It turns out that helping mining regions move on is just good politics.

Once one of the great mysteries of the natural world, the bluefin tuna's migration pattern has finally been elucidated by the workings of an international team of scientists as part of the global 10-year Census of Marine Life. To reach their

We want to extend National Talk Like A Pirate Day just a few more days, especially since it is helping to spread the word about clean sailing and boating. The Sierra Club has put together a fun set of questions to not only get you in the

Carbon sequestration, the technology taking carbon dioxide out of fossil fuel emissions, just got a boost

Our bet: no.

It's not enough to not make things worse. Our buildings and our actions have to make things better.

Getty Images Volatile organic compounds: something's in the air You can't see them, but they're all around us. They aren't listed as ingredients on the objects we bring in our home, but they're often there. They're volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, a

On a more positive note, the report also notes that population growth with stabilize sooner than expected, at about 8 billion people by 2042.

This large format photo book features hundreds of stunning images highlighting the effects that our global population of 7 billion (and growing) has on the Earth.

Demographers are complaining, but Americans have many good reasons for not wanting so many kids.

Frugality blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames has outfitted her house and family with thrifted finds. This is her advice.

Tomorrow, real men eat quiche (cheese pi).

Who would have thought our canine companions could have allergies to a carnivorous diet?

The mapping technology will eventually be used to get precise solar power potential information for any location around the world.

Radioactive uranium occurs naturally in soils but farming techniques may be causing it to dissolve into groundwater

These water-packed foods can lend a helpful assist for meeting your daily hydration needs.

Consider these blushing beauties a love letter from Mother Nature.

How will invasive Asian carp enter the Great Lakes? Via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, maybe another flood? They almost made it via a semi-tractor trailer crossing the Ambassador Bridge from the U.S. to Canada. The

Great Lakes residents would be paying this off for 47 years ... but reaping the benefits for just as long.

By analyzing a 364-meter ice core, researchers have been able to go back in time and track the freezing and melting cycles of Antarctica's peninsula.

The 10,000 year-old ice shelf is half the size of Rhode Island; its collapse will add greatly to global sea level rise.

Yes, it's actually possible!

The flying robots will start helping officials to locate lost hikers.

Instead of buying some new "green" products for Earth Day, start a legacy for your community by planting trees for Arbor Day.

The World Customs Organization and INTERPOL retrieved thousands of endangered animals during a sweep of arrests across 109 countries.

This is how you get people out of cars and build better cities. So what's stopping them?

This modular design can adapt to any situation, meaning more usable space can be freed up.

Perhaps having kids cooking with gas is not such a good idea after all.

This fascinating installation where algae, bioluminescent bacteria, humans and smartphones interact may chart where a new generation of urban "cyber-gardeners" may go.

The Severn Barrage could create 50,000 jobs and provide 5% of the UK's electricity needs. Critics say we can do better than that.

Yesterday I wrote about a mom who was convicted of vehicular homicide after her son was killed by a drunk hit-and-run, because she crossed the street from a bus stop without walking almost half a mile to the traffic light. Today Walkscore has released

As the only canids that can climb trees, gray foxes frequently drag fawn and rabbit skeletons onto the branches with them.

A new collaborative space dedicated to sustainable fashion design is now open for production.

The vase designed and named after Finnish designer Alvar Aalto is an icon among the design-savvy. The now-classic piece was released in 1937 at the World Fair in Paris. Today, the vase is produced by Iittala, which has slightly changed the size and

Heavy traffic, aggressive drivers, few bike lanes, and fear of theft made the Czech capital a place where cycling was "only for the brave," as an article for Radio Prague put

Examples of government looking out for the public good by rational regulation are resurfacing.

Constantly fulfilling your desires leads to financial problems. Learn how to get that under control.

Every day, New York City residents waste 270,000 pounds of food. Want to know what that looks like? Here's an unforgettable way to imagine it - fill up a subway train with the equivalent amount of apples, and release it onto the

Lots of great Food Day events across the country, but New York's will be particularly tasty and loud.

Artist Jessica Rath uses sculpture and photography to highlight the problem with new hybrid apples and endangered varieties.

Despite a steady decline in deforestation in recent years, the latest figure suggests indicate a change of direction.

The Essential David W. Orr First, a quick bio for those of you who might not be familiar with David W. Orr: He the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College and a James Marsh Professor at the University

Has the Costa Rica Foreign Minister really just suggested that the Sea Shepherd founder might voluntarily go to Costa Rica to face trial?

Other websites shriek "the end of capitalism" but really, it is hardly that.

A team of scientists have developed a novel way to determine the age of these long-lived marine animals.

A couple, their parrot, plus one mother-in-law and her cat have their own private and communal spaces in this renovated apartment in Hong Kong.

How do you make good design accessible to people with small spaces and small budgets?

Let's just say up front that nobody claims the Inauguration will be deep green - events like this, by their very nature, require a huge amount of car and plane travel, entailing a corresponding belch

Photo by squarehippies If you've ever tried to figure out how to support important projects like green schools while combating climate change AND meet a movie star all while shopping online, wonder no more. eBay and Global Green USA is holding an

This week The Man with A Spear in His Chest, founder of Interface Ray Anderson, held a press conference to mark a milestone in his company's journey up "Mount Sustainability". They are making excellent progress towards their target of zero