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You might be working harder in the garden than you have to.

Tired of ivy that claims too much of your yard, or boxwood that looks brown and dead inside?

For those whose homes have been damaged by storms, it's important they take action quickly to begin the remediation process before secondary damage occurs.

Kate O'Reilly's spring allergy survival kit includes the usual stuff - nasal sprays, allergy pills and a box of tissues. This season, she's added a new weapon to her line of defense: an app on her smartphone.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Gardeners, if you've ever been tempted to give Mother Nature a little nudge, consider installing a greenhouse.

Marijuana growing is not a green industry.

One of the best parts of the summer for me is hitting the lake with family and friends. I love relaxing on the water and feeling the sun on my skin. What I don't love is jumping through hurdles to find the safest sunscreen among all the different varieties on store shelves. This year though, sunscreen manufacturers are required to make a few important changes to their sunscreen labels. While these changes will help you Do Your Part to make the healthiest sunscreen choice for your family, there's still plenty of homework for you.

The night Meghan Wren got stranded by floodwaters and had to sleep in her car, she knew it was time for a reckoning.

Eric York was obsessed with the big cats - their health, temperaments and survival rates amid the park's annual tourist invasion.

The night Meghan Wren got stranded by floodwaters and had to sleep in her car, she knew it was time for a reckoning.

It's time to dream of those summertime sandwiches and BLTs, made with tomatoes you grow in your own yard - in pots or the ground.

The Interior Department proposed new rules to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on federal lands Thursday, drawing criticism from environmentalists that it had weakened an earlier draft to placate industry.

Ah the family pet. A source of great joy, deep camaraderie and yes, at least occasional frustration.

The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Wednesday, May 15:

A warming climate is melting the glaciers of Mount Everest, shrinking the frozen cloak of Earth's highest peak by 13 percent in the last 50 years, researchers have found.

On a curve of the Potomac River 37 miles northwest of Washington, the Dickerson power plant has stood sentry over small villages, crop fields and horse farms for more than half a century.

Who would think this soft landscape, with its undulating blue waves of wildflowers, flitting butterflies and calls of meadowlark, could be the scene of such battle.

Hour after hour, Brian Dunn lofted his fly line into the turquoise-blue water of this shimmering desert lake north of Reno.

At first, the whale chatter was just a nuisance.

The sounds of spring are most definitely here. You know, the loud buzz of the lawn mowers, the piercing sound of leaf blowers, the incessant whir of the trimmers. Not only is there the noise pollution to contend with, there is also the air, land, and water pollution that comes with gas powered lawn equipment. This summer, Do Your Part to pick smarter equipment that will not only cut down pollution but will cut down on your lawn maintenance costs.

An epic battle is raging in South Florida: man against snail.

Climate change could lead to the widespread loss of common plants and animals around the world, according to a study released Sunday in the journal Nature Climate Change.

When Daniel Wilson learned earlier this year that the State of California wants to bulldoze his family's pear orchard to build a giant Sacramento River water diversion, he and his brother were making a major new investment in the crop.

Wiggling masses of white-orange-and-black caterpillars are emerging from their silken nests to munch on tender leaves - signaling a second spring when Western tent caterpillars might be out in big numbers.

The Obama administration on Friday released a national strategy for the Arctic in advance of Secretary of State John Kerry’s trip next week to Sweden to attend a conference of eight polar nations.

Thousands of Olympia streetlights could be converted from the traditional yellowish, high-pressure sodium lights to whiter, energy-saving LED lamps, in a project estimated to cost nearly $4 million.

More than 5,000 products, including clothing, toys and bedding, contain toxic chemicals that could be dangerous for children’s health, yet stores still stock them and consumers know little about their content, an advocacy group reported this week.

The Environmental Protection Agency says the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska could wipe out nearly 100 miles of streams and 4,800 acres of wetlands in one of the last places remaining in the world to support huge runs of wild salmon.

Deep in a mountain on a remote island above the Arctic Circle in Norway, scientists conserve thousands of varieties of seeds so they can be studied and used for future food needs. The seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault are the backup for other gene banks around the world, including one in Syria that’s been threatened by civil unrest.