Massey Energy wants to rip down Coal River Mountain in West Virginia to get at the coal below. Local residents need your help.

Ashely Judd, newly minted foe of mountaintop removal mining, will be chatting live about the evil practice in about an hour on Daily Kos.

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.

The EPA announced a plan to tighten up rules governing the environmentally destructive practice of mountaintop removal mining.

Movie star Darryl Hannah and NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen were arrested along with dozens of others after blocking access to a coal facility.

The ACES (aka Waxman-Markey) bill passes the house, but not all environmental groups are rejoicing.

Former Colorado senator criticizes industry's lack of engagement in the climate legislation debate.

New analysis of basalt rock formations on the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. reveals the possibility of cleaner coal.

MNN's Karl Burkart closed his Chase Bank account to protest their financial support of mountaintop removal mining. What can you do to help?

A note-perfect 'clean coal' parody site has become the talk of the Internet. With its Coal Cares campaign, the heretofore unknown activist group Coal is Killing

The Pennsylvania Republican is a solid pick for social conservatives, but what are his views when it comes to environmental policy?

Have you ever wanted to visit Paris or Rome? Well, you don't have to fly to Europe to check out these cities.

Complaints of sidewalk excrement have become so frequent that the city has established a team dedicated to clearing away number twos.

Plucking litter from canals while sightseeing is one of the more singular ways to spend a couple hours in the Dutch city.

The town of Ipswich has been haunted by a nursery rhyme playing over a loudspeaker for more than a year.

Migration forecasts developed by researchers at Cornell University help cities and building owners determine the best time to flip the switch.

Woodland hawks, attracted by the songbirds that love backyard feeders, are thriving in cities.

After every attempt to catch an otter fails, officials are forced to move the fish out of a Vancouver pond.

Mosaic dog portraiture (courtesy of artist William Wegman and his Weimaraners) comes to 23rd Street in Manhattan.

New York City's Feral Cat Initiative pairs feral cats that need a range with humans who want a defense against rodents.

The views along Camden's trash-strewn transportation corridors are getting a $1 million boost from Bloomberg's Public Art Challenge.

The 'Vessel' is massive collection of stairs located in New York City's newest development — Hudson Yards.

Two recent studies show that visiting an urban park for as little as 20 minutes will reduce stress and boost emotional well-being.

Find out what the LEED Green Building Rating System has in common with Shakespeare.

The BuildingGreen Top 10 Green Building Products were announced at Greenbuild 2011.

The District of Columbia had the most LEED-certified square footage per capita in 2011.

In Isla Vista, Calif., an easy-going but architectural outdated beachside college community where the median age is just 21, a new LEED certified student housin

The Salmon Cove home was built with the environment in mind.

Once considered a dead zone for green building, Miami Beach will soon be getting its first LEED Platinum home in the form of 2020 Alton Road, a super-sleek, sup

The first national park in the world has a comprehensive recycling program, LEED certified buildings and more.

Toyota's Kansas City Regional Technical Training Center received LEED Gold certification.

The U.S. Green Building Council announces that a not-too-shabby 20,000 residential building projects have been bestowed with LEED for Homes certification and t

Bryan Cranston — the actor behind "Breaking Bad," television's favorite chemistry teacher-turned-meth manufacturer — appears at Dwell on Design to discuss

The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification program reaches a new milestone.

Tour a LEED Platinum certified denim factory. The VDS Group factory in Bangladesh received LEED Platinum certification.

Message of the week from the Eco-Driven with Toyota & Friends conference: Everyone can make greener choices. Attending this event has made me realize I can make

If it meets the goal, the Exploratorium in San Francisco will be the largest net-zero energy use museum in the nation.

The architectural design firm’s portfolio includes 20 LEED Platinum certified facilities.

After the nation's largest deep energy retrofit, the Castle Square Apartments in Boston's South End achieves LEED Platinum status.

In observation of one of the original New Urbanist-style planned communities' 75th anniversary, Norris, Tenn. gets a self-sufficient prefab demo home.

The U.S. Green Building Council announced that Virginia had the most amount of LEED certified space per resident in 2012.

This California hotel that our food blogger stayed goes beyond LEED certification in its sustainability initiatives.

Calgary will be getting yet another show-stopping skyscraper, this one a LEED Platinum-exceeding mixed-use development designed by Bjarke Ingels Group.

Holst Architecture's Bud Clark Commons project joins an eclectic assortment of notable green buildings on the 2014 AIA COTE annual top 10 list.

This 60-second video is like watching everyone's lives flash before your eyes.

The Colorado-based school wants to buy itself from a cash-strapped parent organization, but it may have to close if it can't raise $2.5 million by Jan. 31.

The Colorado-based school raised $2.3 million over the past two months, allowing it to buy itself and its campus from a cash-strapped parent organization.

From curious kid to giving back, to advisor to Apple computers, Jackson shares her path to leadership.

Regardless of where you live, there are birds to admire. Here are some tips to begin watching, including 5 useful apps to try.

Filmmaker Mark Kitchell talks to MNN about the need to understand the birth and life of the green movement in the U.S.