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The so-called Climate Bill is a jobs bill. By fighting it, global warming denialists, and carbon industry lobbyists, are keeping us out of markets that can grow like the Internet did in the 1990s,...

24 | December 3, 2009 11:53am | By Dana Blankenhorn

San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid has ascended to the top two percent of energy-efficient buildings in the nation, thanks to efficiency retrofits as well as the building's design.

2 | November 22, 2011 7:33pm | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

Roboclam, equipped with the same special digging super power as razor clams, could be used as a lightweight anchor for subs or even to detonate buried underwater mines.

2 | May 30, 2012 7:39am | By Rose Eveleth

Brian Willems, a residential developer and weekend surfer in Los Angeles, has always been passionate about living the best life possible.  At the same time he's been focused on doing it with a...

4 | May 29, 2009 1:36pm | By Vince Thompson

Energy futurist Chris Nelder suggests community "solar gardens" as a way for towns to transition to renewables in the absence of federal incentives, and shares a dream he had about how one...

10 | November 16, 2011 5:25am | By Chris Nelder

Pay attention to the wagging finger. And for goodness sake, use the clothesline. The sun is your friend. And another thing....

7 | May 25, 2012 3:49am | By Mark Halper

When gays move into progressive neighborhoods -- such as urban cores -- housing values go up, but the same isn't true if they move into anti-gay neighborhoods.

2 | November 3, 2011 2:53pm | By Christopher Mims

SARISKA -- India, which has the highest number of wild tigers, will play the biggest role in saving the big cat. But it needs to solve the growing man-animal conflict.

May 21, 2012 12:05am | By Betwa Sharma

Energy columnist Chris Nelder reviews public opinion polls and finds that money is no longer able to stop the energy transition juggernaut.

55 | May 16, 2012 2:37am | By Chris Nelder

Sustainability, climate change and livability mean little to most Americans -- but the implications impact everyone. How do you sell the story? Experts debate at the inaugural SXSW Eco conference.

2 | October 5, 2011 11:42am | By Andrew Nusca

Winners of a design competition could turn the National Mall in Washington, D.C. into a great public space.

May 8, 2012 5:54am | By Tyler Falk

Billionaire tycoon heading to Scottish Parliament to oppose offshore turbines that he says will spoil the view from his luxury golf resort.

23 | April 25, 2012 4:33am | By Mark Halper

If you're looking for a practical guide to best practices, this book is chuck full of check lists, examples and resources to consult.

1 | July 25, 2011 4:36am | By Heather Clancy

Experts discuss the future of cities through the lens of sustainability.

1 | July 14, 2011 6:36am | By Andrew Nusca

The Putney School in Vermont boasts the first net-zero school building in the United States on a campus where sustainability squads are part of everyday student activities.

4 | June 21, 2011 5:22am | By Heather Clancy

A company in Oregon is putting a whole new spin on urban planning that give us a new meaning to prefab homes and the conception of "mobile homes."

5 | April 8, 2012 8:56pm | By Ina Damm Muri

BARCELONA -- Starlab is a Catalan-based private company that converts technology into profits, global innovation and mind-controlled robots.

April 2, 2012 3:07am | By Jennifer Riggins

Thanks to software developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the California's Santa Rita jail can disconnect itself from the grid and function as an island.

2 | March 22, 2012 9:19am | By Kirsten Korosec

Urban designers "can't cut away from a city's past," says Philadelphia planner David Gouverneur.

2 | February 7, 2011 6:37am | By Andrew Nusca

Nuclear power can cut energy industry's carbon emissions. But Japan, Germany are closing down reactors, firing up fossil fuels, post-Fukushima. Hello Carbon Bigfoot.

5 | March 12, 2012 9:51am | By Mark Halper