Environment & Health

A report from the National Academies of Sciences on GE technology was met with cheers from the biotech industry.

Human-caused climate disruption is causing “unprecedented” melting in the Arctic, and record wildfires and temperatures.

Since 1979, more than 600,000 square miles of winter sea ice have disappeared — an area larger than twice the size of Texas.

Faced with a deadly new threat, residents in one predominately African-American community are organizing their neighbors and allies from far and wide.

Scientists believe that simple land management techniques can increase the rate at which carbon is absorbed from the atmosphere and stored in soils.

One of the “great minds of science” discusses how research continues to disprove preconceived notions of animal intelligence.

Cities take a new tack to fight pollutants: targeting companies who make them.

In Colorado, another showdown at a government auction for oil and gas leases.

Hillary Clinton began the primaries with a more than 400-delegate lead by securing support from superdelegates.

The reality is that we're already seeing the victims of climate change.