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Big Oil and green groups slug it out in dueling ad campaigns

'Tis the season for attack ads. We're already getting a taste from dueling campaigns featuring Big Oil whining about "energy taxes" and green groups calling them on it.

Getting past "ruin porn" in Detroit [VIDEO]

A series of short films shows Detroit not as a shell of the past, but as an incubator of the future.

Booze in bulk with self-serve wine dispensers

If the French don't look down their noses at the unbottled joys of bulk wine, why can't we? Waste not and wine a lot!

Rally against mountaintop-removal coal mining in D.C. on Sept. 27

America will gather in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2010, to demand the abolition of mountaintop-removal (MTR) coal extraction in Appalachia.

2,000 Indian villages skip fossil fuels, get first electricity from solar

The Indian state of Orissa has decided to electrify an additional 2,000 villages by March 2012 using decentralized solar power.

Maryland Green Party Senate candidate killed by SUV while cycling

Natasha Pettigrew, a Maryland Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, died late Monday, two days after a Cadillac Escalade hit her while she was bicycling.

High-fructose corn syrup and scientific research: an exchange

On the Atlantic website, James McWilliams chastised me for my past coverage of the health effects of high-fructose corn syrup. Here's my response.

GE plugs into Better Place, Sharp buys California solar developer

General Electric and Sharp just hooked up with two green tech startups: Better Place and Recurrent Energy.

Bill Clinton: Save America’s economy (and the planet) with clean energy

In a roundtable at the Clinton Global Initiative, Bill Clinton told us his ideas for making the green economy a political and economic reality.

Philadelphia's urban-farming roots go deep — and are spreading wide

Philly's homegrown ag movement isn't just about getting more local produce into farmers markets. It's focused on farming as a source of jobs and skills for city residents as well as a means to provide them affordable, healthy food.