Everyone loves their pets. Pets are a great companion to our lives. They are there when we need them and always happy to see us, no matter how their own day has been. We love them, care about them and only want the best for them. However, as it turns out our own ungreen habits [...]...

The US Environmental Protection Agency has shifted course by deeming carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases a health risk, in a landmark turnaround that could impact climate change regulation....

Coal power is the dirtiest form of energy creation on Earth. Natural gas and oil are all far greener than coal and that is saying a lot. Right now, there are far too many coal power plants on Earth, especially in China which seems to build about five a week it seems. The supporters of [...]...

A research team from Brazil and Chicago have successfully treated type 1 diabetes patients with injections of their own stem cells...

Several proposals for a cash-for-clunkers bill are circulating in Congress, but is a cash rebate enough to get Americans buying cars again?...

Carbon labelling schemes will not help curb greenhouse gas emissions and will only harm exports, especially from developing nations....

The recent decades-long drought that killed 100,000 people in Africa's Sahel may be a small foretaste of monstrous "megadroughts" that could grip the region as global climate change worsens, scientists reported on Thursday....

In the Sekisei Lagoon, scientists are trying to save Japan’s largest coral reef. The project began in 2005 and has cost $2 million thus far. It is estimated that upwards of 90 percent of the coral surrounding the Okinawa islands, where the Sekisei Lagoon lies, has died in the last decade. Global warming, over fishing [...]...

The EPA on Friday declared that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases sent off by cars and many industrial plants "endanger public health and welfare," setting the stage for regulating them under federal clean air laws....

If you are up for an adventure, here’s an unusual way to experience nature. A small company in British Columbia, Free Spirit Spheres, offers the chance to stay in a spherical tree house in the West Coast rain forest. The spheres are built using technology combined from sailboat construction and treehouse architecture. They hang suspended in [...]...

Images inside Star City, Russia's cosmonaut school...

NewsFactor - A week ahead of Earth Day, McAfee is offering insights into spam's impact on the environment. McAfee's research reveals that spam is not only a nuisance that hinders business productivity, it also damages the environment and contributes to greenhouse gas emissions....

The future of short-distance travel in cities from San Francisco to New York City may be within reach thanks to Project P.U.M.A (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility). This collaboration between General Motors and Segway will produce two-wheeled vehicles that could be used to cover city streets or bridge gaps between public transit and work. The [...]...

(Photo by Andrew Walsh on Flickr) A trio of House members introduced a bill on April 1st that would accelerate the transition nationwide from vehicles powered by fossil fuels to CNG vehicles. Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK), Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) and Rep. John Larson (D-CT) co-sponsored the New Alternative Transportation to Give American Solutions (NAT GAS) Act [...]...