The GOP has nearly 40 anti-environmental proposals in its debt plan. We parse through five of the most significant items.

We know our old CRT television sets are loaded with lead, our batteries are bursting with heavy metals and although strides have been made in reducing mercury c

Program offers national recognition for kids working to make their world a greener place.

Schools are competing to generate the best recycling rates and the lowest levels of waste.

Your dutiful blogger has been evacuated from his home. However, it didn't stop me from taking a stroll along with banks of an infamously filthy canal in Brookly

Not that you need a reminder, but the high season of heat cranking and thermostat tweaking is upon us. Energy Star shares a few basics on how to reduce home hea

Two environmental journalists call for the Environmental Protection Agency to become more open to the press and thus to the public.

The U.S. Food Waste Challenge goes out to everyone with a stake in the U.S. food chain except individual consumers.

In her first speech as EPA administrator, Gina McCarthy argues 'climate change isn't an environmental issue. It's a fundamental economic challenge.'

The EPA has unveiled a plan to limit carbon emissions from new coal-fired power plants. Here's a look at what the rules could mean.

"American Wasteland" author Jonathan Bloom shares tips for the source reduction of food waste like shopping smarter and keeping foods visible.

The imagery and placement of Leslie Fry's sculptures aim to increase awareness about the effects of human impact on the natural environment.

Do you really want to green your home? You can't do it alone. Here's how to get the sort of family buy-in you need to make it work.

Nobody likes bathroom clean-up, especially with harsh chemical products. Here are some cheap and natural cleaning alternatives.

Tired of all the small items in huge boxes, wasted cardboard and excessive packaging at your local big box retailer? Here's what you can do to fight back.

How to steer clear of the Styrofoam and plastic stuff.

It's not what you buy that makes you green, but what you don't.

Itching to go green and not sure where to start? Try these ten simple ideas.

Colony collapse disorder is claiming many of North America and Europe's bees. But there are simple things you can do to help keep them buzzing.

With summer here, there are many ways to keep the temperature tolerable while saving money and the environment.

New think tank aims to be one-stop resource for addressing hunger, obesity, food waste and a broken agricultural system.

Social entrepreneur harnesses the power of stories to help illiterate communities leverage their ingenuity to find solutions to local problems.

Cousteau announced a partnership with AdvisorShares Investments to leverage the might of Wall Street to finance solutions of global problems.

Entrepreneur Jonas Falk, 28, has grown a $20 million company, Organic Life, by serving great-tasting organic food at schools.

Jay Harman developed technologies from the Lily Impeller that he says may fundamentally change how humans do almost everything.

SRI, the system of rice intensification, has taken agribusiness giants by surprise with its record-breaking harvests across the globe.

Miguel Luna is using grassroots organizing to rehabilitate the river and the communities near it through his group, Urban Semillas.

The social workers have assisted veterans, children and families.

Vijay Brihmadesam, one of the minds behind Tava Indian Kitchen, has mastered the tasty and convenient fast-food market.

Engineering students tackle two problems with one clever project — how to transport water and purify it at the same time.

Each socially-conscious Jewish teenager receives $36,000 for further public service work or education.

How do these global cities stack up in being green?

It's worth keeping tabs on some of the world's most eccentric billionaires, especially if it was their wacky ideas that made them so rich to begin with.

Media professional hopes to turn others on to farming with her new website.

Conservation photographer Morgan Heim talks about her work, and how being foolish can lead to brilliant things.

Father-daughter team turns a common race practice into a clever opportunity to help the less fortunate.

The nonprofit Gearing Up gives women in recovery a chance to get outside, build self-esteem and bond with one another.

The orphan weighed just 2 pounds when he was rescued in 2006. Now he boasts 200 pounds of bucket-crushing muscle.

Forget the meek; the jellyfish might just inherent the Earth.

The fungus behind white-nose syndrome has few weaknesses to exploit, a new study suggests.

Officials in Australia quarantine imported versions of the pop singer Katy Perry's latest album due to its seed-paper packaging.

The 3,000 to 4,000 fish that now run amok in Colorado's Teller Lake #5 likely spawned from 4 or 5 dumped pet goldfish.

Giant African snails have invaded the Galapagos, but two rescued dogs are sniffing them out and helping researchers fix the ecology of the islands.

White-nose syndrome is obliterating American bats, but scientists may have found a ray of hope: bacteria that live on bat wings.

These deadly mushrooms have caused five deaths in California since 2010, and even experienced mushroom gatherers can misidentify them.

In the latest Python Challenge, researchers bagged over 2,000 pounds of the problematic snakes and discovered some of the species' secrets.

All it took was one avian aficionado with a love of William Shakespeare to introduce this aggressive species to the United States.

West Coast oysters can’t catch a break. A study suggests that while climate change could boost their numbers, it might unleash more invasive "oyster drills."

From pythons to goldfish, these former pets are now breaking bad and replacing native species.

As climate change affects the world, invasive species are finding new, more hospitable places to call home.