Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fresno County officials say they were “shocked” to learn that compost made from human remains was being spread on public land ...

A new form of “green burial” is gaining attention, but its use along the river raises questions about transparency, ethics ...

Monica Eng, Reporter with Axios Chicago, joins Lisa Dent to discuss Illinois lawmakers moving to legalize human composting.

Legislation is still moving the statehouse is renewing a broader conversation about how Illinoisans want to return their dead ...

TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma is moving closer to becoming the 15th state to legalize “natural organic reduction,” a process more ...

When Lisa Fabbro lost her father a few years ago, the family chose to have him cremated. Back then, Fabbro didn't know there's a way to transform dead bodies into soil. She now imagines an alternative ...

Friday marked the House’s deadline to pass bills out of committee, with lawmakers sending more than 260 bills to the floor.

One of the bills lawmakers advanced is aiming to legalize human composting, or in other words, turning human remains into ...

Oklahoma State Representative Jim Shaw's recent post on X has sparked a heated debate online over a process called Natural Organic Reduction (NOR), co.

Human compost on farm land and public land would be banned in Fresno County under a proposed ordinance supervisors will ...

On Tuesday, Oklahoma's House of Representatives signed off on a proposal that would let families legally turn human remains ...

After decades working in mortuaries, a campaigner hopes to provide the UK's first human composting service as an alternative ...