Green Living

President Obama is expected to appeal to Americans about the perils of rising temperatures and the economic benefits of dealing with climate change

For 26 years forests around Chernobyl have been absorbing radioactive elements, but a fire would send them skyward again--a concern as summers grow longer, hotter and drier

Living in a landscape of fear means more of the greenhouse gas driving climate change gets stored in plants. David Biello reports

The wonder material invented in the U.S. long ago can help enable more efficient engines and renewable energy technologies

Ethanol's strain on agricultural resources has soured many advocates' former enthusiasm. Advances in algae-based biofuel technology may restore some of their optimism

Researchers engineer materials to avoid using expensive platinum in fuel cells

U.S. businesses that cut CO2 by 3 percent per year through the end of the decade could reap as much as $190 billion

South and Central America could generate 100 percent of their electricity with renewable resources, a new study finds

It's a wonderful way to share the beauty and wonder of the natural world with others, but not if landscapes are trampled and wildlife is frightened

The world is not on track to reduce, or even restrain global warming. David Biello reports

Household cleaning products are responsible for almost 10 percent of all toxic exposures reported to U.S. poison control centers