While 160 companies around the world have committed to use “100 percent renewable energy,” that does not mean “100 percent carbon-free energy.” The difference will grow as power grids become less reliant on fossil power, according to a new Stanford study published today in Joule.

Wasted food can be affordably turned into a clean substitute for fossil fuels.

If you want to make your home as energy-efficient and green as possible, should you use gas or electric for your heating and cooling needs?

Although the nearly 21 million miles of paved roads around the globe appear static, their environmental footprints are anything but set.

While poor hygiene may be a deal breaker in human relationships, in bee colonies it can be a matter of life and death.

Avoiding catastrophic climate change was never going to be easy, and every year that passes makes the challenge a little more daunting.

It might seem counterintuitive, but if cities and towns were properly designed, they could help species face the threat posed by climate change.

Wild pigs—a mix of wild boar and domestic swine—are spreading rapidly across Canada, threatening native species such as nesting birds, deer, agricultural crops, and farm livestock, research by the University of Saskatchewan (USask) shows.

B.C.’s forests and watersheds have taken a beating over the past few years.

Standing atop a 10-foot dune at the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge on Delaware Bay, refuge manager Al Rizzo describes one of the largest and most complex wetlands restoration projects ever mounted, a $38 million attempt to return 4,000 acres back to what nature intended.