When a loved one dies, families typically are left with two options: burial or cremation. A California lawmaker wants to give families a third option, which is being pitched as a "green alternative" ...

Tucked away in eastern Alameda County is a sprawling 47-acre site that will soon be transformed into the cemetery of the future, expected to serve the Tri-Valley and surrounding region for the next ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Some people choose burial; others choose cremation by fire. Now, a proposed bill could open a new frontier for Texans: liquid cremation. The scientific term is alkaline hydrolysis, ...

Even in death, you have one final way to go green. The flameless cremation uses an alkaline solution of potash, salt, and water to quickly dissolve human bodies in a pressurized vessel—doing the work ...

Katrina Spade grew up on a dead-end dirt road in New Hampshire. Her family raised cows, and they ate what they raised. She watched the animals die -- sometimes naturally, sometimes slaughtered for ...

PITTSBORO, Ind. - Joseph Wilson turns a series of silver knobs around the rim of a large, stainless steel cylinder. "This one's like a submarine," he says, opening the hatch and sliding out a metal ...

There are many ways to embark on the journey to the great beyond. One popular custom is the coffin burial. Or rather it was, until cemeteries began running out of ground space. And conventional ...

Washington is just a governor's signature away from becoming the first state in the U.S. to legalize the "natural organic reduction" of human remains, colloquially known as "composting." On Friday, ...

Nevadans would be able to cremate their loved ones with liquid under a bill heard Wednesday in the Assembly Health and Human Services Committee. Assembly Bill 205, sponsored by Assemblyman Nelson ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — An alternative to cremation that was shot down a few years ago by New Hampshire's House is making a comeback. The House votes Wednesday whether to allow human bodies to be ...

A new form of cremation that proponents claim is more environmentally friendly may soon be legal in New Hampshire. It goes by many names including Resomation, Aquamation, bio cremation, and non-flame ...

Their final resting place used to be here, under a canopy of trees between a busy road and a lush bird sanctuary tucked away inside the UT Southwestern Medical Center campus. A plaque on a beige ...