Say what you like about Whole Foods' founder's views on health care, but there's no doubt that the company has its corporate head screwed on straight when it comes to renewable energy. Whole Foods has announced is has just completed its 2009 purchase

On Christmas Eve, John Mackey announced that he is stepping down as Chairman of the Board of Whole Foods.

Image Source: red5standingby Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, DC, has discovered that many cash register receipts contain levels of Bisphenol-A (BPA) hundreds of times higher than those found in

It's gotten harder and harder over the years to avoid excess packaging when shopping for everyday items, but plans are in the works for a store in Austin (also the home of Whole Foods) that will specialize in local and organic

This week, Jacob and Brian talk about a greener Apple Inc., crazy-ass weather, Obama's oil and gas issues, and a dating site for the doomsday crowd.

There are many benefits to offering an updated version of home economics at school.

Sorry, shoppers, but empty supermarket shelves could be a good thing.

In addition to straws, the market is further reducing plastic use across all of its stores in the US, the UK, and Canada.

Engaging in pleasurable, mindless activities is actually beneficial.

"Chocolate milk saved my son's life," Andrew Scheer said. So he has promised to rewrite the dietary guidelines if elected this fall.

Because when you have a lake at your doorstep and conveniently frigid temperatures, it's the logical thing to do.

Made from wool that yaks shed naturally each spring, these base layers are even warmer than merino.

In Brasile il governo Bolsonaro è dilaniato da spaccature e crisi. La classe dominante è irrimediabilmente divisa sulla pandemia del coronavirus e sulla calamità economica che il paese deve affrontare.

Vários mercenários foram mortos e outros presos em La Guaira, em 3 de maio, enquanto tentavam desembarcar na Venezuela como parte de uma conspiração contra o governo Maduro. Em 4 de maio, outros oito mercenários foram presos na cidade costeira de Chuao, no estado de Aragua, entre eles dois ex-veteranos das forças especiais dos EUA.

The economic crisis and pandemic have made it patently clear that US capitalism is not at all exceptional. Like everything else in the universe, American capital’s political system is subject to sharp and sudden changes. After Bernie Sanders handily won the first few contests of the 2020 race for the Democratic nomination, he was seen as an unstoppable threat—prompting every other candidate to immediately fold up their campaigns and close ranks against him. After months of panicking over Bernie’s momentum, the ruling class finally managed to reverse the course of the electoral race—and they did it with unprecedented speed. Now, after an electrifying rollercoaster ride, Bernie Sanders’s campaign for the American presidency is over, and a balance sheet is needed.

In the early hours of Sunday 3 May, Venezuelan police and armed forces foiled an attempt by armed men to disembark in Macuto, La Guaira, 35km from the capital Caracas. In the ensuing clashes eight mercenaries were killed and weapons were seized, both from speedboats and stored on land. According to the authorities, the attack had the aim of kidnapping Venezuelan officials and sparking a military coup.

The Sustainable D.C. Act of 2012 lists 32 goals, 31 targets, and more than 140 actions aimed to make Washington D.C. the "greenest city in the U.S."

If you break down these numbers (see below), you find that it's the over 65 that are most opposed, and that the more educated you are, the more in favor of more bike lanes you tend to be.

Study documents 5893 leaks of explosive, global warming gas. It gets worse: testing four months after the leaks were reported indicated that 9 were still emitting dangerous levels of the gas.

After pilot programs in international markets like Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Brazil, FedEx will deploy a fleet of electric delivery vans in Washington DC.

A detailed geological-drilling study warns of threats to the region's monuments, roads, wildlife refuges, and military installations.

If we can put a center-running bike lane down the center of Pennsylvania avenue, we should be able to do it almost everywhere!

All over North America we are letting our infrastructure rot and short-circuit.

Just read the headlines and weep

We are still befuddled by technology but bumble along.

And things feel eerily familiar today.

100 years ago the Great Molasses Flood started another flood, one of regulations to protect people's health and safety.

The Viking Grace was already low emission. Now it's going further.

What a difference a decade makes.

Among music festivals, Bonnaroo is the juggernaut, and this year is was bigger than ever with 80,000 people descending on Manchester, Tennessee. One of the innumerable artists to preside over the festival's many stages (which included sitting in with My

One of the most venerated scientists of our time, James Hansen is the head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a position he's held for three decades. Long before climate change was a household term, Hansen was one of the first to talk about

In case you're still among the set doubting if the smart grid is really necessary, Earth2Tech has a solid post explaining how record heat (something that is going to happen a lot more often, unfortunately) is a prime example of how the smart grid can

After seven years in government, seven years in non-profits, and seven years in business, Michel Gelobter jokes that he's headed for the clergy next. And why not? He's led Redefining Progress, been a professor at Rutgers, and run environmental quality

Burbank Water & Power opens a sustainable power plant campus as a model for re-adapting industrial sites from water reclamation to solar

Popular anger at profiteering energy utilities is high. One wind-power pioneer is hoping to harness that sentiment with a funny viral video.

It seems counterintuitive. Is it just greenwashing? Is it due to government regulation? Let's find out.

In the future, we'll be buying energy from utilities that look very different than what we are used to.

It's important to remember that every physical gift comes at a cost that's both financial and environmental.

"At first glance, Marble with Fluorescent Tube's monolithic 2,500 pound base appears to be at odds with the banality of the bulb which sits on top of it."

You want giant windows but don't like drafts? Plug in your windows and turn them into toasters.

Serenity may not be a spaceship but it is still out of this world.

I'm thrilled; I have so much trouble with rolling fruit.

The average wedding in the USA costs $20,000. Yikes! In this economy, that's not just insane; it's silly.

If soaring wedding costs have you wondering how you can afford it all (and yet, you couldn't be bothered with the effort to put on a more eco-conscious wedding) then McDonald's may have the answer for you.

In the market for a royal PEZ dispenser? The wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton -- set for this Friday, April 29 -- has inspired dozens of trinkets, tchotckeys, and souvenirs of varying usefulness, quality, and taste, from cheesy mugs and ugly

In the market for a royal PEZ dispenser?

Charlotte and Nick Baker managed to feed 135 guests on rejected food that was delivered one day before the wedding.

Challenge the notion that you have to blow the bank account just to throw a good party. There are smarter ways of doing it.

Mark Siddall of LEAP measures and calculates everything, thinks about it, and then calculates it again.

Architects at a Mass Timber round table note that we have to build great urban spaces at reasonable densities.