Environment & Health

Rev. Kapya Kaoma: New Ugandan law that makes homosexual acts punishable by life imprisonment was modeled after the talking points of right-wing US evangelicals.

Scientist Tyrone Hayes of the University of California, Berkeley, discovered a widely used herbicide may have harmful effects on the endocrine system.

The medical experts say that two immediate steps should be taken to protect our families and our communities.

Republican Gov. John Kasich and Ohio regulators are in hot water over internal documents that show the administration planned to collude with the oil and gas industry to publicly …

Another rural Georgia hospital is closing its doors as that state continues to block the Medicaid expansion, and more.

From farm to fork, few things matter more than the food we eat.

Members of both the House and Senate said they're going to use a rarely-seen tactic to bring forward legislation.

Governors have declared states of emergencies from Louisiana to New Jersey due to a massive snow and ice storm.

Dennis vanEngelsdorp: While an outright ban on insecticide use would be shortsighted and harmful to agricultural production, home gardeners should not use insecticides, fungicides and pesticides - the ideal …

Hundreds of college students are expected to risk arrest on March 2 outside the White House to pressure President Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline …