Environment & Health

The story of how the project imploded is one of people power triumphing over a company once thought to be invincible.

As oil prices continue to drop, workers laid off by the shale bust in the U.S. are also transitioning.

In the process of producing food, we've inadvertently filled our planet with toxic forms of nitrogen. But scientists say we can improve this picture.

Nearly 16,000 preterm births a year are linked to fine particulate pollution, costing the US $4.33 billion annually.

We can replace offshore drilling platforms with renewable alternatives, but first the US government must stop auctioning off our oceans to the highest bidder.

According to one nuclear engineer, the risk of a pipeline explosion in proximity to the Indian Point nuclear plant is one in 1,000 — odds he believes are too …

Old coal plants are increasingly lying dormant, yet new ones keep getting built, according to a new report.

Regulators aren't bothering to collect enough information necessary to ensure that fracked wastewater isn't poisoning people.

The climate doesn't care about the price of gas; it's all about the emissions.

President Obama put a five-year kibosh on oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic, but the ocean still isn't safe for marine life.