Sweden has a floating library — the bokbåten — that brings thousands of books to people on dozens of remote islands in the Stockholm archipelago twice a year.

Like, why are there so many left-handed athletes, and how come they're so good at math?

Boy asks his friends to celebrate his birthday by volunteering at an animal shelter.

NASA's video shows drastic amounts of arctic ice disappearing over the last 25 years.

Teenager Greta Thunberg wins Time's 2019 Person of the Year award for her work as a climate activist.

Earth just had its hottest decade on record but scientists warn the warming trends will continue.

These jeans are for real. You can't make this stuff up.

Green Packaging: Eliminating 20 Million Pounds of Waste

Gen Set: Green Locomotives Cut Fuel Consumption by 25%

America 2026: How Trains Will Make Your Commute Better

Obama and Gore; seeing red in Detroit; the case for green nerds; superviruses die of loneliness; life from asteroids; Better Place gets bigger

Acidic oceans killing coral; geothermal power from coal mines; five ways to solve the water crisis; more Obama and Gore; it's raining goats

Obama's green team, officially; Al Gore's green ball; the tiniest ecosystem; smog, soot and climate change; the Aussies' lowball; peak oil in 11 years?

The U.S. Green Building Council released the final statistics for Greenbuild 2009, which was held in Phoenix, Arizona.

The biggest awards show in Hollywood continues efforts to reduce its environmental impact.

Former VP to focus on globalization, technology, and climate change.

The former vice president has a new video project that he hopes can be a response to attacks from the fossil fuel industry.

The former vice president has benefited from sustainable investments, Silicon Valley leadership and the sale of Current TV.

Kindles from before 2013 need a critical update by March 22 or they will lose Internet connectivity.

These ancient, hour-keeping, planet-tracking, works of medieval art have stood the test of time — all the while keeping it, of course.

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) were selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to conduct joint research on the effective recycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from the refinery at Tomakomai City, Hokkaido Japan where the CO2 is captured and stored by the existing demonstration plant. Further utilizing of the demonstration plant currently employed for CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS), the three companies will collaborate on research activities for CO2 Capture and Utilization (CCU) in order to produce methanol from captured CO2. The research is expected to run until February 2021.

･ Supporting an energy management system with low-CO2 distributed power generation and self-consignment ･ Switch to CO2-free hydrogen fuel planned for the future

･ Broadcasts to get underway from April 10 to mark 50th anniversary of launch of "BEAVER" brand ･ Residential-use ad to focus on outstanding comfort from diverse advanced features; commercial-use ad to highlight IoT-based operating control and energy efficiency

･ Top share with 37.2% of the global market, fifth time since 2014 ･ Contributing to a significant reduction in air pollutants, and improvement in the global environment

Tokyo, May 7 (Montreal, May 6), 2020 – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) (TOKYO:7011) and Bombardier Inc. (Bombardier) (TSX: BBD.B) of Canada have agreed that all closing conditions have been met and the transaction pertaining to the acquisition of Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) Program will close on June 1, 2020. The Program will be operated under the newly created group entities of MHI RJ Aviation Group (MHIRJ) and will commence upon closing.

More of MNN's user guides for some of the best national, state and local parks in the United States. Explore America's parks with this series.

The City of San José, California adopted an ambitious Green Vision roadmap and won the 2011 Siemens Sustainable Community Award in the large community category

The owners of Alabama's Humble Heart Farms are offering their dairy farm to whoever writes the best 200-word essay.

Geologists studying the phenomenon say the fissure is likely a reflection of aquifer depletion.

MIT scientists are creating "climate recipes" for basil using computer algorithms or cyber agriculture.

The environment in your neighborhood and surrounding community has a huge impact on your health and lifespan.

From the hidden costs of our digital world to the frozen edges of civilization, here are a few films to catch this year.

These kids see no reason to wait until they are older to make a difference in the world.

One woman refused to give up on Pinky the dog, who was deemed dangerous after a run-in with a cat in Des Moines, Iowa.

Pat Smith, 70, successfully completed a New Year's resolution to visit and help clean 52 beaches in 2018.

Jellyfish have outlived the dinosaurs by hundreds of millions of years, some might be capable of living forever, and they've even been to space.

Genetic study finds endangered red pandas are actually 2 distinct species.

The American robin, Turdus migratorius, is migrating earlier likely in response to changing environmental conditions.

A lot is riding on the wings of six baby sea eagles released on the Isle of Wight. They are pioneers of a project to bring the birds back to southern England.

The country aims to source 100% of its power from renewable sources by 2030.

The editors of Architectural Record have compiled a list of the 'most significant works that defined architecture in our era.'

Following years of misuse, gorgeous canyon gains new life as one of Puerto Rico's most important ecological attractions.

The end-of-year best cookbook lists are out, and they offer plenty of cooking inspiration for the new year.

Organisation says indicative levy for general insurance distribution is £23m and publishes Plan and Budget for the next financial year as total levy goes up by £87m.

Manifesto includes 37 commitments and 29 calls for action across nine key areas including regulation, broking challenges, Brexit, and transport.

The GFSC has also restructured its management team to be “flatter, wider and more inclusive”.

The Insurance Age team talk about the top stories for the week.

Market to test its readiness by invoking its emergency trading protocol.

Regulator reports 75% increase in PPI complaints ahead of 29 August 2019 deadline.

On the 1st May Simon Cooter effectively handed over the commercial and high net worth director baton at Covéa to Carolyn Callan and became in his words ‘minister without portfolio’. At last week’s British Insurance Brokers’ Association Conference Jonathan Swift sat down with both to discuss the insurer’s journey from an also-ran to profitable and growing presence in the mid-corporate and SME market.