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City-backed projects and grassroots gardens are collaborating on the city’s Zero Waste composting goal.

As fish populations crash elsewhere, towns limit catches to stabilize harvests, boost tourism, and preserve a way of life.

The crowd erupted with elation as Bruno Mars made a surprise announcement he will donate $1 million to help the victims of the Flint water crisis.

An Inuit group and the federal government are creating a national marine conservation area in Lancaster Sound that will be – by far – Canada’s largest.

A bike-share startup has developed a bike that can collect polluted air, purify it, and release the clean air around the cyclist.

Chicago's ban on disposable plastic bags wound up on the trash heap. But the bag tax that replaced it is nudging Chicagoans to kick, or at least curtail, their use of the plastic sacks.

Health advocates and firefighters have been fighting for a proposed law to ban toxic flame retardants in household furniture for years. Wednesday, their dedication paid off as Maine lawmakers overrode a veto from the Governor to enact the first law in the nation to phase out toxic flame retardants.

Recognizing that people often act by heart rather than logic, these ten artists aim to help viewers understand the data while developing an emotional attachment that convinces them to do something about it - now.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has joined a new program that rates companies on their use of chemicals, a move that puts fresh pressure on the consumer-products industry to police its ingredients.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has joined a new program that rates companies on their use of chemicals, a move that puts fresh pressure on the consumer-products industry to police its ingredients.

Researchers report rapid removal of BPA from water using green chemistry.

Researchers report rapid removal of BPA from water using green chemistry.

With pesticides and other factors still stressing bees, the overall increase is largely the result of constant replenishment of losses, the study showed.

A pilot scheme in the Netherlands is sifting sewage for cellulose, which it says can be recycled into valuable products.

Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2040 in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine.

Fresh Truck’s mobile market in Boston fills prescriptions for fresh foods.

The amount of trash dumped by residents of Phnom Penh troubled one man so much that he decided to put it to good use, and turn it into a school.

Good career opportunity, plus a chance to do good, attracts trainees.

For the first time, an African architect has designed London’s prestigious Serpentine Pavilion.

The rusted-out fuel drums, car frames and old appliances that litter the tundra on the edge of Sylvia Grinnell Territorial Park in Iqaluit will soon be cleaned up.