Rising costs, shifting beliefs, and environmental concerns are accelerating the decline of casket burials.

Data: National Funeral Directors Association; Map: Danielle Alberti/Axios Californians appear to increasingly prefer cremation to burial, reflecting a nationwide shift that reverses a norm from two ...

With climate change gaining prominence, there’s a concerted effort around ensuring eco-friendly, well, everything – including end-of-life processes. While traditional fire cremation burns fossil fuels ...

MESA, Ariz. - Headlines were made last week when it was revealed human rights activist Desmond Tutu wasn’t cremated, but he was aquamated. A new type of cremation that uses water and is supposedly ...

One out of every two Americans chose cremation over burial in 2016, according to newly released industry figures, the first time the cremation rate reached 50% in the U.S. The nation’s embrace of ...

Could water replace fire in cremation? 💧 The Ninjas Are Butterflies podcast explores water cremation—an eco-friendly, ...

Rabbi Moishe Kievman discusses the Jewish act of burial and why, as a rabbi, he feels that is the best option for Jewish ...

At 9 p.m. on New Year’s Day, Samantha Sieber was in her pajamas and watching a movie with her kids when the first call about Desmond Tutu came in. “I answered my cell phone, and it was BBC World News, ...

Burial and cremation come with some pretty major environmental problems. Both involve huge amounts of energy, resources and ...