The business closed in 2013, but ‘zombie stores’ kept the concept alive.

With the right rebates, solar panels can offer a return on investment far higher than you'll find in the S&P 500.

Facebook RSUs, billionaires' favorite stocks, the weak earnings predictions and more.

Ben & Jerry's has invited me to create my own custom flavor using fair trade ingredients next month- help me out with some tasty ideas.

If you didn’t think ahead, shop your store’s candy aisle for these sustainable Valentine’s Day treats.

You know what a “farm-to-fork” restaurant is, but what’s a “seed-to-stove” restaurant?

From people to gadgets to gardens to food, here’s what I liked best in 2010.

Thelma Taormina isn't exactly keen on smart meters. So when a utility worker arrived at her Houston home to install one of the devices, she did what any totally

The sun-powered plane Solar Impulse demonstrates the vast potential for renewable energy after successfully setting the distance record for solar aviation.

The innovative plane continues its journey across the United States using only the sun for fuel.

From Wattio to the Soccket ball and more, crowdfunding sites Kickstarter and Indiegogo helped these startups find fundraising success.

What am I supposed to do with asbestos tile in my home?

Cody Sullivan received a standing ovation when he received his college certificate.

Many beloved matrimonial customs, from bridesmaids to the garter toss, got their start for some pretty disturbing reasons.

Denmark-based Lego is the world's most profitable toy-maker. But when it reported a revenue decline for early 2016, the news was just what the company wanted.

The EPA and State Department have now clashed over the proposed pipeline twice in two years, muddling recent indications that its approval might be imminent.

Here's a tasty and inexpensive way to turn a bit of leftover pasta into a savory meal. And it goes from pan to plate in about 5 minutes.

Social entrepreneur harnesses the power of stories to help illiterate communities leverage their ingenuity to find solutions to local problems.

Watch Chuck perform at the Fortune Brainstorm: Green.

Rolling Stones piano player Chuck Leavell shows off Charlane Plantation, where he champions the importance of trees.

September event sparked a global aurora at Mars more than 25 times brighter than anything previously observed.

Dust storms like this might provide hints about what happened to the water on Mars.

PETA Person of the Year returns in musical series 'Smash'.

Actress was also recently named PETA's Person of the Year.

A new George Clooney film and a National Geographic documentary tell the true story of the art experts who foiled Hitler in World War II.

Chuck Leavell took a break from his music to discuss global parks and how we can make them better.

They may not be as well known as Rachel Carson or Jane Goodall, but they've contributed in profound ways to the environmental movement.

From the earliest efforts at clear-cutting to our continued assault on national lands, we love our forests ... even as we continue to put the squeeze on them.

NRDC founder John H. Adams details the history of the environmental nonprofit -- and the modern environmental movement.

In a surprise announcement, Earth's two largest economies revealed a game-changing agreement to cut carbon emissions.

If there was an 'unlike' button for renovation projects, the 30-year-old social media tycoon would have earned himself more than a few thumbs down.

More than half of moms and one-third of dads surveyed admit to sharing — and oversharing — info about their kids on the Internet.

Cardborigami's clever folding shelters offer the displaced a surprisingly sturdy alternative to tents.

The bandage uses a thickening agent known as kappa-carrageenan, obtained from seaweed, to create injectable hydrogels.

On the way to a palliative care facility, cancer patient Ron McCartney had one request: a caramel sundae.

After nearly 100 years of burning coal to heat and cool Congress, the U.S. Capitol Power Plant will switch over to less harmful natural gas.

New analysis of basalt rock formations on the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. reveals the possibility of cleaner coal.

MNN's Karl Burkart closed his Chase Bank account to protest their financial support of mountaintop removal mining. What can you do to help?

After every attempt to catch an otter fails, officials are forced to move the fish out of a Vancouver pond.

The first national park in the world has a comprehensive recycling program, LEED certified buildings and more.

The U.S. Green Building Council announces that a not-too-shabby 20,000 residential building projects have been bestowed with LEED for Homes certification and t

Bryan Cranston — the actor behind "Breaking Bad," television's favorite chemistry teacher-turned-meth manufacturer — appears at Dwell on Design to discuss

After the nation's largest deep energy retrofit, the Castle Square Apartments in Boston's South End achieves LEED Platinum status.

In observation of one of the original New Urbanist-style planned communities' 75th anniversary, Norris, Tenn. gets a self-sufficient prefab demo home.

This 60-second video is like watching everyone's lives flash before your eyes.

The Colorado-based school wants to buy itself from a cash-strapped parent organization, but it may have to close if it can't raise $2.5 million by Jan. 31.

The Colorado-based school raised $2.3 million over the past two months, allowing it to buy itself and its campus from a cash-strapped parent organization.

Filmmaker Mark Kitchell talks to MNN about the need to understand the birth and life of the green movement in the U.S.

This month, scientists and tree lovers celebrate the 2nd birthday of a hybrid chestnut tree that may be a force in reducing the impacts of climate change.

Countless people drove past an injured armadillo, until one compassionate woman came along.