In a significant move to update the nation’s food labeling standards, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized rules defining “healthy” nutrient content claims on food packaging. The ...

He buys up whole swaths of rainforest to save them from destruction. He partners with legendary Hollywood actors to provide green energy for Indian schools. He campaigns to make the Olympic Games more ...

In the struggle against climate change, it’s easy to wish for some technology—or even magic!—that could remove Earth-warming carbon dioxide (CO 2) from the atmosphere and turn it into something useful ...

Known for its natural beauty, the US state of Wyoming may soon be known for something buried beneath its stunning topography: An estimated 2.34 billion metric tons of rare earth minerals (REMs), which ...

In its fifth annual Global Electricity Review, London-based nonprofit and energy think tank Ember has produced the first comprehensive overview of changes in global electricity generation in 2023. A ...

Canadian registered nurse Janna Greir always loved the idea of living in the country and operating a small farm, but her hopes to become a first-generation farmer seemed dim until she discovered a new ...

Every year, almost 1,400 square miles of the Chinese steppes turn into barren soil and enlarge the already-inhospitable Gobi Desert. This relentless “desertification” has consequences: the loss of ...

In recent years, many investors have become increasingly anxious about the dangers of climate change, corporate greed causing environmental damage, and the slow pace of progressive corporate ...

UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador and chef Mauro Colagreco shows off his permaculture gardens at his prize-winning restaurant, Mirazur, in France. ©UNESCO World-renowned chef Mauro Colagreco is passionate ...

E&I: How can we develop the animal/human bond through therapies with animals to help people who are really in anguish and, as you have said, show them the opportunity beyond their suffering? At ...

In much of sub-Saharan Africa, it is a daily struggle to collect safe, potable drinking water. And yet, rain does fall. Twenty years ago, an innovative organization decided to look up, not down, to ...

Geothermal energy has long been viewed as an ideal source of free energy from the Earth. In the Stone Age, geothermal heating was used for bathing in hot springs, and in ancient Rome, it was used for ...