It really is important to learn to love your stuff. But that love comes so much easier when there is less stuff to love.

If the mere thought of sharks sends chills down your spine, consider the damage that a swarm of ants could inflict. And even cows have been known to be deadly.

The Environmental Defense Fund is developing a satellite that will regularly monitor 50 major oil and gas regions for methane leaks.

To help erase unsightly yellowing brought on by air pollution, India's crown jewel is looking for new beauty miracles.

Each of us is a cloud of microscopic particles, chemicals and microorganisms swirling around us that's always there. It's called an exposome, and it's unique.

Part of the Keystone oil pipeline was shut down after a 5,000-barrel leak in South Dakota, the pipeline's operator TransCanada said.

While the Camp Fire rages over 100 miles away in the Sierra Nevada foothills, San Francisco experiences an air pollution emergency.

Researchers suspect it could be in reaction to melting sea ice as well as human noise pollution.

The Indian Supreme Court delivers a serious ultimatum to the government: clean up or tear down the ailing global architectural landmark.

Decades after the first of the iconic orange phones began washing ashore, a French community finally has answers.

Earth's atmosphere hasn't had this much CO2 in human history, and possibly not since the Pliocene Epoch about 3 million years ago.

We need to give coal miners safe, productive, high paying jobs building the green future. Their jobs should not stand in the way of killing coal.

The industry funded National Coalition on Mountaintop Mining is no joke.

500 square miles of Appalachian forest is gone forever due to illegal mountaintop mining, and the EPA doesn't seem to mind.

Web gadget lets you see if your utility purchases illegal coal from Appalachian mountaintop removal.

Documentary on coal mining’s effect on Appalachian communities premieres in West Virginia this Saturday.

Over 20 drunken, rowdy coal miners showed up at a party thrown by mountaintop removal critics, and cameras were there to film it all.

Federal law requires mining companies to restore strip mines to their original condition, but many don't bother.

While activists against mountaintop removal grow, miners of the region defend their practices as a way of life.

Two new video campaigns by Greenpeace are brave and forthright in making their point, but do they go too far?

Actress keynotes luncheon to denounce the harmful practice of mountaintop removal coal mining -- and its effects on the people of her native Kentucky.

A state legislator has an interesting and potentially viable way to avoid dealing with the EPA.

Mountaintop removal mining has destroyed hundreds of mountain peaks and at least 1,200 miles of streams in the Appalachians, and remains a hotly contested issue

Parts of the Appalachian Mountains are so buffered against climatic shifts they may provide a 'stronghold' against global warming, researchers report.

In new video, kids ask President Obama to end mountaintop removal mining.

After months of careful consideration, actress says her 'responsibilities and energy' need to be focused on family.

After studying under Ansel Adams, Rob Decker is creating posters of all the national parks with a nod to the WPA posters of the 1930s and '40s.

A young parkgoer returned a rock she took from Smoky Mountains National Park along with a drawing and a nice letter.

MBA students in a CSR course at Boston College were tasked to create a green business idea for Verizon and a recyclable phone project came out on top.

U.S. Postal Service expands electronics recycling program. Customers can trade in old cellphones for cash at 3,100 USPS retail locations.

The basic principles are pretty straightforward, but getting all the details right can be challenging. Probably the biggest issue is finding the right combinati

It's unclear whether some animals really smile to convey joy, but these critters sure look happy.

Michael Pollan explains how healthcare costs are increasing while the amount of money people spend on good food is decreasing and suggests a change.

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

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 the high cost of cheap food with Jon Stewart.

Bloomberg administration wants to see a 20 percent reduction amount of salt in prepared or packaged foods.

Talk show host will spotlight how she and 378 staffers went vegan for a week.

You can watch the live stream of the conference and follow my live tweets from the event.

Celebrate the summer kick-off with a picnic that's easy on the planet.

Too hot to entertain inside? Head out to the back deck and don't forget these 12 eco-friendly outdoor eating' and drinkin' wares.

Single? Welcome love into your life, and celebrate — don't shun — the holiday.

Forget the gold paper plates and the disposable red carpet for your Oscar party. Bring out the china, the crystal and the good food.

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.

You can fly! New thrill attraction at London's Archbishop's Park caters to urban adventurers with Peter Pan aspirations.

Birds may go quiet, bats may fly around and pets may become uneasy, but it's difficult to predict exactly how non-human animals will react.

Check out the amazing transformation one man goes through after hiking from Georgia to Maine.

You have until Aug. 28 to get your lifetime National Park Service senior pass at the lower rate of $10.

Dale 'Grey Beard' Sanders, 82, hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in a year.