Seattle plans to go carbon neutral — but will pot growers get in the way?

The Army Corps of Engineers says it won't review the climate-changing impacts of plans to export coal from Northwest ports, a blow to enviros and many political leaders in the region.

Coal foes suffer setback in fight against exports

By John Upton

4 hours ago

Street Charge stations will be offering up precious joules to drained phones at 25 locations in the next three months.

New York City gets public solar-powered cellphone chargers

By Jess Zimmerman

5 hours ago

It appears that Mayor Bloomberg was against composting before he was for it.

NYC’s official website explains why NYC’s official compost plan can’t possibly work

By Nathanael Johnson

5 hours ago

What's worse -- a transit system that shuts down all the time because of malfunctions, or one that just powers through?

Here’s what it’s like to ride on a subway with the doors open

By Jess Zimmerman

6 hours ago

Many cities legally require off-street parking spaces for single-family homes. This leads to ridiculous and unwelcome results.

Parking? Lots! A case study of absurd and pernicious parking rules

By Alan Durning

6 hours ago

Climate change "is the global threat of our time," Obama said in a big speech at the Brandenburg Gate. Fitting, as the weather in Berlin was an unseasonably hot 92 degrees.

Obama in Berlin: “We have to get to work” on climate change

By Lisa Hymas

7 hours ago

Ottawans are rounding up squirrels and sneaking them into Quebec, the squirrel toilet of Canada.

Canadian crooks are illegally dumping squirrels

By Jess Zimmerman

8 hours ago

Tsukumi Dolphin Island, a Sea World-type park in Japan, employs an otter to fetch patrons juice from a vending machine.

Get ready to feel disappointed by any drink not brought to you by a trained otter

By Jess Zimmerman

10 hours ago

Heavy farm runoff and heavy rainfall could lead to a New Jersey-sized dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico this year. The news for Chesapeake Bay is more upbeat.

Dead zone could break records in Gulf this year

By John Upton

10 hours ago

Your daily creep-out: Junk food giants are trying to trick you into thinking their food looks wholesome and artisanal.

Fast food giants make their food look imperfect so you’ll forget it’s hella processed

By Holly Richmond

12 hours ago

The actor and green activist talks about his non-traditional political views, Hollywood’s influence on environmental issues, and making non-wood paper.

Woody Harrelson wants your paper to be less, well, woody

By Darby Minow Smith

13 hours ago

New York City is rolling out a composting program. Food waste and the Big Apple -- this could be the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

It’s OK, New York! You’ll figure out composting eventually

By Nathanael Johnson

14 hours ago

Secrets from the leafcutter ant's underground fungus fields could help create a more efficient ethanol.

Are fungus-farming ants the key to better biofuel?

By Tim McDonnell

15 hours ago

The secretary of state says the Obama administration is pushing ahead on climate solutions with China and the rest of the world -- and he wants your ideas for new initiatives.

We work on climate change every day

By John Kerry

17 hours ago

China took its first step toward a national carbon-trading system on Tuesday, launching a pilot project in the city of Shenzhen.

China begins carbon trading

By John Upton

24 hours ago

TransCanada plans to stick with older spill-detection systems on the pipeline, ignoring EPA's recommendation that it upgrade to more advanced equipment.

Keystone XL won’t use state-of-the-art spill technology

By Claire Thompson

1 day ago

It's possible, though inadvisable, to run up a lava flow and emerge with your limbs intact. Someone tell those kids pretending the floor is lava that it's safe to get off the couch!

Here’s a guy running up a lava flow — and here’s why he still has legs

By Jess Zimmerman

1 day ago

Heartland claimed that Chinese scientists were subscribing to its skeptical climate views. The Chinese Academy of Sciences denounced that claim as "false."

Chinese science academy slaps down climate-denying Heartland Institute

By John Upton

1 day ago

This awesome Florida teen created a chemical-free process to create biodiesel from algae -- and it could be 20 percent cheaper than existing methods.

16-year-old turns algae into biofuel, makes rest of us feel unaccomplished

By Holly Richmond

1 day ago

The Occupy movement's relief team still hasn't disbursed all the money it raised to help one of New York City's hardest hit neighborhoods.

Occupy Sandy: Once welcomed, now questioned

By James West

1 day ago

Looking for a basic bicycling video to ease your motorphobia? Well, we've got good news for you!

Biking basics for folks who’ve always wanted to ride, but didn’t dare [VIDEO]

By Daniel Penner

1 day ago

In case you were wondering how billion-year-old water tastes, it sucks. Now we know.

Maybe don’t drink this billion-year-old water

By Jess Zimmerman

1 day ago

Business & Technology

Indianapolis to get nation’s largest EV sharing program

A French company plans to bring 500 electric cars and 1,200 charging stations to Indiana's capital, starting next year.

By John Upton

1 day ago

Politics

Obama says a climate plan is coming next month, so climate hawks delay lawsuit

Ten states and three enviro groups were about to sue the administration over its delay of climate rules for new power plants. Now they're giving the president a short reprieve.

By John Upton

1 day ago

"Going to Jersey" sounds pretty mundane. But an epic trek to Spear Island City? COUNT US IN.

Map of place name origins proves that we all secretly live in a fantasy novel

By Jess Zimmerman

1 day ago

Business & Technology

Internet balloons are Google’s latest bid for world domination

Google is delivering internet to the developing world, and it's doing it via hot air balloon.

By Holly Richmond

1 day ago