Environment

The Fair Minimum Wage Act in the House and the Minimum Wage Fairness Act in Senate would gradually raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 by 2017.

As we exhaust the fossil fuels and minerals of the planet, we face the threat of exhausting the raw materials that built the modern world.

The city's mayor says the move will boost cycling in decades to come, creating a greener and more sociable city.

Court rejects coal industry's challenge to Obama Administration's effort to rein in mountaintop removal mining.

Ignoring science to make the case for chemical farming.

Five projects seek to launch social enterprises and employee-owned business in Native American communities.

At a California community perched beside an electrical substation, residents are falling chronically ill, and experts believe that stray currents could be to blame.

Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei's comments on the nuclear talks Monday provided an unusual glimpse of diplomatic maneuvering by the US-led coalition of five nuclear powers and Germany.

Activists gather in DC over plans to expand Maryland's Cove Point facility into a liquidation and export terminal as safety risks and pollution concerns remain unanswered.

The fossil fuel industry is cashing in on government welfare, and more.