Magnificent spiraling hives are built by stingless sugarbag bees (Video)
Boring old bee hives get exciting with these curly shaped structures, built by bees that don't sting.
How honeybees make the internet work
In defense of biomimicry and of scientific research with no foreseeable applications
Quebec announces restrictions on honeybee-harming pesticides
While not banning the killer pesticides altogether, the new measure will at least hopefully help the beleaguered pollinators.
Urban beekeeper using bee sounds and honey to make experimental music (Video)
Did you know honey has its own sound? Using honey and other tools, this bee enthusiast wants to raise awareness about bee colony collapse disorder through music.
30,000 bees found inside the buzzing walls of NJ home
The Africanized bees slipped in through a small opening, set up home, and were busy making honey.
How mushrooms might save the honey bee
In the fight against one of the honey bee’s nemesis, the varroa mite, scientists have found an ally in a widely-distributed mushroom.
BuzzBox sensor system listens to honey bees & alerts beekeeper of colony issues
Beekeepers will soon be able to track the health of their colonies right from their smartphone.
Flat pack Bait Hive attracts bee swarms inside for safer & easier relocation (Video)
This simple, foldable bee box attracts roaming bee swarms with a pheromone lure, and helps beekeepers safely relocate bees.
10 bee-friendly annual flowers
Make your garden attractive to bees by planting specific plants, but be sure they're organic and indigenous to your region.
700+ native bee species spiraling toward extinction
North American bees are at risk of disappearing thanks to severe habitat loss and increasing pesticide use, among other threats, new report reveals.
Imagine a world reliant on robot bees to roam the fields and meadows
Welcome to your dystopian nightmare installment #4692.
This is what life without bees would look like
One in three bites of food depends on pollinators; these images show how bleak our plates would be without our partners in pollination.
The remarkable history and healing power of honey
How did honey go from being the world's most important food to an undervalued afterthought?
Now your hair ties and scrunchies can be fair-trade, plastic-free
These handy accessories tick all the boxes for ethics and eco-friendliness.
My 10 favorite green products from 2019
These are the items I'd buy again because they're well made and make our world a better, cleaner place.
Elate Cosmetics now offers 'Perfectly Imperfect' packaging
The bamboo palettes and compacts have minor flaws that, in a way, make them even more special.
The Kissing Bridge in Copenhagen stops being the Missing Bridge, finally opens
It's been a long time coming. Was it worth the wait?
A petal-powered bike project in Denmark’s second city
Green-fingered volunteers in the Danish city of Aarhus have given abandoned bicycles a new lease of life – by turning them into tiny urban gardens.
Plantable pencils sprout into flowers, vegetables and trees
Done with that pencil? Sink it in the soil for a second life.
Trash talking: Cities finding smarter ways to collect our waste
How urban waste management is wising up.
Danish design students create sustainable waste bins to solve public trash problems
The award-winning DropBucket is a recycled cardboard trash can that can be reused and/or recycled.
The smartphone that just got smarter – by testing water and treating food
A 24-year-old food scientist at the University of Copenhagen has developed a prototype that could potentially save millions of lives.
The EPA just made toxic coal ash more dangerous
A giant wave of pollution glop in 2008 convinced the EPA to regulate coal dumps more closely. But the Trump administration is changing that.
Don Blankenship gets a year in jail for conspiracy over mine explosion that killed 29
But this is probably not the last we will hear from him.
The realities of living near coal ash
In advance of EPA's coal ash standards, a mother of four talks about her family's health problems due to nearby coal ash ponds.
Grassroots anti-coal movements to watch
A new report details some of the world's major on-going grassroots fights against coal.
Don Blankenship charged with conspiracy over mine explosion that killed 29
A roundup of our Blankenship coverage over the years, and what led up to this tragedy and this indictment.
Oil, coal and gas disasters that are costing us all
Accidents happen. But when they involve toxic chemicals and combustible substances, those accidents can cost a fortune.
Five years after tragic Tennessee disaster, still no coal ash safeguards
The coal industry continues to fight for profits over people, even though coal ash is extremely toxic.
Activists Raise Awareness of Toxic Coal Pollution in Our Waterways
New report shows shocking amounts of coal pollution in U.S. waterways.
Things of Intrinsic Worth shows how coal power damages Montana's ranching lifestyle
Things of Intrinsic Worth is a feature-length documentary which focuses on the ways coal mining is harming the livelihoods of Montana ranchers.
Nothing Says We Are All Doomed Like This Coal Plant Snow Globe
If you are sick and tired of being optimistic, I have the perfect thing for you, a No Globe snow globe. The tchotchke is a one of a kind--kinda. Only two were made and only one is left to purchase, so act quickly.
Environmental Groups Sue the EPA Over Delay on Coal Ash Regulations
The EPA pledged new regulations after the TVA coal ash spill, but has been sitting on two proposals for two years now, and the problems that led to TVA are still rampant nationwide.
Greenpeace Protests Coal & Mountaintop Removal Atop 400 Ft Power Plant
The green activist group's stunt seeks to draw attention to the devastation wrought by coal.
Coal Ash Activists Acquitted in Filipino Court
Filipino activists had been charged with trespassing in December 2009 to document toxic coal ash.
North Carolina Finds Excess Toxic Metals In Water Near Coal Plants
State regulators have found boron, arsenic, selenium and other toxic metals near 14 power plants, all in excess of state health standards.
Wisconsin Town Legally Prevented From Tightening Coal Ash Regulations
A town is prevented from creating regulations stricter than the state's rules, despite residents' concerns about groundwater contamination.
The Week in Pictures: "Roadkill Couture," Egg Nog Pancakes, and More
High Fashion from roadkill? We also have an art installation that sent Estonians into the trees, egg nog pancakes, the year in gingerbread design, and more.
3 Years After Tennessee Coal Ash Spill, Other TVA Ponds Just As Unstable
“The dangerous conditions behind the Kingston disaster were not isolated."
Obama Administration Just As Bad On Environment As Bush, Says New Report
"Tucked in a corner of the Old Executive Office Building, an obscure group of some three dozen economists exerts extraordinary power over federal rules intended to protect public health, worker and consumer safety, and the environment."
Coal Ash Spill in Lake Michigan Occurs Within Days of New EPA Data on Hazardous Coal Ash Ponds
Researchers concluded that the spill probably doesn't pose a significant environmental risk, but the ash contained heavy metals like arsenic, lead and mercury.
After 4 killed in crash, Berliners call for ban on SUVs
Mayor says "Such tank-like SUVs do not belong in the city"
Berlin public transport system sponsors shoe with an annual transport pass
An advertising gimmick that gives a whole new meaning to the words "training shoes."
Grain silo converted into solar-powered home for father & daughter (Video)
Made out of an old grain silo, this renovated micro-home is bursting with delightful creativity.
Biking and walking in Berlin is a breath of fresh air (metaphorically, not literally)
It is a strange and wonderful experience where you don't know what's around the corner.
Electric scooter share doesn't even require charging stations
Just pick a scooter, drive it, then park it. Someone else takes care of the charging.
New option to retrofit your bike into an e-pedelec, and more at VELO Berlin
Innovation and local products featured prominently at the bike show
Solar powered scooter engineer needs a hundred monkeys
If you dream of testing the limits of solar powered mobility, but don't have the DIY gene, here is someone who can help
Gardens make "bad hombres" into good neighbors
All this talk of "bad hombres" got you down? Here's an antidote.
Whoever drives in Berlin has too much time
In which a brash-talking politician takes on the lobbyists - and everybody wins (hint: the "lobbyists" aren't who you think!)