Environment

The chemical, 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol, does not receive close federal or state oversight. Environmental inspectors have not visited the Freedom Industries facility since 1991. Under West Virginia law, chemicals storage facilities …

Brockovich and her team are investigating the spill in West Virginia. On Monday evening, she held a town hall meeting in Charleston to discuss the spill with local residents.

Despite repeated denials from the natural gas industry and government officials, all studies and evidence to date points to fracking as the cause of our earthquake boom.

2013 was the driest year on record in California and no relief from the drought is in sight.

More than 300,000 West Virginia residents are facing their fifth day of dealing with a massive chemical spill, and more.

In addition to being less efficient, hybrids are also less eco-friendly on the highway.

The Cove Point LNG terminal is now at the center of a high-stakes battle for Maryland's energy future.

Lipsky says the findings in the Inspector General report are just the tip of the iceberg.

If the little blips and pieces of news coming out of Japan are any indication, things are far from fine, and are getting worse by the second.

Paul Krugman: The GOP went all-in for expansionary austerity and looming hyperinflation, and has shown no hint of learning from actual events.