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

Gone but not forgotten, these once-bustling mining outposts offer visitors a look at Old West ghost towns, from kitschy to untouched.

Made of plastic and metal, it harms our oceans just like microbeads.

Oke USA is seeking a person passionate about Fair Trade to fill a Banana Logistics and Sales position.

Study finds bananas do more than help you recover after exercise. They also help reduce pain and swelling.

The soot that covers statues and buildings makes even more smog, eventually hitting our lungs.

Incentives for recycling old or unwanted electronics may be the best solution.

Columnist Matt Hickman offers advice on how to get a crunchy-granola, green husband to wear underwear.

In a landmark decision, Europe restricts a popular pesticide linked to declining honeybee populations.

Europe's moratorium on neonicotinoid pesticides is being challenged by Bayer CropScience. Bee advocates, however, are fighting back.

Researchers in the U.K. hope that prettying up fields with strips of wildflowers will attract pest-munching bugs.

The European Union has banned bee-harming neonicotinoids. The policy is expected to come into full force by the end of 2018.

Right now, we basically build cities in a way that worsens flooding events, but nature has solutions.

Some professors are doing it, but perhaps they should look in the mirror.

The teachers say they never gave permission to be bathed in radiation all day.

A factory ghost caused 3,000 garment workers to riot in Bangladesh. The workers' behavior is called mass hysteria

Use time, instead of money, to get what you need.

It costs 1.6 cents to make a 1-cent coin. Given the pollution it creates, what's the point?

The world needs more trees -- here are recommended varieties for planting.

Looking out for the safety of kids and pets, the EPA decides to ban some toxic rodent poisons. Here are a few pest remediation alternatives that rely on repelli

The chemical’s makers can’t guarantee Diphenylamine's safety, so the EU doesn't allow its use. Here in the U.S. it’s found on 80 percent of conventional apples.

Citing a need to protect native species, this New Zealand town is proposing an all-out cat ban.

ABC drama returns for its third season.

New York City's Board of Health voted on Sept. 13 to approve the "soda ban" that limits the sale of large sugary drinks within the city, according to tweets fro

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

A study in Philadelphia finds that transforming vacant lots into green spaces has a beneficial impact on mood and wellbeing, particularly in low-income areas.

Despite an uptick in public spending, 30% of city residents live more than a 10-minute walk from the nearest park, according to the 2018 City Park Facts report.

To save energy, a newly opened LEED residence hall at Bridgewater State University outlaws the dorm room staple known as the mini-fridge.

The City of Lights is for lovers ... and pedestrians, bikers and transit riders.

Reebook partners with architecture firm Gensler for 'Get Pumped,' a conceptual scheme in which health-conscious drivers rule the roads.

Environmentalist Peter Bahouth shares the inspiration behind Atlanta's most leafy and lovely Airbnb listing.

Honestly, it would be a touch difficult to hit the books on a campus this wildly verdant.

At 208-square-feet, Kasita smart apartments are roughly the size of 6 garbage receptacles.

Bosco Verticale, Milan's literal vertical forest, boasts the equivalent of 2.4 acres of richly green land.

Famous graffiti artist Banksy creates a mural that sinks in global warming denial.

The U.S. has become the pre-eminent blocker to this year's UN climate negotiations, but new scientific analysis and a growing civil society movement could force

Firm in the belief that light should help you <i>live</i> in addition to see, two young eco-entrepreneurs have created a family of super-brainy, Bluetooth-enabl

No, government officials won't break down your door if you have incandescent light bulbs. They will be phased out gradually, with plenty of alternatives.

Model guidelines from the U.N. for energy-efficient light bulbs aid developing nations in smoothly transitioning from incandescents to LEDs.

Antilia, the world's first billion dollar home, is completed in Mumbai. While initially marketed as being 'green', the home's size -- 398,000 square feet -- ren

Del Monte says their individually wrapped bananas are environmentally friendly. Others think Del Monte is bananas.

In Tennessee, the streets are too dangerous for one 10-year-old on a bike. In Copenhagen, the streets are too crowded to accommodate any more kids. The real pro

Half the world now lives in cities, and by midcentury 75 percent of us will be urbanites. To make our cities sustainable, look to the 2012 TED Prize and a fasci

Six-year-old Connor Johnson has big dreams for the future, and he needs our help to keep them alive.

With the high season of outdoor cookery about to kick into full swing, a look at 10 petite BBQ grills that don't require a massive backyard to fire up.

Before she flew back into the wild, Miss Alicia the bat met a fruit and fell in love.

Shafts that haven't been closed could be transformed into geothermal boilers to produce heat and hot water for nearby communities.

Minister says natural disasters in his home country are evidence of climate change.

New Mexico's coyote-killing contest ban does not outlaw the killing of coyotes by hunters or ranchers who are protecting their livestock.

Far from being gross, the slime of a banana slug is a marvel of nature.