Environment

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans went out and planted more than 8 million trees across the country on Saturday as part of a government push to shed its reputation for environmental mismanagement and rampant illegal logging. Packs of volunteers,...

Straw and clay are the building materials of choice for a few dozen ecologically minded people in the eastern German village of Sieben Linden.

Fireworks are dangerous and release toxic pollutants that harm the environment. Consider these fun alternative activities to celebrate the Fourth of July.

What do you call farmers who don't use synthetic fertilizers or even organically approved pesticides and also avoid animal-derived products? (This is not the first line of a joke.)

As the cost of fuel soars and the pressure mounts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, several schemes for a new generation of airship are being considered.

Cold war culture has been back in style for a while now, at least in architecture circles. The clarity of its Manichaean worldview, in which everyone seemed to know who the bad guys were, is a comforting refuge from our current ideological confusion. And

Just because we all sin against the environment doesn't mean we should believe every "green" idea

Do Americans Have Green Fatigue? One recent poll showed that American consumers are increasingly unlikely to spend money on energy-efficient goods and services.

A global report card on nations doing the most, and least, to clean up the environment.