South African capitalism is in total crisis. The ruling class is divided and the worsening conditions of the workers and poor are causing a groundswell of resentment that will burst to the surface sooner or later, placing renewed class struggle on the agenda.

They are people who bike or walk, not some separate species.

This is the most heartbreaking story we've read all week, and if the idea of a baby whale trailing after a yacht and trying to suckle from it doesn't make you go "awww," then that lump of muscle you call your ticker has been

With people living in smaller spaces and with better toilets, perhaps it is.

A massive public-private partnership pledges over $1 billion to cut deforestation and mitigate climate change.

Some of the most frequently used jargon you’ll want to know before the Paris climate change talks, accompanied by user-friendly definitions.

City council voted unanimously this week to support a ban.

Who could possibly complain about brutalist architecture especially when it's framed with flowers

Another Nordic cultural concept to prove that Scandinavians have it all figured out … but this one could help the rest of us sleep better too.

This once-derelict small apartment has been renovated on a budget into a more modern space.

Hydrogen is abundant in water and full of energy. We just need a cheap way to get the hydrogen where we need it.

Are crops that produce their own pesticides as scary as they sound?

These flowery sculptures seem to grow and flourish, out of repurposed dead animal skulls.

Because of the weather, some of the country's famed cherry trees are having a surprise autumn bloom instead of in spring.

Bye bye, lake. Where it's going, nobody knows for sure.

Four miles from the shore of Key West, the fatigued iguana eagerly scrambled aboard the kayak and hitched a ride home.

Currently, New Hampshire is the only state in the northeastern United States that has not passed some form of renewable portfolio standards legislation. However, that may change soon. Last week, the New Hampshire House voted decisively in favor of a

What happens when you find bees have made your home into their hive? You call Mike 'The Bee Guy' and document it their removal.

Each of the islands in the Galapagos is incredibly different. From landscape to ecosystem to the endemic species that can only be found in that

We've reported before on Andy Revkin's assertion that "climate change is not the story of our time," as well as his sometimes provocative thoughts on geoengineering and other subjects (Rush Limbaugh once suggested the journalist kill himself to save the

Want to know which cities in Asia are going to get really whacked by climate change, and which ones have the greatest ability to adapt to it? Well, WWF has just released a new report that ranks 11 of them

10 coal plants in Chicago, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey will be shut down sooner than expected.

With crickets in decline, some scientists say that the insects' summer crooning may become a thing of the past.

We are all cutting back in the West, but more flying in developing countries overwhelms the savings.

Nanotechnology breakthroughs have lead to a successful prototype of a device that could charge your cell phone with ambient noise or the conversations of users.

Forget plugging in your phone to charge, soon the battery could stay topped off from swipes and typing.

Simple, no frills cabin living at its best, right by the ocean.

At this week's Clean Vehicles and Fuels conference in Stockholm, city officials released an updated survey showing that 50 percent of city residents would consider shopping for a "miljöbil" when they buy their next car. That's a huge increase from

Toronto, a city rated as one of the most livable in the world by The

Dutch designer Benjamin Vermeulen solves the problem of the missing nut or screw.

The touring museum show 'Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future,' which wraps up its Istanbul run this weekend, is professionally put-together and well-intentioned, but flawed.

The ecosystem had thrived for thousands of years but collapsed less than two centuries ago.

Image via: Wakeland Housing & Development Corporation Los Vecinos, the first LEED-Certified Platinum, 100% solar-powered affordable housing in San Diego, offer 42-units of state of the art in green housing. The $17.6 million USD project opened its doors

A Colorado family that had long ago given up on finding their cat got some incredible news this week, when Willow was found in New York City -- five years later and 1,800 miles from home.

It's been a while since a good poo-power story has come down the pipe, but here's an interesting one: Massachusetts-based biofuels company Qteros and wastewater recyclers Applied Clean Tech have announced that they

If it seems like you've read a variation of the above headline before you're not wrong, and as much as anything it's a sign of the rock road cellulosic ethanol and biofuels in general have had in the past few years. The details: The Department of

Beekeeper, and World War II veteran, is at risk of losing his beehives he's had since the 1950s.

It wouldn't solve everything, but becoming a solar power hub could give a new spark to the area.

This could turn 5-7 billion square meters of glass in the USA alone into solar power plants, plus power your cell phone and other gadgets

By 2017, global e-waste rates will increase by 33% to 65.4 million tons per year—the weight equivalent of almost 200 Empire State Buildings.

Looking beyond traditional recyclables and the "blue bin", here are some of the organizations and companies seeking to redefine what we consider trash with alternative recycling initiatives and methods of reuse.

Knitted woollens should never get tossed until you've tried to repair them. Thanks to online tutorials, it's not as hard as it seems.

It turns out that helping mining regions move on is just good politics.

New wind and solar will be cheaper than 96% of all existing coal by 2030.

Don't give up; Collective and individual actions can change the world.

Australian researchers used LIDAR, the aerial laser technology, to rediscover the city of Mahendraparvata in Cambodia.

At the time of its construction the Union Tank Car Dome was the biggest clear span structure in the world. It was demolished in 2008 (see Another

Last night, on her show, Rachel Maddow showed some incredible photos of an explosive accident at a Texas fracking site. After seeing the photos, you'll be surprised to learn that thankfully no one was killed.

Why are we wasting such a valuable resource? Where will it come from if we don't drill for natural gas?

A gigatonne of ice here, a gigatonne of ice there... Soon enough we're talking about a meaningful quantity!