Environment

Some research suggests that the chemicals that farmers and their workers spread on fields may alter certain brain chemicals.

This summer, driven partially by North Dakota's boom, the United States surpassed Saudi Arabia in total oil and gas production.

In today's On the News segment: Most of us know how bad income inequality has become in the United States, but pollution inequality is even worse, and more.

At the state level, the top greenhouse gas producer was Texas, with more than double the output of Indiana, the second-largest producer.

A multitude of activist groups from St. Louis and around the US have sent members to take part in the weekend's activities.

Seabirds are the most rapidly declining birds on the planet, and the odyssey of the sooty shearwater highlights many of the obstacles they face.

Abnormal beaks in Alaska's bird population may be due to contaminants in the environment.

Some Americans looking to shrink their carbon footprint are doing so by shrinking their homes.

The Susan G. Komen foundation has taken “pinkwashing” breast cancer to a new extreme by partnering with a fracking firm to produce pink drill bits.

Many indigenous and peasant organizations have pointed out that Mexico's energy reform is irreconcilable with the rights of the nation's indigenous peoples and small farmers.