Plastic bag and film recycling can certainly come with a language barrier. Take this quiz to understand the vocabulary, and the world will thank you.

Psychologists wanted to know why some people are more likely than others to be proactive. Here’s what they found.

Accolade recognizes Turner's 'remarkable commitment to protect and preserve our natural world.'

Large-scale installation, by artist John Gerrard, simulates the sun and night sky above a solar thermal plant in Nevada.

Idea of including environmental impact of food production won't fly this year.

Comic artist Rob Lang gives animals a way to speak their piece with "Underdone Comics.'

New Zealand residents are not happy that their pristine water may be exported for bottled water. The company that wants to export it doesn't want it to go to wa

American employers may have paid a steep price for the eclipse, but it was just what the nation needed.

Short, dry days with no sunlight and cold temperatures? You can nurse your houseplants through the perils of winter with some simple care and attention.

After Hurricane Irma ravaged Florida, a Miami teen saved hundreds of mangroves and replanted them as protection for animals and humans from future storms.

Trees in Vermont and New Hampshire are becoming stressed and are producing less syrup.

Because of the contentious nature of the Senate, the Supreme Court's ruling that there is not a "parallel track" for climate policy paves the way for a Washingt

Sen. James Inhofe is trying to set himself up as a 'climate hoax' expert, but he lacks even the basic facts about climate change in his own state of Oklahoma.

Fearful of late summers and early springs trimming their seasons, ski areas all over the United States are calling for action on climate change policy.

President Barack Obama will announce a comprehensive plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a highly anticipated speech today.

Arguing that 'Americans are already paying the price of inaction,' Obama unveiled an unprecedented national climate strategy in a sweltering speech Tuesday.

Here are 5 things to know about the EPA's climate plan.

While the scientist try to figure out why type 1 diabetes is on the rise, let's do our parts to make sure our kids don't develop type 2 diabetes.

The Food Network host known for her outrageously caloric concoctions talks about how she's losing weight and why exercise isn't as 'addictive' as she'd been to

A group of chemicals found in personal care products may raise the risk of diabetes, a new study suggests.

Could Alzheimer's really just be another form of diabetes, caused by eating too much junk food?

Dietitians weigh in on counting net carbs: A useful dieting tool or just another food fad?

Celebrity doctor's unofficial audience test promises weight loss with no change in diet or exercise, but there is one downside.

New study finds link between long hours at manual labor jobs and Type 2 diabetes.

Babies born via scheduled C-section were more likely to develop asthma and diabetes.

The American Heart Association wants parents to keep the added sugar in children's diets to less than 25 grams a day. Here's why and how to do it.

A random YouTube video leads to the reunion of two sisters who grew up 5,000 miles apart.

Facebook is in talks to buy a drone company that manufactures ultra-lightweight, solar-powered planes.

General Mills scraps new legal terms that served to waive the rights of Facebook fans and coupon users to sue the company.

Many of the social media network's users were outraged to learn they could've been unwitting participants in the study.

The huge 'magnificent sundew' was unknown to science until a scientist stumbled across its photo on Facebook.

Chanie Kirschner's house looks like one of those plastic-wrapped gifts. (Well, on the inside windows, anyway.)

Flash Drives for Freedom aims to take old USB sticks and smuggle them into North Korea loaded with Western media.

25-year-old wave runner Lindsey Russell undertook the 20-mile challenge to raise money for charity.

Eclipse glasses distributed to the homeless, plus where to donate your old eclipse glasses if you don't plan on reusing them.

Stockton is set to become the first city in the U.S. to experiment with providing a universal basic income to some low-income families.

Making room in your budget for charitable giving will require some adjustments. But if a cause is important to you, it's worth a little extra saving.

This 12-year program in Finland inspires troubled kids to reach for their dreams.

In this episode, Chuck chats with fellow musician Rob Del Bueno from Refuel Biodiesel about how he went from making fuel in his backyard (let's just say the EPA

In this episode, Chuck chats with fellow musician Rob Del Bueno from Refuel Biodiesel about how to make biodiesel. "It's simple to do," Del Bueno says, "but it'

Video: Chuck visits one of the first 24-hour card-swipe biodiesel filling kiosks.

Researchers in Brazil are experimenting with sterilized fish skin as bandages for burns.

Groundbreaking case was the first to link the product with terminal cancer.

Black women's contributions to society have often been overlooked, yet these pioneers in science, technology and medicine have changed history.

Airbnb is offering free housing for cancer patients and the people who care for them.

To fight climate change and deforestation, Ethiopia is turning to trees in a big way.

Michigan state parks are teaming up with Bob Ross Inc. to plant lots of 'happy little trees.'

Sierra Club claims success after year-long 'Clean up Dynergy' campaign

Coal country Sen. Robert Byrd is crowing about $4 billion he steered towards the false hype that is "clean coal" in the Senate version of the economic stimulus

After nearly 100 years of burning coal to heat and cool Congress, the U.S. Capitol Power Plant will switch over to less harmful natural gas.