What could this decision mean for other telecommuters, and for the planet?

Legal actions against Carnival cruise ships don’t call out their eco-ills, but we’ll take what we can get.

They discovered a new kind of octopus. In the 70′s. But we’re just talking about it now because it’s roomates with a 10-year-old girl.

Organically grown tomatoes contain more vitamin C and cancer-fighting phenols than their conventional peers, according to a new study.

These Florida houses are essentially touching butts, but the nonsensical suburban road layout means they’re still far, far apart.

The average size of an otter’s penis bone has decreased over time. We know what you’re thinking: “Otters have BONES in their PENISES?”

The pipeline could be pumping oil by the end of this year, TransCanada says. And when it’s complete, temporary construction jobs will disappear.

Would you leap into Siberian waters to save a stranded dog? This guy would.

After a trip to D.C., Alberta’s governor is “very optimistic” that the Keystone XL pipeline will be built.

It all makes sense when you think about it — better ingredients, less salt, healthier food — but it also gives us hardcore lifestyle blogger fatigue.

As the globe warms around us, it’s getting harder to get any work done, a new study finds.

Was BP grossly negligent, or just plain ol’ negligent? A trial that begins today over the Deepwater Horizon spill will answer that question.

IKEA is pulling Swedish meatballs from stores across Europe.

Michelle Obama and Big Bird did a PSA for healthy eating, and let’s just say it’s no Captain Vegetable.

A reader is hunting for a kid-friendly ball. Umbra bounces her a few ideas.

In the energy world, centralized technologies and institutions are giving way to dispersed, networked, small-scale solutions. It’s exciting.

“Chasing Ice” got frozen out of a best documentary nomination at the Oscars. Does that mean Hollywood’s fight against climate change is melting?

Food Forward collects leftover fruits and veggies from farmers markets and gives them to food banks and shelters.

The American Legislative Exchange Council argues against state renewable-energy requirements using flawed studies that vastly overestimate the cost of wind energy.

On Saturday, hackers the world over will team up to create sweet apps to improve cities and the environment.

A new study shows the frozen ground covering an eighth of the globe is melting faster and sooner than we thought.

What environmentalists are doing isn’t working and isn’t enough. So what would be?

Some crops may be doing better, the financial cost of last year’s drought is only just now hitting our wallets.

“Blockadia Rising” relates the intense story of activists fighting the ongoing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in East Texas.

If you don’t really need to watch this after the week you’ve had, then just … go away. Get out of here with your perfect life.

Sequestration? What’s that?

Go to the right website, get a ride to work from a team of sled dogs. Good deal.

Caddisfly larvae build themselves little houses out of whatever’s around. So if you leave gold and jewels around, their property values shoot up.

Turns out the House kind of sucked? We’re looking into this.