Cyclists have "increased heart rate and respiration," resulting in more CO2 emissions, said state Rep. Ed Orcutt.

Several German cities are planning to fight air pollution by eliminating fares on public transport.

Flow, a handheld tracking device by Plume Labs, wants to help us better understand — and avoid — urban air pollution.

Over 60,000 members of the People’s Liberation Army will help increase the total acreage of forested land in China from 21 to 23 percent.

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

Michael Pollan's State of the Movement Address from the Georgia Organics Convention

Michael Pollan thanks and congratulates several organizations.

Michael Pollan breaks down his address into different components.

Michael Pollan discusses how the food system uses too much fossil fuel and reminds us that solar energy from plants is free.

Michael Pollan explains how healthcare costs are increasing while the amount of money people spend on good food is decreasing and suggests a change.

Michael Pollan explains how public health problems in the past made food so cheap it started costing people their health.

Michael Pollan lays out his ideas about what it would take to reform the food system.

Michael Pollan explains in a nutshell how the system went from working well to its current state.

Michael Pollan explains that if farmers are only growing one or two crops, that means people are only eating one or two crops, which does not make for a healthy

Michael Pollan explains how a variety of plants and animals make for healthy farms, which make for healthy people.

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

Michael Pollan argues that fossil fuel efficiency replaced farmers, and we need to get them back.

Michael Pollan explains how having such a centralized food system can be dangerous to the country.

Michael Pollan predicts local economies will become revitalized and discusses how this will benefit people around the world.

Michael Pollan discusses how people need rethink how they eat and remember to teach children healthy eating.

Michael Pollan reminds us that this is just the beginning. We need to write our legislators and make change happen. Show them that change is happening.

The president is getting a report card for his first 100 days in office from Michael Pollan and others. How's he doing on the food front?

Monsanto, swine flu, Lay's claim to be local, Michelle Obama's organic garden, school lunch programs and more. This video has Michael Pollan weighing in on a lo

Michael Pollan discusses the high cost of cheap food with Jon Stewart.

At Goucher College, Pollan advises students to be thoughtful with their food choices.

An heirloom tomato has been named after Michael Pollan. The "Michael Pollan" tomato is an oddly shaped green and yellow tomato.

When processed food marketers try to outsmart Michael Pollan, he turns the tables on them.

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

Stephen Colbert cuts through the “locavore flim flam” to find out what is at the heart of Michael Pollan’s latest book.

Pollan's best-selling book 'In Defense of Food' answered the question, 'What should I eat?' Now the book is a documentary, airing on PBS Dec. 30.

Fracking for shale gas may be dangerous, but the international agency offers a list of rules it says can make the process 'environmentally acceptable.'

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

Christine Ren's "Silent Killers" uses stunning visuals to draw attention to a net-buyback program to keep our seas cleaner for wildlife.

Bees don't want to sting you. They have far more important things to do, like keep our agriculture system afloat.

Donating money to help the bees is as easy as adding a mustache to your cat's (or your friend's) photo.

The apiarian artery is the buzziest infrastructure project in Scandinavia.

Traces of air pollution from 16th-century Spanish silver mines were discovered deep inside an ice cap in the Peruvian Andes

In a place where the streets flood with sewage after it rains, salvation may come in the form of a park.

"Ain't No Fish" is a stop-motion animated short film that uses a 1940s show tune to highlight ocean pollution.

Neolithic humans in the Wadi Faynan region of southern Jordan may have polluted the river while first learning how to smelt.

We know plastic products pollution the ocean, but washing yoga pants, athletic wear and other clothes is a rising cause of concern.

A research team working with an enzyme that eats plastic accidentally engineer it to make it better at breaking down PET.

The Nature Conservancy teams with the Archdiocese of Washington to curb urban runoff at a 150-year old cemetery.

In previous decades, we explored outward. Today's landmarks in science come from looking deeper inside.

A study in the Lancet looked at over-60 walkers, and those who worked on a busy London street didn't fare as well as the park walkers.

Air pollution may be responsible for more than 2 million deaths around the world each year.

Outdoor air pollution has now been classified as 'carcinogenic to humans' by the United Nations.

Tokyo, which cleaned up its act in the 1970s, is a role model as the Chinese capital starts to address some of the world's worst air pollution.

Air pollution exposure contributes to one in eight deaths around the globe, according to WHO estimates.

Electronics giant announces it will compensate workers relocating to China for the poor quality of air they will have to breathe.