Environment & Health

There is no excuse for not acting. All the resources our species can muster must be focussed on the fuel pool at Fukushima Unit 4.

When Philadelphia public school students returned to class earlier this month, they were attending a district wracked by the firing of thousands of employees and the shuttering of 23 …

When residents with health symptoms seemed to be ignored by government regulators, Advocacy group Earthworks made startling discoveries about the effects of fracking on a Texas neighborhood.

Students at Washington University in St. Louis (Wash U) show connection between climate crisis and global human rights violations through provocative art exhibit and demand change in school investments.

Subhankar Banerjee: The Obama administration's focus on oil extraction and emphasis on fracking is not addressing climate change.

Subhankar Banerjee: The media has utterly failed its responsibility to inform the public of the link between climate change and worsening natural disasters.

McKibben argues that Obama's pending decision on whether to approve or reject the Keystone XL's construction is a historic opportunity.

A gunman opened fire at a naval base in Washington, DC, on Monday, killing 12 people and wounding several others before dying in a shootout with police.

If we wanted to, we could begin to get global warming under control and manage its consequences for as long as it takes to minimize the threat.

The USDA has plans to expand a privatized meat inspection model that has failed at preventing contamination of meat.