On March 16th, 17th, and 18th, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA will host an event called Launch: Water. It will be the first in a series of NASA-sponsored forums that will focus on sustainable solutions to big problems.

Google Maps has added a new feature.

In addition to driving directions, walking directions, and public transportation directions, everyone's favorite online mapping tool now offers bicycling directions.

The New York Times published an article on Tuesday about the 30 US Senators that are "on the fence" about climate legislation.

On Sunday night, in Hollywood, The Cove won the Oscar for Best Feature Documentary.

On Monday, in Taiji, Japan, local government officials grumbled with disapproval.

Sick of hearing about miles per gallon? How about espresso shots per mile?

That's how the makers of the Carpuccino, a refurbished 1988 Volkswagen Scirocco that runs on coffee grounds, measure efficiency. Fifty six shots to the mile is what they're getting at the moment. That's not efficient enough to be affordable, but it is another transportation alternative that could bloom into something bigger.

Clean coal, eh? No such thing. The stuff is dirty from the cradle to the grave. Just consider coal ash. Over 130 million tons of this so-called coal combustion waste -- containing nearly 100,000 tons of toxic metals -- is produced every year, as a byproduct of burning coal to generate electricity at hundreds of U.S. power plants.

Gaze out across a New York dairy farm, a Kansas wheat spread or a field of tomatoes in California's Salinas Valley, and you might think of the folks who grow America's food as natural born environmentalists.

Most people agree that schools shouldn't feed kids soda or other sugary drinks. But what about bottled water?

National Geographic's Daily News site published an article on Wednesday about children, health, and water. And it sounds like drinking fountains have some stiff competition.

With President Obama pushing Congress to hurry up and pass health care reform legislation, we figured it would be a good time to remind everyone of a juicy piece of low-hanging, cost

Last week I blogged about the event NRDC hosted with James Cameron and Elvis Mitchell at Fox Studios to bring attention to the environmental message behind the highest-grossing movie in history, Avatar. We now have video clips on the event online.