The “rising tide” of global economic growth is lifting mostly yachts. But some nations show that inequality and environmental ruin don’t have to be inevitable outcomes of economic growth.

One of my favorite singer-songwriters, Kathleen Edwards, has a great new album out, produced by her new beau, the Bon Iver dude.

Whether you’re riding in the city or the remote mountain biking trails, cycling requires your complete focus. Do it right, and you feel invincible. Slip up, and you could be on a backboard getting a ride to the ER.

In a shocking turn of events, Republicans have turned on the very man they chose to speak for them this week in response to Obama’s State of the Union address — Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.

As the meat industry has grown more consolidated over the years, most small farms have had to truck their animals hundreds of miles to have them processed. Mobile slaughter trucks are a creative solution to this challenge.

The only thing separating you from eating sustainably on the cheap might be a nice, sharp blade — and the knife skills to use it.

On their way across North Carolina, Perennial Plate stopped to chat with some Native American farmers trying to change the food and work situation in their communities.

Coal generation keeps falling faster than government predictions, which don’t even account for other factors affecting its decline. Could the reign of coal finally be over?

They may not be perfect, but the new school meal standards will bring more whole grains and fruits and vegetables into the nation’s schools.

Overwhelming majorities of Americans support clean energy. The issue is an electoral winner for Democrats if they quit playing defense and go on the attack.

A new report on the use of a growth-promoting drug in pork production — and its impact on international trade — is just the tip of the iceberg for the Food and Environment Reporting Network.

Armed with suggestions from readers, Grist’s green-living pioneer went back to the trash bins in search of sustenance. This time, she emerged with a spread fit for a king.

A new study finds that retrofitting old buildings is almost always more eco-friendly than building new ones, and provides the most immediate bang for the buck in the fight against climate change. The implication: Save old cities and we might spare the planet as well.

Cooking with small amounts of meat is a great way to explore flavors and eat more sustainably. As part of our Protein Angst series, here are five recipes that utilize meat as more of a condiment than the main event.

During the State of the Union, I was watching for whether the president would back down on clean energy in the face of coordinated GOP assault. He did not. Instead, he doubled down.