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.

Pyrethroid pesticides stunt the growth of bumblebees, a new study finds, resulting in smaller workers that may be less adept at foraging.

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

A buzzworthy new discovery might help explain the alarming speed of colony collapse disorder.

A new study concludes humans have accidentally spread a virus and parasite that are obliterating bees.

Researchers in the U.K. hope that prettying up fields with strips of wildflowers will attract pest-munching bugs.

The European Union has banned bee-harming neonicotinoids. The policy is expected to come into full force by the end of 2018.

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.

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.

Shock Top saves cheeky/ingenious conservation startup Drop-A-Brick from sinking.

A new concept takes the discussion out of the courtroom, where the battle has been fought for 20 years.

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

A carnivorous plant, desert beetle and cactus are behind a revolutionary new material that can collect water out of thin air.

From their vanilla-scented secretions to their amazing ability to alter an ecosystem, here's what you need to know about beavers.

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

A company in the United Arab Emirates is already putting an iceberg-towing plan into action.

In Arkansas, attention to thousands of miles of unpaved roads has helped clean up streams, ease the threat to endangered species and benefited everyone.

The CHIP is a computer the size of a credit card that can do a lot. But it's no Raspberry Pi.

The search giant has trained neural networks to interpret photos, but they can also be coaxed to create monsters.

Don't laugh. There are a lot of good reasons to consider it.

Some professors are doing it, but perhaps they should look in the mirror.

The other fruity computer company introduces a touch display for $60.

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

What an extraordinary story, the increase in power and decrease in price of the personal computer.

Study reveals what you can do to increase the likelihood of a speedy reply.

With WiFi and Bluetooth, Raspberry Pi 3 a lot more than the educational tool it was designed to be.

As our old desktops proved, separating the computer from the peripherals is a good idea.

The sieve of Eratosthenes is an ancient tool for finding primes, but it might get a boost by modern computing.

Paper can be reprinted up to 80 times, greatly reducing the waste associated with inkjet printing.

Context is key, and it's something computers and search engines like Google just don't have yet.

Are you a cyberslacker? Turns out checking Facebook and laughing at LOLcats makes you a more productive worker, research shows.

Now that oil is trading for half of what it was last summer, will investors want to put their money into alternative energy sources? We look at the data.

By creating mini-tornados using adjacent counter-spinning vertical turbines, WindHarvest International hope to revolutionize the productivity of wind power.

With the right rebates, solar panels can offer a return on investment far higher than you'll find in the S&P 500.

The Harvard University endowment fund lost $10 billion in 2009. Unable to dump toxic investments, the university had to find new ways to recoup this 27 percent

Four state-sponsored 529 plans earn a Morningstar gold rating.

Ben & Jerry's has invited me to create my own custom flavor using fair trade ingredients next month- help me out with some tasty ideas.

October is Fair Trade Month. Celebrate by throwing a fair trade coffee hour -- or cocktail hour -- and buying better-for-kids chocolate on Halloween.

All 28 types of Honest Tea will sport the fair trade certification label by the end of March 2011.

The Vermont-based premium ice cream company is making the commitment to get 100% of all possible ingredients from Fair Trade sources by the end of 2013.

Help support fair trade products and get a shot at winning a year's worth of Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

Find out who won a year's worth of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and how contest promoted the benefits of fair trade.

Divine Chocolate's fair trade 70% Dark Chocolate with Raspberries combines rich chocolate decadence with tart fruity flavors.

Get an in-depth look at the process of making organic cocoa beans into chocolate bars.

The ice cream company names its newest flavor after Alec Baldwin's classic 'Saturday Night Live' character Pete Schweddy. Yes, they're really going there.

Products that carry fair trade certification are sourced from places where the workers are paid fair wages for their work and the working conditions are safe. H

'Silver Linings' star is the first major actor to participate in Livia Firth's 2013 Green Carpet Challenge.

Today is Ben & Jerry’s annual free cone day, and you have permission to indulge in this socially responsible treat.

Have you considered the impact of your purchasing decisions? That's what I've been doing — again.