We've given far too much of our lives to Facebook to give up on the relationship now.

Cards are piling up for the man whose heart literally broke when his dog died.

They are making the choice between paying for tuition or food.

Julie Marburger paints a dim picture of the American classroom.

Not every dog goes straight from the shelter to a happy ending, but Baloo's story is the most unlikely of all.

Walter Carr, a dedicated young employee, wins accolades in Alabama for going above and beyond to get to his first day of work.

Community fridges are like Little Free Pantries, but with electricity. They are one more solution to hunger and food waste.

Scientists devise a BS calculator to identify the world's biggest liars.

A new study suggests people who deliver bad news are never seen as innocent.

Why didn't someone think of this before?

New study finds microplastics in the most popular brands of bottled water, but experts are unclear on the risks.

Chemists at Colorado State University think they've found a polymer that's similar to plastic and can be easily manufactured and recycled.

Plastic can be super-useful in specific scenarios, but often it's just wasteful. Here's when you don't need it.

As the ban the plastic straw movement grows, we need to make sure those who really need them have access.

The Dutch do it again with a new cycling path in the northeastern city of Zwolle that's made from old plastic bottles and packaging.

Why are regular citizens doing the work that should be done by the companies that make the disposables?

Endurance athlete Ben Lecomte attempted to swim across the Pacific Ocean to bring attention to the state of our oceans.

Even remote places like the French Pyrenees can contain urban levels of microplastics.

There's microplastic all around us, and we're consuming it at astounding rates, according to several studies.

A community rallied to find a coyote trapped in plastic in the middle of a snowstorm.

When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson appeared on The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart couldn’t resist asking.

Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, discusses climate change with Jon Stewart.

Environmental Protection Agency releases air toxicity results from 65 schools in 22 states.

Lisa Jackson's first official visit to China results in the creation of a new committee, but will the committee be able to achieve anything?

Republicans are licking their chops about questioning the EPA administrator, but recent history shows that may be exactly what she wants.

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson delivered the opening keynote at the 2011 Good Jobs Green jobs conference.

EPA head Lisa Jackson will decide if dust standards for U.S. farms and ranches should be left alone or tightened.

The premise seems simple: use wind energy to push a turbine and generate electricity with no greenhouse gases or associated pollution.

Save money, cut carbon emissions, and extend the life of your clothing—all with a few bucks’ worth of rope.

In the wake of the worst nuclear disaster in a generation, Germany doubled down on a decade of success, pledging to eliminate nukes by 2022 and switch almost ex

With budget cuts come consequences. It looks like the emerging clean energy industry could take a big hit.

The universe's strongest source of energy may be the solution to one of Earth's oldest conflicts.

From sustainability as a means of innovation to envisioning a prosperous, peaceful future free of oil, coal and nuclear energy, these five books are taking care

Critics of renewable energy are obsessed with the costs and practicalities of cleantech right this instant. Visitors to Silicon Valley in the 1970s didn't see t

Site for wind farms is not exactly the type of field you picture a retired NFL linebacker scouting. But Sean Tufts is not your typical retired player. Nor is he

Danielle Fong was only 19 years old when she founded a technology company with the goal of perfecting green energy storage and utilization.

The USNS Henry J. Kaiser is carrying 900,000 gallons of biofuel blended with petroleum for evaluation and testing.

Alternative energy sources that are cost-competitive with fossil fuels may be closer to fruition than previously thought. Recent studies from global leaders in

Two inventors have built a table-sized, automated factory that can quickly manufacture pocket-sized solar panels that last longer and are cheaper than current p

Walmart leads the way in generating solar energy from its store rooftops, creating 65,000 kilowatts from the sun. Big-box retailers are often cast as the boogie

Are you looking for a green energy internship for summer 2013? If so, let me help you with your search.

If you're thinking about replacing utilities with solar panels, you'll need to research and take some considerations into account first.

A special coating could dramatically improve the percentage of energy that can be harvested from solar cells by splitting photons in two.

Your heart may break as you watch anthropomorphic cooling towers and smokestacks tumble to the ground.

What if dilithium crystals were an alternative energy solution? Here are 7 fictional energy sources.

If solar panels are out of your realm of possibility, you still have alternatives to coal and other fossil fuels.

These high-tech devices work in decidedly unexpected ways, often converting human energy into electricity.

Japanese homeowners are investing in solar panels in an act that the WSJ describes as a 'post-tsunami revolt against conventional electric utilities.'

Not all of us can put solar panels on our houses, but we can still support renewable energy. Here's how.

NYC announces a scheme in which organic food waste will help to boost production of methane-rich biogas at the city's largest wastewater treatment plant.