The Christian Science Monitor

As universities across the country are renovating their campuses and buildings to be more environmentally sustainable, one university is taking the subject into the classroom as its School of Sustainability opens next month.

The state of Florida has approved a marine reserve area off it's west coast to help counter a recent warning that the world's seafood stocks would be depleted by 2048. The reserve will be the largest in the continental U.S.

A plan to be presented to the Nicaraguan National Assembly this month proposes creating a 172-mile waterway to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, offering a rival to the Panama Canal roughly 500 miles to the Southeast.

With sea levels rising, once-a-century floods may become once-in-20-years events. One solution: huge storm-surge barriers.

Citing a need to preserve historic charm, Boston is the first big city to weigh rules for dishes.

A year after an earthquake killed 73,000, rural leaders say they need a greater voice in rebuilding.

A model home here that gives Katrina's displaced an alternative to trailer living is starting to take the country by storm.

As the U.S. population ticks ever closer to the 300 million mark -- 299,800,000-plus and counting -- many environmentalists worry that the rising numbers will amplify existing environmental problems.

Off Oregon's coast, researchers hope to pump electricity from the ocean.

The Christian Science Monitor runs a feature-length, three-part series that examines the people, money, and environment on the Gulf Coast one year after Katrina.

Meeting the HOV requirement in the D.C. suburbs is achieved through a practice called "slugging." Since the 70s, slug lines have been helping commuters beat rising gas prices.

New trends in home development and technologies are helping people avoid living near a sex offender.

The Department of Energy has announced a timeline for the nuclear-waste site, as opposition intensifies in Nevada.

Rubber sidewalks are gaining popularity due to their resilience and cost benefits over concrete.

Filling empty Chicago rooftops with plants seemed a little strange six years ago when Mayor Richard Daley installed a garden on the roof of city hall. But now more than 200 buildings in Chicago boast rooftop gardens, and the trend is spreading.

Ethics specialists wearing "moral compasses" as necklaces spent two days taking elected officials from Florida, Texas, and Arizona through various exercises in ethical governance.

The world's largest public-works project, the Interstate, fully transformed Americans' lives.

New York's No. 7 subway line travels through one of America's most diverse 9.5 miles.

A year after high court's key decision, New London, Conn., voted to evict homeowners.

Phoenix and Tucson are building up, not out, but is it enough to slow desert development?