Green Living

The Montreal Protocol aimed to fix the ozone hole but it also delayed global warming. David Biello reports

From funding the enemy to driving instability via climate change, fossil fuels are a problem for the military

Adam Minter's Junkyard Planet explores how China copes with more and more plastic waste, along with the pollution problems it creates

Unique turbines that float on the surface rather than rest on the seafloor can be placed in deeper waters

On a global level, the popular "footprint" metric used to measure people’s ecological impact may not be very a useful after all

China's capital, Beijing, infamous for its thick smog and heavy traffic, will slash the city's new car sales quotas by almost 40 percent next year, as it looks to curb vehicle emissions and hazardous levels of pollution, the city government website said.

If the world's growing population embraces a throwaway culture, human civilization may drown in garbage. David Biello reports

Endocrine disruptors have the potential to interfere with hormone production and affect our reproduction

While most fertilizer nitrogen ends up in plants, plenty sits in the soil for decades. David Biello reports

The governors of California, New York and six other states have agreed to put 3.3 million zero-emission vehicles on the road within 12 years, which they said will help the environment and boost the economy.

As Washington State prepares to vote on a major labeling initiative, it's time for scientists and advocates to accept that label laws are inevitable—and will in fact disarm opponents

To aid in hunting, the Martu people burn patches of grasslands. The regrowth accommodates a wider variety of wildlife, leading to more stable populations