Environment

Kate Sheppard: One of the many programs crippled during government shutdown has been the EPA's cleanup of highly polluted superfund sites.

With terrifying charts and dire warnings, officials continue to say that in 2013, twice as many Haitians as last year - some 1.5 million people - continue to face …

Religious leaders in Grenada are inserting themselves into conversations about international finance and holding corporations accountable for the economic structure of the island.

Political scholars Norman Ornstein and Thomas Mann tell Bill that Congress' failure to make progress on gun control last week is symptomatic of a legislative branch reduced to dysfunction, …

In a major new report, the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations details a global crackdown on peaceful protests through excessive police force and the criminalization of dissent.

Over 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled from a Tesoro Logistics pipeline in Tioga, North Dakota in one of the biggest onshore oil spills …

Now is the time to make the transition to clean, renewable energy. The future of the planet and the human species depend on it.

In today's On the News segment: Today, Republicans in both the House and Senate met to consider a temporary increase in the debt ceiling; our nation is starting to …

How can the spread of US fortress diplomacy contribute to a smart, effective foreign policy?

On Tuesday, President Obama spoke at length about the looming debt limit deadline and the ongoing government shutdown, and more.