Environment

Between the spring of 2011 and early 2012, a fracking waste injection well known as Northstar 1 caused more than a dozen minor earthquakes near Youngstown, Ohio, including one …

The war came home this weekend, as thousands of people whose land has been under siege by the U.S. government and corporate interests gathered in Washington, D.C. No, they …

No matter what you think of globalization and economic growth, I believe we'll soon discover that capitalism without them is much, much worse

Paraguay's new president Federico Franco fast-tracked negotiations with the mining giant Rio Tinto for a $4 billion aluminum plant on the banks of a river there.

This November, California voters will have an opportunity to vote on a simple, yet important ballot initiative called Prop 37 u2013 the California Right to Know Act. If approved, …

Opponents of the natural gas-drilling practice known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, will take another major step in building their movement this weekend when they gather in Washington D.C. …

The U.S. heat wave is slowly shaking the foundations of American politics. It may take years for the deep rumble to evolve into an above ground, institution-shattering earthquake, but …

There will be at least 100 million more Americans by 2050, and likely 150 million more. Yet the cities that will house them are so spatially and economically unstable …

In the age of the citizen-consumer, does a public that relies on privately funded social services and self-purchased insurance have any agency beyond our