Many older workers are already taking advantage of the flexibility and freedom of the gig economy, so the millennial habits just make sense.

Yosemite National Park has 300 seasonal positions to fill for summer 2018. Here's how to apply.

The commercial received so many negative comments on YouTube that the comments section was disabled.

According to a new poll, the majority of millennials believe that the Earth is getting warmer and that humans are to blame.

Millennials have grown up with gadgets, yet they are more likely than older adults to say that a lot of important info is not available on the Internet.

The Every Kid in a Park initiative aims to get kids active and outdoors, but it may also turn them into environmental stewards.

10-year-old Alyssa De La Sala set up a drink stand, and the response was overwhelming.

Zander Hite's woodworking hobby started with a gift from his grandfather and a challenge to make a difference in the world.

Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee is about to experience change.

Despite several obstacles in his path Joe Barton thinks he will be the next chairman of the committee and is already drawing up plans.

While politicians in Appalachia are taking aim at the EPA, John Yarmuth is patting the agency on the back.

A lot has changed in American politics in the last year, and a lot has stayed the same.

Without official cap-and-trade legislation, our nation’s farmers may lose millions of dollars.

The latest Republican to officially jump into the presidential race has a history of speaking out on energy and environmental policy.

The latest Republican to seek the presidency has a clear environmental record.

In an effort to wean America off landfill-clogging synthetic dryer sheets, Method introduces a curious new laundry product that's essentially 100 heat-activated

There are millions of animals on the planet, yet the milk Americans drink almost exclusively comes from cows.

Millennials are early adopters of new technology, would rather save and spend and feel they are more connected to their ethnic heritages than their parents.

Another huge honor for the mushroom insulation wizards at Ecovative Design: Scoring the top prize in the 2013 Buckminster Fuller Challenge.

Buy well by buying once: You'll save money, time and our planet's dwindling resources.

The supermarket giant also committed to lowering the amount of waste it produces.

In this video, the author and real-food advocate talks about why the farm bill should matter to anyone who cares about food.

The House cut funding for food stamps out of their version of the Farm Bill that goes to the Senate next. Colbert, of course, has something to say about that.

The troubled life of Nate the terrier gets a Hollywood ending thanks to George and Amal Clooney.

From playful spoofs to interrupting birds, here are our favorite moments with the official voice of nature.

Famed naturalist David Attenborough says that despite his scripts taking longer to write, he has absolutely no plans of retiring.

Tim Hawking says he added swear words to his dad's speech software and used his wheelchair as a go-kart.

New study sheds light on the illusion and athleticism behind Michael Jackson's 'Smooth Criminal' tilt.

Millions of black 'shade balls' float on the surface of reservoirs, slowing evaporation.

The Minewater system pulls geothermal heat from flooded abandoned coal mines.

Shafts that haven't been closed could be transformed into geothermal boilers to produce heat and hot water for nearby communities.

By treating 'the environment' as something outside our daily lives, Earth Day is no longer calibrated to meet the scope of the climate and energy crises — nor

Submit your Earth Day lesson plan to this contest and you win could tons of cool prizes for your classroom.

Let these disaster movie-esque GIFs of four major cities being swallowed up by rising sea levels serve as your motivation to help combat climate change.

We asked Carla Hall, Mayim Bialik, Andy Richter, Izabella Miko about their Earth Day plans.

More than 170 world leaders signed the Paris Agreement on Earth Day 2016, but that's just the beginning.

The COP16 climate summit kicks off in Cancun with a monumental statement to UN negotiators -- the whole world is ready for a low-carbon future, and the next ste

Success at COP16 is all about how you measure it. The lower the expectations, the higher the chances this conference will be a success.

China admits it's the leading emitter of greenhouse gas emissions — even though everyone else already knew that. What that means for this week's negotiations

First comprehensive study on climate mortality released today at COP16 projects rapidly increasing death toll especially among children due to the impacts of cl

Minister says natural disasters in his home country are evidence of climate change.

Covering thousands of miles on three-inch wings, the common green darner dragonfly completes a multi-generation journey every year.

Millipedes are poison-filled arthropods that are surprisingly essential to the health of conifer forests in the Northwest.

Massive glacier break-off in Greenland demonstrates the frightening future painted by new NASA study on global temperature rise.

James Balog photographs disappearing glaciers showing global warming evidence in time-lapse photography in the award-winning documentary Chasing Ice.

Melting Arctic sea ice has contributed considerably more to warming at the top of the world than previously predicted by climate models.

New research proves that the Peruvian glacier is shrinking due to climate change.

Buried thousands of feet under Summit, the highest point on Greenland's ice sheet, is a soil born before humans ever walked on Earth.

About half of the surface warming that's helping shrink Greenland's glaciers is due to temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean.

Humanity is not only moving too slowly in curbing CO2 emissions — we're moving the wrong direction.