Does it make sense putting this in a small town up on the Canadian Shield?

Pay attention, as this sort of thing could hit other mountainous areas that are dependent on glaciers for their water supply.

Outfitted with GoPros and solar-powered GPS trackers, the crew of carrion-loving vigilantes is sniffing out illegal dumps in Lima.

When the splendid full moon rises this weekend, she’ll look a bit bigger and brighter than usual.

Solar City and Tesla take the Kinks out of solar power with plenty of PowerPacks

Greenpeace's annual survey of national retailers' progress on sustainable seafood reveals the leaders and the losers.

These spikes might be intermittent. But they are getting bigger and more frequent.

This is how to do climate action the right way.

Personal lighting just took a huge leap forward with the Kogalla RA.

The technology could lead to cheaper hydrogen cars in the future.

An important, if short, cautionary tale on being dependent on any single foreign source of energy.

Thirty thousand pounds of leftover food were redistributed to hungry Floridians in the days following the game.

With Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg facing criticism for supporting Keystone XL pipeline, a comedy duo mocks Facebook "Mess" Everything Up Department.

Image source: Sun Strides Sun Strides is merging two things that southern Californian's love - the sun and athletic activities - to raise funds for solar projects in Africa. 5, 10, 15K, whatever your passion or punishment, there is a spot for you at the

Ordinary humans can see about 1 million colors, but thanks to a genetic mutation, this artist can see an estimated 100 million colors.

Getting enough nutrients from food reduces risk of death, not the same could be said for nutrients in pill form. And in fact, some supplements were linked to increased risk of death.

Lead? Aerobic bacteria? Misleading labels? Consumer Reports tested popular brands of the widely used supplements; here's what they found.

And it reduces food waste!

UC Berkeley’s new robot is the most vertically agile robot ever built – why is it so unnerving?

The electricity grid can handle a ban, ten years earlier than law makers are aiming for.

What's more fun than riding with 25,000 people through car-free streets on a beautiful day (and night)?

Talk about slashing food miles; 'fresh from the roof' is as local as it gets.

For Monsanto, superweeds are just another selling point for its products.

If you don't subscribe to the print version of Mother Jones you may have missed what seems to be a really sort of creepy story about how the US beef industry is not so subtly waging war against sustainable and slow

Darya Pino of Summer Tomato prepared this terrific flow chart to help navigate the supermarket.Marion Nestle of Food Politics liked it, noting:

Doctors from the University of Mississippi dissected two nuggets and were shocked by what they found.

The GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater is not only super-efficient, it's being made in America at a plant that has lay idle for decades.

Main Street retail is vanishing under pressure from online shopping and rising rents. There are good reasons to save it.

Three years after a catastrophic earthquake in Haiti, health care workers are still finding it difficult to get medical supplies, but an aid group is putting 3D printing to work to make some of the needed items.

She may not have caused the most property damage, but the superstorm extraordinaire holds some impressive records.

Barley is a key ingredient in beer and cannot withstand rising temperatures and longer droughts.

Studies show that taller buildings are simply less efficient, and don't even give you any more useable area. Why bother?

The BMW i8 is now in production, and final i8 details have just been unveiled.

The mapping technology will eventually be used to get precise solar power potential information for any location around the world.

The wind has never been this beautiful...

A microbiologist and an Anglo Saxon scholar decided to test a recipe from an Old English medical compendium called Bald's Leechbook, what they found surprised everyone.

The monthly vegetarian gathering will also host policy makers to discuss various aspects of climate change.

Bloody red shrimp are invasive, but yummy for some native Great Lakes fish. A first-time find by Canadian researchers.

The 9-mile long archipelago has more Adélie penguins than the entire rest of the Antarctic peninsula combined.

In two words: It's not.

Waitrose wants to see how serious shoppers are about bringing their own containers.

The company is ramping up pressure on suppliers to design less wasteful packaging.

Volunteers are trialling an urban fish farm allotment in Bristol, England. Could this help ensure food security in an uncertain future?

Yumbii, an Atlanta-based food truck, adds a low emissions super food truck to its fleet. Check out its environmentally friendly features.

Our photo of the day is a lesson in singing and building.

A Brooklyn dinner party turns "dumpster diving" into an informative meal.

These reefs live in murky water with low levels of light and are likely to survive rising sea levels, researchers say.

Don't just sit there, do something.

It supports local business owners and gives you more local and seasonal options.

Not only is it Groundhog Day and Super Bowl Sunday, but it's also an extra-special 8-digit palindrome day.