen Top 10 Green Building Products were announced at Greenbuild 2011.

The Center for Green Schools, an initiative of the U.S. Green Building Council, has published the first Best of Green Schools list.

Environmentally-friendly practices aren't just for new buildings anymore. Their existing – and, in some cases, elderly – counterparts are catching on, too.

The District of Columbia had the most LEED-certified square footage per capita in 2011.

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

The new certificate is offered by the U.S. Green Building Council's Center for Green Schools.

Once considered a dead zone for green building, Miami Beach will soon be getting its first LEED Platinum home in the form of 2020 Alton Road, a super-sleek, sup

The company's New York headquarters is now equipped with energy-saving LED lighting.

Organization will provide a one-year membership to the U.S. Green Building Council.

With the U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild International Conference and Expo about to kick off in San Francisco, the organization announces the recipient

After the nation's largest deep energy retrofit, the Castle Square Apartments in Boston's South End achieves LEED Platinum status.

Speaking at a sustainability and design conference in Atlanta, LEED pioneer Rob Watson explains that 'there are good buildings, and there are bad buildings.'

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

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

Every year, the number of green college programs — and the number of students enrolled in them — rises, as careers in environmental policy, sustainability,

Filmmaker Mark Kitchell talks to MNN about the need to understand the birth and life of the green movement in the U.S.

Global survival game places you in a biodiverse world that rises or falls based on how you protect or abuse its resources.

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

Researchers say the beautiful new flame, inspired by fire tornadoes, may provide an eco-friendly way to clean up oil spills.

Researchers have managed to pinpoint the time you're most likely to meet a spider.

Satellite images confirm another massive iceberg has split from Antarctica, this time from the Pine Island Glacier.

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

New plastic PDK can be broken down at a molecular level and come back just as strong to be reused again and again.

The rainforest as a living machine, is quite possibly the most sophisticated technology on the planet.

New report calls for less damage in the development of biofuels.

Sens. Grassley and Conrad introduce the Green Jobs Act of 2010, which will extend biofuel tax credits for producers.

Ethanol subsidies are such a wedge issue in Iowa that one candidate says he will stay away.

Political ideology doesn't matter in the Senate when it comes to ethanol subsidies. Unless your senator comes from a corn state, chances are he or she voted aga

Tree-friendly book lovers rejoice by planting trees for each book read.

MNN rounds up some of the Web's most useful tools for shrinking your footprint.

Two fair trade pioneers get into the carbon market.

Maybe carbon offsetting isn't as fool-proofed as many businesses would like people to believe.

As demand for carbon accounting heats up, start-up software companies vie for the lead position. Over 50 new companies (and counting) have entered the race.

Private brokerage service Ecostreamjet purchases carbon credits to offset emissions generated by each flight.

Brown has gone green! UPS has become the first small package carrier to offer its customers the option of purchasing carbon offsets to counteract the CO2 emissi

An ethical travel operator in Britain denounces carbon offsetting, but are ‘holidays closer to home’ a real solution?

Travel company cancels offset program citing its inability to reduce global emissions.

MNN chats with guitarist Stone Gossard about the band's latest project and why the group is passionate about making a difference for the environment.

This month, scientists and tree lovers celebrate the 2nd birthday of a hybrid chestnut tree that may be a force in reducing the impacts of climate change.

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