Trying to stay cool while obeying his own stringent vehicle idling restrictions, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg enlists security detail to install a full

The Air Quality Egg was named one of Kickstarter's best projects of 2012.

Aging pipelines leak dangerous amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

U.S. federal budget woes are shrinking the monitoring network that tracks greenhouse gases such as methane.

Even though Earth is already in an ice age, a surplus of ice is the least of our worries.

Earth has broken temperature records for 14 months in a row, and 2016 will almost certainly be the hottest year on record. Yet there is still time to intervene

Climate change may be stripping nutrients from the most basic of foods, and that's making its way up the chain to us.

Study reveals that open-water swims have a dramatic effect on young cubs, which are forced to follow their mothers in search of food and solid ground.

The Barnes Ice Cap, a last surviving piece of the once-vast Laurentide Ice Sheet, will be gone in as little as 300 years.

The narrowest building in Poland is the work of Israeli writer Edgar Keret.

Business as usual is destroying our lives and the environment.

CANLOVE, a collective of graffiti artists, is on a mission to collect and upcycle as many spray cans as possible into art.

Anas Cheema, a 22-year-old economics student at the University of Victoria, decided to dedicate his summer.

If the mere thought of sharks sends chills down your spine, consider the damage that a swarm of ants could inflict. And even cows have been known to be deadly.

While the Camp Fire rages over 100 miles away in the Sierra Nevada foothills, San Francisco experiences an air pollution emergency.

Federal law requires mining companies to restore strip mines to their original condition, but many don't bother.

Finally! The EPA declares that 79 mountaintop coal mining permits may violate the Clean Water Act.

Yours truly will be featured on the latest edition of Climate TV talking about mountaintop mining and the future of climate activism: 'The war is just beginning

A state legislator has an interesting and potentially viable way to avoid dealing with the EPA.

U.S. Postal Service expands electronics recycling program. Customers can trade in old cellphones for cash at 3,100 USPS retail locations.

Unity College students settle into TerraHaus, the sustainability-focused Maine institution's new residence hall that's built to stringent, super-efficient Passi

On Hamburg's waterfront, world-class sustainable architecture has emerged not from lofty green goals but from practical questions like this one: How do you buil

It's unclear whether some animals really smile to convey joy, but these critters sure look happy.

Michael Pollan lists three things that need to be removed in order to get animals back on farms.

As the Senate votes to give the FDA more power, read what those in the know are saying about it.

This short video of moving vegetables explains why so much food is grown yet so many people remain food insecure.

A report issued earlier this week caused quite a stir in the organic food world. See what some respected organic food advocates are saying about it.

If organic foods can’t contain genetically modified ingredients, you’d think organic food companies wouldn’t have a problem with labeling foods that conta

From the morality of bonobos to the importance of baking, each of these books explores a unique aspect of our humanity.

Try a bubbly drink with an organic twist.

Single? Welcome love into your life, and celebrate — don't shun — the holiday.

Fire lookout towers found in numerous national forests have been converted into campsites-in-the-sky.

Birds may go quiet, bats may fly around and pets may become uneasy, but it's difficult to predict exactly how non-human animals will react.

You have until Aug. 28 to get your lifetime National Park Service senior pass at the lower rate of $10.

The technologically advanced Stoosbahn ascends and descends over 2,000 feet in about four minutes.

The natural surroundings at these picturesque concert venues sometimes steal the show.

Researchers used satellite images and medical records over an almost 20-year period to determine if access to green areas reduces schizophrenia risk.

Now 50% complete, the Great American Rail-Trail spans an epic 4,000 epic miles.

Scientists are developing robots to serve as companions to the elderly.

Community fridges are like Little Free Pantries, but with electricity. They are one more solution to hunger and food waste.

Why didn't someone think of this before?

Chemists at Colorado State University think they've found a polymer that's similar to plastic and can be easily manufactured and recycled.

Why are regular citizens doing the work that should be done by the companies that make the disposables?

A new technique promises to turn plastic waste into clean, high-grade fuel.

The universe's strongest source of energy may be the solution to one of Earth's oldest conflicts.

Danielle Fong was only 19 years old when she founded a technology company with the goal of perfecting green energy storage and utilization.

A new system created by a French energy firm heats about 6 million square feet of office space, creating no emissions in the process.

The USNS Henry J. Kaiser is carrying 900,000 gallons of biofuel blended with petroleum for evaluation and testing.

You might already know that Dory is a Pacific blue tang and Nemo is a clownfish, but how well do you know the other species that are represented in the films?

From adorable porgs to crystalline foxes, the otherworld species of 'The Last Jedi' have roots here on Earth.