the first thing Energy Minister G Smitherman can do to control skyrocketing nuclear costs and protect the environment is to shut down the Pickering B nuclear station early next year and replace it with green.

Every day, most of us turn on the tap and take it for granted that an endless supply of clean, safe drinking water will flow out. Yet Canada's freshwater resources aren't nearly as abundant as you'd think. In fact, our belief in unlimited water is a

Like One Laptop per Child, the BOGO solar powered flashlight lets you score yourself a neat green gadget while providing a second one for free distribution by non-profits in the developing world. Find out how it works and what it costs in our video review

For many of us the idea of a convenience store, is simply, well...inconvenient. With nearly non-existent options in healthy foods or Eco conscious products such stores leave millions of folks opting for a healthier lifestyle "out in the cold."

Thirty years ago, when one litre of ethanol was worth three times more than one litre of gasoline, most nations would not have considered investing in it as a biofuel. But Brazil took this path, and now produces the cheapest ethanol in the world.

Mary Anne Brinckman, founding editor and editor-in-chief of Green Living magazine, died on January 1 of a heart attack while snorkelling in the Dominican Republic.

As of yesterday, a new Maine state law will require retailers to collect used cell phones at no charge for recycling. Consumers will also be forbidden to throw old phones in the trash.

Cities across North America are struggling to undo the mistakes of 20th-century public housing. Some are finding that a clean slate also presents opportunities. In Canada, the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) is pushing the agenda on design

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Actor Brad Pitt said on Monday he wants to build 150 environmentally friendly homes for families displaced by Hurricane Katrina in a hard-hit New Orleans neighborhood

Much hope for an affordable clean-energy solution has been placed on the potential of biofuels like ethanol. Stanford University's Chris Somerville, director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology, shares that optimism-but...