A striking infographic demonstrates the latent power of Big Solar in the United States. A powerful image from the Irish Sea illustrates the staggering scale of

A congressional hearing on the safety of hyrdo-fracking revealed a few rifts on Capitol HIll.

This weekend: Model homes have a moment (thanks, Netflix!) and Portland maintains its status as the nation's largest fluoride-free city.

Vipp, the venerable purveyor of high-end trash bins, gets into the prefab vacation home business.

Start planning your Thanksgiving wine selections by trying this sustainable rosé this weekend.

Warre’s Otima Tawny 10 Year Port will warm you up on a chilly evening.

Give your kids another non-alcoholic cocktail option besides a Shirley Temple this holiday season.

From Black Friday through Cyber Monday, online retailer Zappo's will cover cat and dog adoption fees at more than 100 participating shelters.

This surprising discovery won't be enough to stop climate change, but it will help, researchers say.

Get healthier by focusing on vegetable-based dishes Monday through Friday and eating meat only on the weekends.

Documentary on coal mining’s effect on Appalachian communities premieres in West Virginia this Saturday.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

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

Food news and items of interest from around the Web — Giada de Laurentiis, Jersey Girl Cooks and weeknight dinner parties.

When her concern about colony collapse disorder reached a peak, this writer put her deep, personal fear of bees aside. Sort of.

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.

Concern over dwindling pollinator populations trumps worries of apiarian disturbances.

A new mine could provide 1,500 jobs, but protestors say the environmental cost is too high.

This week marks a somber time for NASA, with the anniversaries of three U.S. spaceflight disasters.

NASA's first space shuttle, the test orbiter Enterprise, was named after the fictional starship on "Star Trek."

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

Actor says Stephen Baldwin's claims that he was duped out of shares in his oil separation company are untrue.

While 'America Revealed' with Yul Kwon explores how typical systems work, we also explain new oil cleanup technology and Titanic history.

Greenpeace USA is seeking a senior strategist with experience managing organizers to mobilize grassroots members.

The Eagle Ridge Institute is searching for a green building specialist as part of the AmeriCorps VISTA YouthBuild USA program.

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

SolarCity is hiring 100 new photovoltaic installers in Southern California and in the Greater Phoenix, Arizona area.

Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pennsylvania is searching for a Dean of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences.

Attention eco-fashionistas in New York City, Canopy Verde is searching for handbag models as part of a grassroots advertising campaign.

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

Chipotle, one of MNN's top 10 organic fast-food restaurants, is searching for a technical writing and design consultant at its Denver office.

GoodGuide, home of the world's largest healthy and green product database, is searching for a Rock Star User Interaction Engineer.

Learn the trick to making mulled wine without burning off all the alcohol in this video for a drink that’s perfect for this weekend between the big holidays.

What happens when you heat up a Rum Cow? It becomes a soul-warming, winter cocktail.

Toast those you love with this pleasing Prosecco that won’t break your budget.

Make your sipping simple this holiday weekend with these easy-to-throw-together drinks.

This is a great week for planetary observers. Mercury is in its best position as a "morning star" for observers in the Northern Hemisphere while Jupiter is at i

This week in the hour before sunrise early morning stargazers will get a double treat: the planet Mercury and two special comets.

Music for Relief, a charitable network of music greats, wants to help light up the darkest homes in Africa though the Power the World campaign. The goal: Lift m

This weekend will feature several overlapping events meant to combat a growing plague of garbage around the world.

Soil is drying up all over the world, Google is dropping big bucks building a wind power transmission line, and a spider and centipede battle it out.

With green hotels, vegan grub and the nation's oldest wildlife refuge, Oaktown stays true to its roots.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

In Maryland, local restaurants and retailers will be featuring state wines through June 12, 2011.

The sieve of Eratosthenes is an ancient tool for finding primes, but it might get a boost by modern computing.

Give a boost to your local economy while supporting clean water access around the world. All you have to do is eat out — and drink tap water — at a restaura

A multi-purpose facility and Arizona's first LEED certified restaurant are featured in this week's LEED roundup.

The ACE Building in Philadelphia, San Francisco's Bentley Reserve, and the first Pizza Fusion in Saudi Arabia are featured this week.

The USDA deputy secretary Kathleen Merrigan did a Q&A with The Washington Post about challenges for the organic food market.

As sourcing ingredients directly from local farms gains in popularity, more chefs are building relationships with farmers to get the pick of their crops.