Small businesses generate more jobs — and our kids are going to need them — so support Small Business Saturday.

In Japan, they call it "rougai." In North America, the rage against older generations is about to get much, much worse.

There's a name for that. (And go easy on yourself; you're probably not a fraud.)

Gift will help support farmers market and healthy bodega programs; Newark Mayor Cory Booker speaks at the launch event.

It's the perfect time to stimulate your local economy during the USDA's National Farmers Week.

Video: Alexandra Cousteau revisits the TVA Kingston Coal Ash Spill, which was six times larger than the Gulf oil spill.

Alexandra Cousteau revisits Scott St. Pierre in Louisiana and learns how he and others are coping with the oil spill.

Video: What happens when the fruits and veggies at your local grocery store go bad?

Laura Turner Seydel offers easy daily transportation tips to lessen your impact.

There is a healthy overlap between protecting national security and protecting the climate. Lockheed Martin & Raytheon get it, when will Congress get on board?

Turbine sites in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Virginia identified as prime parcels for projects.

The funding behind many environmental policies is getting cut, but the loan guarantee program for green energy projects is thriving.

The solar company's collapse has electrified many critics of President Obama. But what does it say about the sustainability of U.S. solar power overall?

In a rare move, Republicans on a House panel vote to subpoena White House documents related to the failed solar power company.

A new analysis reveals that greenhouse gas emissions in 2010 surpassed even the worst-case scenario envisioned by scientists four years ago.

The U.S. energy secretary spent five hours Thursday rejecting accusations that politics influenced a 2009 loan to the California solar company.

A walnut farmer in California uses walnut shells and husk waste to create fuel to power his farm.

The rhyme "leaves of three, let it be" could describe a lot of plants, so you have to know what to look for to identify poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac.

Gardener Donna Stumphf wanted to grow a few vegetables for the needy and ended up with more than 1.5 tons.

Each year, as many as 20 million people get sick from drinking contaminated water in the U.S.

North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina may have something to gain when it comes to offshore drilling, but the events of 2010 remind us that they also have

Moose lasagna, a hot seller at European stores operated by the world-dominating purveyor of flat-pack furnishings, is found to contain trace amounts of pork.

The winds and waves of Hurricane Sandy spilled enough sewage to match BP's oil spill more than 50 times over.

A new device that takes K-Cups apart has the potential to keep millions of single-use pods out of landfills.

Millions of bottle deposits go unclaimed in the exceptionally tidy Danish capital each year.

Hey nosey garbage man, you got a warrant?

This is not a tempest in a disposable teacup, but a very big problem.

Portuguese artist Sílvia Franco Santos scratches tiny, emotion-filled portraits into paint- and ink-crusted lids that would normally be trash.

Sweden, a recycling-happy land where 810,000 homes are heated by the incineration of waste, is facing a unique dilemma: It needs more fuel.

When you make room for the new, make sure you're responsible about disposing the old.

Though composting is great for your garden, there are some man-made and natural items that can ruin the whole pile.

A massive study finds that no research tool can predict the outcome of a human life.

Deforestation is occurring so fast in the Brazilian Amazon that three football fields worth of tree cover are lost every minute.

The future of transportation

The number of negative health reactions to cosmetic products reported to the FDA has skyrocketed, with the majority of complaints coming for hair products.

Here's what you need to know about the consequences of popping pimples, they could be deadly.

Visitors using improper footwear to hike the popular Cinque Terre along the Mediterranean will now face steep financial penalties.

Human noise is changing how some birds sing, while causing chronic stress and reproductive problems in others.

Bird flu can be transmitted between mammals — and possible humans — needing only four mutations to do so, a new study published this week in the journal Nat

Actor's comments during the Golden Globes did not sit well with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

You know you're not the only one who has the flu, but here's how to get on the schedule when you really need to.

Five years after Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaks devastated New Orleans, the U.S. Green Building Council looks back at how green building has helped the

A few towns are doing just fine, thanks to a blank check written in the wake of the Gulf oil spill.

When crisis hits, the jokesters come out of the woodwork. Here is what to expect.

The newest home in New Orleans' Make It Right neighborhood boasts ample outdoor entertaining space, a vivid paint job and a designer that even your grandmother

After sweeping through the Midwest the day after Christmas, a winter storm is expected to dump two feet of snow in the Northeast.

New report says toxic chemicals are causing Americans 'grievous harm' that could be prevented by better government oversight.

We all know there's too much plastic making its way into the environment; here's an innovative solution to a seemingly intractable problem.

CBS EcoMedia's Paul Polizzotto says his biggest business influence has been the ocean.

After her sister’s death, Elizabeth Van Meter saw a haunting photo that changed her life. Now she’s helping others change theirs.