Dead go down the drain, no carbon or pollutants up the flue. March 26, 2012 -- Now the deceased, when they step into the great beyond, can do so without leaving behind a carbon footprint. In what may ...

Tom Tierney was born into the funeral home business. He took over the John F. Tierney Funeral Home in Manchester in 2020 and was looking for ways to provide more for patrons. Last year, he started The ...

SAN ANTONIO (WOAI) — The decision on what can be done with a person's remains will eventually have to be answered, and some folks in Texas are hoping for a new option. Advocates and some lawmakers are ...

Among the bills filed for this year’s legislative session is a proposal to give Texans a new way to cremate their loved ones that’s described as being “more environmentally friendly.” The legislation ...

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We were wrong, it’s not.”  Turns out, as Sieber talked to more families, choosing Aquamation was more about finding an alternative to flame cremation.  “We hear stories, ‘Dad always loved water, every ...

The opening of the facility comes as policymakers are still trying to legalize human aquamation in the Ocean State.

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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 ...

Two new alternatives to burial and cremation fail to comply with the Catholic Church's teaching on respect for the bodies of the dead, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Doctrine ...

Inside a white brick building in West Baltimore, a long silver chamber full of water seesawed back and forth over a platform. Within it, a body dissolved. Skin, flesh and organs turned into amino ...