Climate

Kate Sheppard: One of the many programs crippled during government shutdown has been the EPA's cleanup of highly polluted superfund sites.

Over 20,600 barrels of oil fracked from the Bakken Shale has spilled from a Tesoro Logistics pipeline in Tioga, North Dakota in one of the biggest onshore oil spills …

Now is the time to make the transition to clean, renewable energy. The future of the planet and the human species depend on it.

The Oil Road is a series of pipelines stretching from the oil-rich Caspian Sea to Europe. Key nations along the route include Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.

In the history of our planet there have been five times when more than half of all life on Earth died. They're referred to as “mass extinctions.”

Alex Rogers: The West refuses to address climate change but developing countries most vulnerable to threats to oceans and marine life.

While climate change deniers misrepresent what Al Gore said about arctic ice, reality in the arctic outpaces the most pessimistic predictions.

As the consequences of climate change become more apparent and the window to act closes, an unprecedented battle is growing. Energy and fossil fuel interests now face opponents including …

James Boyce: Cost-benefit analysis of carbon emissions has shortcomings.

Many more people - from all across the political spectrum need to join this fight. The disintegration of the Arctic will lead to a devastated earth.