Few industrialists in recent times have done more to imperil environmental protections and public health than the Koch brothers. The force behind Americans for Prosperity and Koch Industries have galvanized

The rare metal is now worth US $1,700 an ounce.

It's so much more than books.

This is not your usual trading site; it is much more of a community.

There are 1.2 million real ones, but most of it is all about the show.

It has rejected recommendations that could divert some of the 300,000 tonnes of clothing that go to landfill each year.

There are a lot of good reasons to get rid of that old plug.

"If a touchscreen must be used, it should be embedded alongside a set of fixed, physical buttons that support muscle memory and single actions."

Don't Blink or You'll Miss It! Google has created a series of video ads called "Search Stories". They're basically short vignettes showing some cool projects that were made possible by people finding the right information (using Google, of course). The

From the Redskins' huge solar installation to a solar-powered NASCAR track that mows its grass with sheep, major sporting venues can be an ideal location for solar power. From large expanses of rooftops and parking lots to their high energy needs to

The last pack of wolves in a Michigan national park is near extinction. Should humans intervene?

LEGO is cleaning and repackaging pre-loved bricks and sending them to charities for kids.

Ideal Bite: Are you getting very, very sleepy? by Heather Stephenson "You will be if you follow this tip. Conventional anti-insomnia pills work, but if you don't wanna lose sleep over side effects and potentially addictive ingredients, induce

Cut the grass will you?...Are you done edging?....Time to water the

This is England, the parks and gardens and countryside are supposed to be filled with golden daffodils by now. This is why we live here. But where are they? With this year's never ending winter and the long cold spell just

Celebrities buying plots of land to block developments is the new new. Last year people opposed to the third runway at Heathrow Airport bought up a plot in the middle of the runway in an attempt to thwart it. Now opponents to

It's the first living painting in London's Trafalgar Square, and maybe the first anywhere. A Van Gogh picture has been turned into a green living vertical wall.

Fifth Third Bank shows us just how easy it is becoming for corporations to source all of their electricity from renewables.

Perhaps it is time to stuff this duck analogy.

SMUD demonstrate that all-electric living is actually cheaper than gas.

Donating your old cell phones to these causes will keep them out of landfills and help others too.

And the Oatmeal says " I'm ready for our army of Skynet Marshmallow Bumper Bots."

If you want to attract good people these days you have to give them a nice place to work.

It may well be more Jane Jacobs and Stewart Brand than it is Bjarke Ingells.

These may be limited to 25 MPH, but the era of autonomous cars is coming at us really fast.

Take a virtual tour of these amazing spots.

Using the bones of old-world infrastructure to build new-world infrastructure.

The Street View cameras now take you on extreme vertical tours alongside famous climbers.

It's cheap, it works and Oh, the places you'll go.

The ring of giant Project Loon balloons will bring data service to people living below.

The optical display device that is often the subject of ridicule has proven itself to be a very valuable asset to surgeons.

Conservation organizations used Google Street View cameras to document the places, animals and people most vulnerable to climate change.

Big business may be coming to the climate party late. But it is making its presence known.

I, for one, welcome the arrival of soft and sticky google cars.

The app lets kids and adults alike explore, measure and test the world around them.

Want to know if you can go solar? Now there's a good chance you can easily find out.

But is it truly modular?

The tech giant has hit this major renewable energy goal ahead of all its competitors.

A fleet of the cars mapped methane leaks in three major cities and the results aren't good.

Alphabet, Google's parent company, is experimenting with a new energy storage technology.

Slow, incremental changes are more effective than trying to do it all at once.

Oprah treated her audience to an in-depth look at sustainable, cruelty-free eating with a show that included appearances from Michael Pollan and Alicia Silverstone. While Pollan talked about how eating local, organic food can cost

While you may not have heard of the Good Food Awards, there is a good chance you've enjoyed food from some of their winners. The not-for-profit organization celebrates not only the kind of food we should be eating but the kind we want to eat.

The USGBC, and their insanely popular rating system LEED, have been on the frontlines of the green building movement for quite a while. Everyone has taken a shot at them at least once. There’s all the talk about how the credits are

Tweaking your computer's energy saving settings is a no-brainer. But that's just the trouble: the computer is making a "dumb" decision to dim the monitor or go to sleep after a preset time. VeryPC, the British maker of energy-efficient

They are everywhere, the full page ads with smiling people proud of how much money they saved and how they qualified for all those government grants. But what did they really save? Perhaps a bit of energy, but how much?

The information is pretty basic but it's not trivial, and would make a difference.

Do we need hyperloops? No, we need trains that work.

The state of Maryland has already shown a proclivity towards environmental programs—it has embraced wind power via positive legislation, for one. Now, it's going to clean up its wetlands. The Maryland chapter of the

Image via: LA Citystreets Clark U, Rice University, U Minnesota are all launching bike-sharing programs, along with the City of Minneapolis. Towson University has launched several green transportation programs - sadly no bike sharing, yet. Many of the