A weather balloon has broken the record for the longest balloon-borne experiment in Antarctica, and is still going strong.

The Barnes Ice Cap, a last surviving piece of the once-vast Laurentide Ice Sheet, will be gone in as little as 300 years.

Don't throw out old pantyhose! You can recycle them in many different ways.

Invasive plants outcompete native vegetation, threaten endangered species and curb biodiversity. So put on a bib and chow down!

Jadav Payeng single-handedly turned a barren sandbar in northern India into a lush new forest ecosystem.

These individuals and organizations support a variety of green causes with generously large donations.

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.

Earth's atmosphere hasn't had this much CO2 in human history, and possibly not since the Pliocene Epoch about 3 million years ago.

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

A videographer captures eerie footage of Colorado's High Park Fire, one of several blazes now raging in the dry, windy, beetle-infested U.S. West.

'30 Rock' actor is the latest big name to go up against the natural gas industry.

Is a bill that treats homelessness as a medical condition flawed? Or is it just what the doctor ordered?

Some are eyeing empty department stores as potential transitional housing for the homeless.

Community fridges are like Little Free Pantries, but with electricity. They are one more solution to hunger and food waste.

Republicans are licking their chops about questioning the EPA administrator, but recent history shows that may be exactly what she wants.

In the wake of the worst nuclear disaster in a generation, Germany doubled down on a decade of success, pledging to eliminate nukes by 2022 and switch almost ex

As Greenpeace attacks Apple for the coal clouds firing its data centers, green grids from Iceland to Quebec are attracting some surprising new customers. All ki

From one of the world's top pistachio-producing regions, comes a not-too-entirely nutty idea: Burning waste shells to heat buildings.

British Airways partners with an American biofuel firm to build a massive facility outside of London that will produce garbage-based jet fuel.

Billionaire philanthropist says he's 'doubling down' on efforts to reduce carbon emissions and replace half the nation's coal fleet with clean energy by 2017.

Botanophobics may want to avert their eyes.

Physicist Kenneth Libbrecht, a leading expert on snowflake formation, is proud to have added scientific accuracy to Disney's hit animated musical.

The compelling documentary 'Babushkas of Chernobyl' offers a haunting and beautiful picture of life in a disaster area thought lost to humanity.

Anecdotal social media posts suggest that the Marvel blockbuster 'Black Panther' is spurring folks to adopt black cats.

In a rare interview, Santa reveals why he is sick of so much "stuff". He's donning a green suit and delivering clean energy as a gift instead.

The style-conscious soap wizards at Method unveil plans for a wind and solar-powered manufacturing facility that will also include rooftop food production.

From cleaning your tub with fruit to organizing towels, try these quick tricks for the loo.

Student Jack Ross Pilkington is working to save dying bee populations and has even become a bit of a beekeeper.

Two major home improvement retailers in the U.K. pledge to pull gardening products containing bee-harming insecticides from their shelves.

It could be that you need some bees, or that the weather hasn't been ideal, or your soil isn't right.

Now's the time to make that dream a reality. Here are 5 cold-season tips to prepare for your first spring with a bee hive.

Ortho's decision to nix neonicotinoids is an important one.

Check out this wonderfully strange music about the Bagger 288, one of the largest mining excavators in the world.

Chilean mine accident survivor, Mario Sepulveda, is said to be thrilled with the casting decision.

But for now only the penguins can enjoy them. (Turns out, mining is illegal in Antarctica.)

Coal mines are destroying the life that its miners have come to know through pollution and job loss.

An eye-catching community sauna is a symbol of rebirth for the arctic mining town of Kiruna, which is being forced to move 2 miles to the east.

New research finds that exposure to mildly cooler temps may be the key to shedding pounds.

Months ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference, French Parliament approves aggressive new commercial building rules.

With California-based OhmConnect, it's easy being green when you're also earning green.

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

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

Direct-to-consumer water filter company Mesopaper removes a variety of contaminants without the mess, waste or high price tag.

How do you un-shrink-wrap a space shuttle?

Within a few years, most of the power for Chile's sprawling subway system will come from renewable energy.

Wind and solar get an unequal shake in the Equality State.

T. Boone Pickens, the founder of BP Capital Management, joins the Morning Joe gang to discuss the town hall meetings he's been holding across the country on the

The retiring three-term Republican will leave behind many legacies, including a strong anti-environment record.

Nancy Rabalais has spent a lifetime documenting the effect of ocean "dead zones." The Louisiana researcher has increased our understanding of these hypoxic zone

The EPA is searching for a senior (age 55+) to fill an administrative assistant position at the Ann Arbor, Michigan office.