Green Car Journal started handing out the award with model year 2006 vehicles. Over the years the magazine has recognized several hybrids, two clean diesels, a

Despite $2 a gallon gas, automakers are still going green, and the popularity of the gas-electric range extender format is just one example.

Today’s artisanal movement is more than a fad. From specialty foods to hand-forged earrings, the rise of 21st century artisans is the start of a new economy.

Rainworks latest rain-activated installation makes waiting for the bus a touch less tedious.

The northern snakehead, a voracious invasive species that can live out of the water for days, is showing up in several states.

The late renowned physicist Stephen Hawking joined BBC Radio 4's 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy' as the voice of an intelligent and powerful being.

'Big River,' a companion film to 'King Corn,' explores the wide-reaching water pollution problems created by monoculture farming.

From helping seniors to detecting microplastics, these kids have launched projects to help their communities and the world.

A recent Harvard study finds that neural activity is a new player when it comes to human aging.

Companies like Airbnb and Uber are feeling the pandemic pinch, but neighborly sharing is on its way up, and that's a good thing.

Ford wants you to have a better understanding of how your driving impacts their fuel efficiency.

The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is nearing record-breaking size again, scientists say.

Best-Ever Pluto Photos Show Breathtaking Views of Dwarf Planet

Video: Watch and learn how to make a delicious apricot chicken.

The Food and Drug Administration is launching its first national campaign to prevent and reduce smoking among young people.

Even if the FDA knows something is harmful, it seems no one can make them do anything about it.

Changes on fast-food menus are a step in the right direction, but the task of finding healthy food falls to parents.

The popularity of underground restaurants in Paris has restaurateurs asking the government to do something about the competition. Now when I go to Paris, I want

Like the space shuttle Endeavour but cheesier, Taco Bell 'Numero Uno' relocates from its original Southern California home.

Spending the day on the beach is fun, but eventually you to come out of the water to eat — and that can be difficult.

Hyundai provided its ix35 fuel-cell car as part of a unique and sustainable city garden in London.

Artificial photosynthesis could produce the perfect clean fuel to run everything.

Astronomers use the Hubble telescope to image Rubin’s galaxy, or UGC 2885, which may be the biggest galaxy ever.

A 2012 study of homes in L.A. shows just how menacing stuff can be: "Many find their accumulated possessions exhausting to contemplate, organize, and clean."

Dutch cyclist Egbert Brasjen started riding at age 65 and just kept on going.

Older people are also spending far less time socializing or reading. That's not a healthy combination.

In 'This Chair Rocks,' author Ashton Applewhite explains why everyone should be up arms about ageism.

Video: From Jeff Goldblum to Tricia Helfer to Arianna Huffington — see who is talking about the Mother Nature Network.

The U.S. Energy Department wants you to save green by painting your roof white -- as long as it doesn't make your neighbors see red.

Newman’s Own gives all of its profits to charity, like the one giving people in Ghana and India reliable access to clean water.

Kitchen 'waste' liquids like pickle juice and potato water can be reused to enhance culinary creations and a whole lot more.

As Norway's Lendbreen ice patch melts, an ancient highway is revealed.

The virtues of preparing a home-cooked meal for one's family has been extolled as the answer to all of our food problems, but is that realistic?

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

The endangered red-cockaded woodpecker is showing up in some interesting places in the South as it makes a comeback.

Lots of research goes into the annual vaccine, but that doesn't mean we always get it right.

From managing stress to fighting cancer, tea has many benefits to help someone live a healthier life.

The suffering of New Orleans offers valuable lessons -- but is the U.S. paying attention?

The EPA decided this week to limit cancer-causing emissions from hydraulic fracturing, aka 'fracking,' but its new rules won't take effect until 2015.

We don’t think that people who want to eat organic should have to pay more for their food.

To help eliminate the perilous process of collecting potable water in Ethiopian villages, Italian architects design a water vapor-collecting tower.

Have you secured the health of nature so we continue to have quality of life?

The Beauty and Personal Care Products Sustainability Summit gathered industry leaders to collaborate for the benefit of all

Walmart partner Conservation International has launched the "Nature is Speaking" campaign to provoke a conversation about nature's essential role in our lives.

Hundreds of thousands of sandhill cranes gather every year at this one spot in central Nebraska.

Working Together

Basil, parsley, cilantro, thyme and mint bring fresh flavors from the garden into a four-course meal, from appetizer to dessert.

Baker puts her passion for environmentalism to work.

You continue to hear how bad sugar is, but how do you avoid it? Here are some ways to help you eliminate refined sugar from your diet.

Think of making bread as a science experiment. ​But it all comes down to treating your yeast right.