Vote in the People’s Choice 2012 Green Plate Awards sponsored by The Nature Conservancy for your favorite sustainable restaurant in select regions.

Earth911 is hosting a week-long series of Google+ Hangouts to encourage everyone to make eco-friendly choices during the holiday season. You're invited!

A new, keyboard-wielding mafia wants discounts, free stuff and preferential treatment in exchange for good reviews.

Eating guinea pig is now a growing trend in the U.S., and activists say it's better for the environment than beef.

This book with blessings from many cultures and religions will make practicing gratitude for food, family and friends a renewed experience.

Please the crowd at the pool, the park or in your backyard with our healthy, farmers market-focused recipes.

We treat it like it's as 'routine as poutine,' but 'misteaks' will come back and bite us in the rump roast.

With today's technology, myths get spread quickly, so let's debunk a few green ones.

Before you use CFLs in your home, be sure you understand what to do should a bulb break.

ArmorLites are CFL bulbs with a special 'skin' that prevents mercury exposure if the bulb is broken. But is mercury exposure even something to worry about?

MNN's lifestyle blogger sent her hair in to get tested for mercury levels — and waited with bated breath to get the results. How would your hair score?

Find out how you can send in a lock of hair to see how much mercury is in your body.

U.S. EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss the Republican attacks against her agency.

Mercury pollution and climate change are both unintended consequences of burning fossil fuels for centuries.

Even though the California Gold Rush took place more than a century ago, it left a toxic legacy of mercury pollution.

The chlorine originates in sea salt and may have a role in climate change.

Experts say it is one of the largest documented bee deaths in the Western U.S.

A bee memorial service is being held this Sunday to remember the 50,000 pollinators killed by pesticides at an Oregon Target store.

The chemicals, which come from valley farms as well as illegal marijuana gardens, are a contributing factor towards sharp declines in frog populations.

Environmental groups celebrate the bee strategy announcement — but only briefly before turning their focus to specifics and timing.

Meanwhile, a new Bayer-funded study disputes that its pesticide is killing bees.

Environmental Working Group’s latest Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce assists consumers in reducing the pesticides they consume in their diets.

The pesticides, called neonicotinoids, are "highly likely" to be triggering bee deaths, say researchers.

The research reveals genetic clues about the insects' behavior, making it possible to target specific attributes.

A family ate organically for 2 weeks, reducing pesticides in their bodies big-time. Here's why it matters.

By 2050, New Zealand hopes to be rid of rats, possums, stoats and other invasive predators.

Rescinding a 2014 ban, the planting of genetically-modified crops and the use of neonicotinoid pesticides are allowed in U.S. national wildlife refuges again.

Nature has a great way of giving clues to the clueless. When spring arrives a little earlier, and fall stays a bit later, it’s not necessarily a good thing.

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 offers a 50-cent-per-gallon tax credit for entrepreneurs who mix biomass or ethanol with conventionally taxed fossil fuels.

Here's a quick look by the numbers at where we're in trouble on key environmental issues. I've borrowed a bit from the style of the Harper's Index, and a bit fr

It's what you've been waiting for. Peter Dykstra lists his picks for America’s nine greatest environmental heroes.

The Swirl Faucet also saves water, so long as you aren't completely beguiled by its beauty.

Yes, says a new campaign that champions backyard pools as a drought-friendlier landscaping alternative.

In exclusive and exceptionally irrigated Rancho Santa Fe, residents now face water rationing.

Humans have spent countless centuries perfecting the science (and art!) of collecting, storing and transporting water. Here's how ancient India did it.

Bel Air: Champagne wishes and $90,000 water bill dreams.

Getting past the ick factor isn't the only obstacle for a beer made from treated wastewater to be sold on the market.

The United Nation's World Water Day is a perfect time to remember how precious little fresh water we have, and how to keep it safe.

State legislators in Colorado are working to make it legal for residents to harvest rainwater for irrigation.

Thailand's wet and wild Songkran festival comes during the country's worst drought in decades.

The now-permanent rules are just common sense, really.

Santa Monica's iconic amusement pier is the site of this year's Land Art Generator Initiative. The Pipe is an offshore desalination concept that's making waves.

Modern-day dowsers are helping drought-stricken California wineries and farms find water for their crops.

Freshwater supplies are dwindling as populations grow, but these companies are helping us use water more wisely.

This huge wetland ecosystem is running out of freshwater, and conservation efforts may not be moving fast enough.

Four severe droughts in 20 years have left many residents of the Horn of Africa on the edge of survival.

Our landlocked water is drying up, and the oceans are rising.

I know I’m not the only one who finds comfort in writing things down.

A handy new tool can transform your pictures into colorful mosaics of emoji.

Yes, you can get the digital chaos under control. Here's how.