Beware of the gilets jaunes, says Philip Stephens.

Shipping Containers are used as giant blocks to build a giant steel party room

It can take hours before test results clue authorities about hazards in water supplies. The AquaBioTox uses biological sensors for immediate feedback.

A town is prevented from creating regulations stricter than the state's rules, despite residents' concerns about groundwater contamination.

The EPA pledged new regulations after the TVA coal ash spill, but has been sitting on two proposals for two years now, and the problems that led to TVA are still rampant nationwide.

Yesterday Mike reported on the use of mushrooms to break down disposable diapers, and the day before I posted a video of how mushrooms can clean up pollution, kill pests and recycle

One in three bites of food depends on pollinators; these images show how bleak our plates would be without our partners in pollination.

Hornets, yellow jackets, tarantula hawks oh my. Wasps might be scary, but a world without them would be a disaster.

A British activist is trying to reduce her personal carbon footprint to one tonne of CO2 per year. This is very hard.

And the air outside in urban London is pretty awful.

Americans work way too long and too hard.

You've heard them all before, but it doesn't hurt to be reminded of why these foods are destructive to our planet.

A new paper compares eggs, dairy, poultry, beef and pork to determine which has the biggest environmental impact.

Would you go stinky for steak? By skipping 26 showers for every 4 oz hamburger you eat, you can offset the water used to produce it.

It turns out that it's probably beef fat.

It's got something for everybody in a compact and clever e-bike that can carry a big load.

The streets are deadly and the cops don't care, but we now have David Shellnutt.

Otherwise, they proliferate to the point of making me crazy.

They were taught that their children needed fresh cool air in order to thrive. It would be pretty healthy for their carbon footprint too.

This might be the perfect bed for a New York apartment.

Handcrafted with softwood, natural oils and waxes, this furniture unit makes a tiny, narrow bedroom feel much bigger.

Secrets of bed bug success can be read in their genes -- can the knowledge help you fight bed bug infestations?

A cramped, rundown apartment gets a makeover with this mysterious-looking black box.

Sleeping and snacking are not meant to share the same space for some very good reasons.

Scientists find that wind power farms don't harm this at-risk species, a bit of surprise because other studies have shown that oil and gas development does affect prairie chickens.

The Nautilus shell-shaped turbines could fit on rooftops of houses or buildings in urban environments.

The turbines leave no room for the eye-sore excuse.

A new study says that placing turbines under these high, already-built structures could be an easy way to incorporate wind energy in areas around the world.

Smartphones, laptops, and electric car batteries rely on cobalt, most of which comes from Congolese mines that employ children.

Mountain gorillas have become the only wild apes whose population numbers are known to be improving.

Fashion designer Alexander Julian has clearly had enough of the University of North Carolina's aqua graduation gowns, he's gone and given his alma

In response to the question above, a former Stanford dean lists 8 essential skills for success in life - many of which are sadly neglected by parents today.

Former Stanford dean Julie Lythcott-Haims sets out a sensible guide for why and how American parenting needs to change, if we truly want our kids to do well in life.

Who needs a dining hall when you've got a dorm kitchen available? Even if you don't, make it happen with a few basic tools and skills.

Perhaps the school should offer a course on parenting instead, so this problem is solved for the next generation.

But the builders and the realtors are fighting sprinkler laws across the country.

Rising out of surrounding trees and rock, this playful little area takes its design cues from local bird habitats and the town's skiing traditions.

Our majestically cute photo of the day comes from Mount Evans, Colorado.

And people keep saying it's too expensive to deal with climate change.

Was it design, or was it our resistance to change? What made the NoMix a NoGo?

Nutrient cycling is important. But it's not something you want to get arrested for.

New research published in the online journal PLoS ONE demonstrates for the first time that a non-human adult animal species regularly engages in oral sex behavior. While the behavior has

If all goes well between now and Halloween, Griffis Sculpture Park in upstate New York will be ready for the occasion with its very own colony of bats, thanks to the artsy "Bat Tower" being built to draw the pest-fighting pollinators to the area.

New York's brown bat continues to be hard hit by White Nose Syndrome (WNS). WNS is named for the white fungus that eats bat tissues and wakes the bats prematurely from hibernation. WNS has been

The filming of a Sylvester Stallone movie in a Bulgarian cave has dramatically reduced the animals' numbers, bat experts say.

Sea cucumber poo may be the key to saving the world's great coral reefs from devastation. Invasive pythons are doing damage in the Everglades, eight sea lions were found shot to death in Washington and more.

One architect creates a series of intriguing artificial habitats for threatened bat populations.

Brazil's economy is growing fast, and it is expected to need an increase of 50% in power generation capacity over the next decade.

As alternatives to Big Oil and Big Coal emerge, it would be a mistake for executives to rely on loyalty or love from the public.

The thin, skin-like electronics may usher in a future of earth-friendly gadgets.