Grassroots activist honored for 10-year protest against a proposed nickel mine on Mindoro Island

"The mining companies were telling us that it's safe... We did our research and discovered they were lying through their teeth."

The move comes as a result of a petition from Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which asserts that GM crops can cause serious health issues.

Many feared the worst, and it seems like that's what we got.

It even has a giant 3D printed Jacuzzi tub

A six-year dispute over mislabeled shipping containers has been settled, but the world can learn an important lesson from this.

A new law hopes to fix deforestation and teach young people about environmental stewardship.

The hot young Swedish firm We Are You came third in a competition to design a new bicycling center in Philadelphia. (They must be really young- entry criteria include only those who graduated later than 2007). Its mission: "to promote bicycling in all

Quoting directly from the Philadelphia Eagles presser: "The Eagles have contracted with Orlando FL-based SolarBlue, a

Paris has the Promenade plantée and New York has The High Line, parks created on top of once-abandoned railway tracks. Now plans are afoot in Philadelphia to transform the Reading Viaduct into what its designers are

A new public space in Philadelphia helps make the city more human-scale and increase quality of life for people who work or pass through the area.

Going for LEED Platinum in an affordable townhouse with clean modern design

Another model for the development industry: Smart young people using their own money

Are solar-powered trash cans a fuel-saving, money-saving way to keep the streets clean? Or are they worse than regular trash cans?

One more city joins the bike sharing club, providing its citizens with a great, healthy, and green way to get around.

Philly has more than 2X the number of bike commuters per capita of NYC.

The mayor has portrayed the controversial soda tax as a great source of revenue with which to do fabulous things for the city, rather than a benefit for public health.

They are as gutsy and gritty as ever.

The Timber Towers Project seeks to demonstrate the viability of a mass timber high-rise.

A great demonstration of how to develop tiny lots.

At the ConocoPhillips annual shareholder meeting last week, CEO James Mulva announced the company's withdrawal from the oil-drilling project in Block 39 of the northern Peruvian Amazon. It was a highly controversial project

Biologists believe that oil companies are to blame for the recent dolphin deaths.

Move over, indoor birthing tub. This woman wants to deliver in the Pacific Ocean with dolphins as midwives.

A wholphin? A dolphale? Whatever you call it, the first known hybrid between a melon-headed whale and a rough-toothed dolphin is a wonder.

These coolest of sea creatures know what they're doing.

Why does this not surprise me?

The gruesome deaths raise serious questions about the practices of fishing trawlers.

"Siri, turn down the temperature in my bedroom please"

Tuna producers are notorious for unethical labor and unsustainable fishing. It's time to learn more and take action.

San Francisco is admirably progressive when it comes to reducing food waste and keeping food local and seasonal.

The limited edition pieces are designed to give plastic waste a second life.

Jacob and Brian look at chicken pre-marinated with Prozak, the blackest solar cell ever, and Poland and Vermont's fight against Monsanto.

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

We are going to need a new term that binds them all together. A lecture in 20 slides.

Yet another reason why deforestation is bad: So much of Haiti's mountainsides have been eroded away because of deforestation and hurricanes that it may have stressed Earth's crust, triggering the earthquake that

Megan McArdle at the Atlantic piles on the Infographic debate, " issuing a plea to bloggers to help stop this plague in its track."

Graphic designer Jack Hagley's new infographic shows the world's population as 100 people.

Humanity's innate love for nature is integrated into this design for a biologically attuned and meditative workspace in London.

The company that makes "shoes for people who don't want to wear them" is introducing a new model of adventure shoe constructed with EVA foam made from algae biomass.

Every person interested in environmental issues is well aware of the dangers of species extinction and the importance of conservation

When you create a law to regulate something, there's always the danger that people will drive a truck through the loopholes, adhering to the letter of the law but not its spirit.

It's all about the amazing connections.

The wide use of antibiotics in factory farms to prevent infections and promote growth is a breeding ground for superbugs.

With a $1 million donation, Andrew and Jane Cliffordhope will double the size of the world's largest cat-free sanctuary.

Is this really how it ends?

A new study predicts that up to 21 million acres of rubber plantations will be required to meet our growing needs, spelling doom for biodiversity in parts of Southeast Asia.<

Before 2015, the Mozambique reserve lost many thousands of elephants due to rampant poaching – now they’ve just had a full year without any illegal deaths.

The newfound fossils shed light on the early evolution of one of the planet’s most mysterious amphibians.

Can you guess which European cities have the highest percentage of walking + bicycling + public transport? Give it a shot.

On Tuesday, President Obama announced his new climate change plan. Below is an infographic produced by the White House illustrating some facts about climate change and how these new proposal