In a rare interview, Santa reveals why he is sick of so much "stuff". He's donning a green suit and delivering clean energy as a gift instead.

Residents in the New York town of Denning rally against 'Taxi' actor Judd Hirsch's proposed wind turbine project.

The style-conscious soap wizards at Method unveil plans for a wind and solar-powered manufacturing facility that will also include rooftop food production.

Fairbanks will be the demo deployment site for BAT (Buoyant Altitude Turbine), an inflatable wind turbine floating 1,000 feet above the earth.

A Pink Floyd soundtrack is not included with Studio Roosegaarde's newest environmental-themed light installation.

After using the bathroom, 95 percent of people fail to wash their hands long enough to kill harmful bacteria.

Utilizing her 18 years of military experience, U.S. Air Force veteran Angela Cody-Rouget started a professional service to help people become organized.

Tour a "top-of-the-line" 1970s RV inhabited by a recovering shopaholic who has given up the garage sales for a simpler life that's not dictated by stuff.

Out with the old and in with the new — as in a new, healthier perspective on your life and all your stuff.

Most national food days seem arbitrary, but this one makes sense. You're going to need a clean fridge to prepare for all those Thanksgiving leftovers.

Wipe lightbulbs? Wash doormats? My spring cleaning routine strays far from The Good Housekeeping Institute's unachievable checklist.

If you are aiming for more minimalist surroundings but find it hard to part with things, this trick could work for you.

Laundry is an endless chore. With so much hands-on experience, you'd think we know what we're doing, right? Wrong.

The Reddit guessing game Fridge Detective peeks inside people's refrigerators for clues, and it may remind you of the mess in your own.

If you can't bring yourself to go all Marie Kondo on spring cleaning this year, try taking more attainable baby steps.

Despite warnings to keep detergent pods away from children, poison control centers are still besieged with calls.

'Inception' star chats with Bill Maher about colony collapse disorder and how industrialized farming is harming bee populations.

The big-bodied bees join the ranks of ants and termites, which have long been known to rely on a separate caste of 'soldiers' to defend the colony.

Two major home improvement retailers in the U.K. pledge to pull gardening products containing bee-harming insecticides from their shelves.

When her concern about colony collapse disorder reached a peak, this writer put her deep, personal fear of bees aside. Sort of.

Markus Imhoof's new documentary balances microphotography with compelling storytelling. The film will debut on June 10.

Donating money to help the bees is as easy as adding a mustache to your cat's (or your friend's) photo.

The apiarian artery is the buzziest infrastructure project in Scandinavia.

Raymond Wang, 17, won prestigious $75,000 award for engineering a system to make cabin air safer.

Robert Byrd's death will create a void that may directly affect environmental policy.

Some see the EPA's regulation of mining in the region as federal overreach. Politicians are running against the agency in November's election.

Video: Newscasters say relationship may be old news, but it does add a new twist to a day of reunions.

There were plenty of heroes among the 43,000 people who ran the ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, but rescued Chilean miner Edison Pena was the favorite of

Rolling Stone's Jeff Goodell joins Morning Joe to discuss former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and examining his role in the worst mining disaster in 40 yea

Check out this wonderfully strange music about the Bagger 288, one of the largest mining excavators in the world.

Supreme Court decides not to hear the case about a plan to build 'the world's largest garbage dump' near the iconic national park.

Environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr. is fighting with community activists to save West Virginia's Coal River Mountain from the hands of major coal corporations t

Massey Energy kept two sets of safety log books at their Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, where 29 miners died after an explosion last year— one for the fede

No U.S. president has waxed as poetically about mining the moon the way John F. Kennedy did about landing on it.

The new company, Deep Space Industries, Inc., announced on Jan. 22 that it plans to mine asteroids for metals, water and other resources.

Chilean mine accident survivor, Mario Sepulveda, is said to be thrilled with the casting decision.

Eucalyptus trees can hold grains of gold, potentially helping reveal buried treasure.

But for now only the penguins can enjoy them. (Turns out, mining is illegal in Antarctica.)

Buried deep in your cellphone, laptop, and flat-screen television are a bevy of obscure elements that make our modern lives possible.

The Caterpillar 797 is a 50-foot-tall dump truck widely used in the mining industry. Watch what happens when it faces off against a stationary Land Cruiser.

The nascent asteroid-mining industry is set to take its first steps into space this summer.

Worth more than $1 million, this gemstone is distinguished for its rich color palette and light-refracting qualities that defy description.

University of Oregon architecture student Cameron Huber scores the top spot (and $2,000) in Hammer & Hand's beauty and brawn-seeking perFORM Design Competition.

Complimentary or not, Thomas Paino welcomes the attention being lavished on his super-efficient Long Island City rowhouse.

To chill or not to chill? For these items often found in the refrigerator, the answer ranges from 'not always' to a resounding 'never!'

Who said old houses can't learn new energy-saving tricks?

An international design competition hopes to bring energy-efficient housing and more to Tristan da Cunha.

Farming runoff turns the sea floor into a wet desert and forces species onward or upward.

Scenes of devastation along the state's Indian River Lagoon show hundreds of thousands of dead fish.

A cave in Slovenia has two new baby olms — ghostly 'dragons' that can live for 100 years but rarely reproduce.