Environment

Some states have attempted to pass bills that either remove evolution from the curriculum or allow teachers to offer alternative theories.

A group of five countries has launched its own development bank to challenge the US-dominated World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Could it be that the large influx of private corporations over the past years has resulted in a new San Francisco, one that appeases the demands of these enterprises, …

Clean energy technologies are making headway throughout the Caribbean - and the US should take note.

Citigroup must pay a $7 billion settlement for its mortgage-backed securities fraud. It's the largest settlement ever levied by the US Department of Justice.

The Fair Minimum Wage Act in the House and the Minimum Wage Fairness Act in Senate would gradually raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 by 2017.

Overhauling the free market university curriculum must go further than addressing inequality.

As we exhaust the fossil fuels and minerals of the planet, we face the threat of exhausting the raw materials that built the modern world.

The city's mayor says the move will boost cycling in decades to come, creating a greener and more sociable city.

Court rejects coal industry's challenge to Obama Administration's effort to rein in mountaintop removal mining.