Environment & Health

Will people mourn the loss of tweeting more than the loss of the mountain that made that tweeted picture of a mountain possible?

Wall Street is the government, and the New York Times is right across town. Maybe that's all you need to know to understand what's happened.

The massive contamination of Boat Harbour, and the use of this once pristine tidal estuary as a raw effluent dump, continues uninterrupted.

Protests are continuing on the streets of Brazil. Many Brazilians have expressed fury over Brazil spending an estimated $11 billion to host the cup while the country's hospitals and …

For the first time since record-keeping began, two Category 4 hurricanes have developed in the Eastern Pacific Basin before July 1, and more.

Why haven't any big bankers been prosecuted for their role in the housing crisis that led to the Great Recession? Bill Moyers has an answer.

We're living in a time of extremes: extreme weather conditions, extreme political polarization, and extreme power and income inequality. How did we get to this point?

Dr. Terry Root and Dr. Stuart L. Pimm discuss recent research showing human beings are responsible for high extinction rates of species across the globe, and explain how we …

Last week, the President announced plans to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030, and more.

As the controversy continues over the prisoner swap involving US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, peace activist and author David Cortright recounts the history of US soldiers organizing against the Vietnam …