Michael Pollan lists three things that need to be removed in order to get animals back on farms.

Michael Pollan argues that fossil fuel efficiency replaced farmers, and we need to get them back.

Michael Pollan explains how having such a centralized food system can be dangerous to the country.

Michael Pollan predicts local economies will become revitalized and discusses how this will benefit people around the world.

Michael Pollan discusses how people need rethink how they eat and remember to teach children healthy eating.

Michael Pollan reminds us that this is just the beginning. We need to write our legislators and make change happen. Show them that change is happening.

At Goucher College, Pollan advises students to be thoughtful with their food choices.

An heirloom tomato has been named after Michael Pollan. The "Michael Pollan" tomato is an oddly shaped green and yellow tomato.

When processed food marketers try to outsmart Michael Pollan, he turns the tables on them.

This short video of moving vegetables explains why so much food is grown yet so many people remain food insecure.

Stephen Colbert cuts through the “locavore flim flam” to find out what is at the heart of Michael Pollan’s latest book.

Pollan's best-selling book 'In Defense of Food' answered the question, 'What should I eat?' Now the book is a documentary, airing on PBS Dec. 30.

In a down economy, weddings for 2 instead of 200 are on the upswing (and they're more eco-friendly and personal, too).

In his last scheduled trip to the nation's capital as governor, Dave Freudenthal has some frank discussions with policy makers — and this MNN blogger.

The NRDC unveils a new online tool for Americans who face pollution from hydraulic fracturing, aka 'fracking.'

Prize-winning design proposal revives defunct post offices by transforming them into food-sharing centers.

Is a bill that treats homelessness as a medical condition flawed? Or is it just what the doctor ordered?

Some of the proceeds from Lubanzi wines, which are imported South Africa, goes to help the vineyard workers and their families.

The 'Icelandic Model' may be the country's best export.

Scientists are developing robots to serve as companions to the elderly.

While the debate is ongoing, there are humane alternatives to killing a lobster besides boiling.

We've given far too much of our lives to Facebook to give up on the relationship now.

Cards are piling up for the man whose heart literally broke when his dog died.

Not every dog goes straight from the shelter to a happy ending, but Baloo's story is the most unlikely of all.

Some are eyeing empty department stores as potential transitional housing for the homeless.

Community fridges are like Little Free Pantries, but with electricity. They are one more solution to hunger and food waste.

Chemists at Colorado State University think they've found a polymer that's similar to plastic and can be easily manufactured and recycled.

As the ban the plastic straw movement grows, we need to make sure those who really need them have access.

A new technique promises to turn plastic waste into clean, high-grade fuel.

A community rallied to find a coyote trapped in plastic in the middle of a snowstorm.

Senate Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health will convene today to hear about the effects of everyday chemicals on the health of children.

The universe's strongest source of energy may be the solution to one of Earth's oldest conflicts.

Critics of renewable energy are obsessed with the costs and practicalities of cleantech right this instant. Visitors to Silicon Valley in the 1970s didn't see t

Danielle Fong was only 19 years old when she founded a technology company with the goal of perfecting green energy storage and utilization.

The USNS Henry J. Kaiser is carrying 900,000 gallons of biofuel blended with petroleum for evaluation and testing.

Two inventors have built a table-sized, automated factory that can quickly manufacture pocket-sized solar panels that last longer and are cheaper than current p

Walmart leads the way in generating solar energy from its store rooftops, creating 65,000 kilowatts from the sun. Big-box retailers are often cast as the boogie

The telecommunications company will be Bloom Energy's largest non-utility customer.

A special coating could dramatically improve the percentage of energy that can be harvested from solar cells by splitting photons in two.

From one of the world's top pistachio-producing regions, comes a not-too-entirely nutty idea: Burning waste shells to heat buildings.

British Airways partners with an American biofuel firm to build a massive facility outside of London that will produce garbage-based jet fuel.

Simultaneously burn calories, cut back on your utility bills and do the laundry with a conceptual washing machine-treadmill hybrid dubbed Wheel.

Billionaire philanthropist says he's 'doubling down' on efforts to reduce carbon emissions and replace half the nation's coal fleet with clean energy by 2017.

New film, based on the best-selling book by Dan Brown, warns of humanity's demise from unchecked population growth.

In the documentary "One Big Home," carpenter Thomas Bena goes behind the scenes to explores the trophy homes and "starter castles" of Martha's Vineyard.

A star is born as terrier mix Monte leaves a shelter and heads to Hollywood.

The Spitzer Space Telescope is so sensitive it can see objects optical telescopes cannot. Here are some incredible images it has helped capture.

I’m making this trek to ask Maine Gov. Paul LePage to lead, follow, or get out of the way of clean energy development.

In a rare interview, Santa reveals why he is sick of so much "stuff". He's donning a green suit and delivering clean energy as a gift instead.

Fairbanks will be the demo deployment site for BAT (Buoyant Altitude Turbine), an inflatable wind turbine floating 1,000 feet above the earth.