In what is being billed as one of the largest conservation deals in American history, U.S. Sugar Corp., the nation’s largest producer of cane sugar, has agreed to sell 300 square miles of private inholdings within the Everglades to the state of Florida in order to help bring the famed "river of grass" back to life.
The U.S. Supreme Court invoked the ire of 33,000 Alaskans who were hoping to score $75,000 each in belated compensation for the losses incurred by the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound.
The technology already exists to radically reduce CO2 emissions, without building new power plants, and without asking consumers to make significant changes in their usage behavior. So why does the power system operate largely the same way it did 60 years ago?
Internet-based RecycleBank is transforming the way cities recycle.
Chevy dealer Chuck Frank and other auto industry insiders are fighting for stronger fuel efficiency standards.
Across the world, coral reefs are dying because of over-fishing.
At the Steung Meanchey landfill in Cambodia, workers and children live among trash, scavenging for metal and plastics to escape crushing poverty.
The costs of generating solar power will be on par with the costs of power made from fossil fuels like natural gas and coal within a decade.
WildEarth Guardians requested that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service invoke an emergency provision in the Endangered Species Act to protect 32 plant and animal species facing imminent extinction.
We know we sacrifice freshness when we eat food from a can, but do we also sacrifice safety? Recent disclosures suggest that the plastic lining of our food cans contain hormone mimicking Bisphenol A (BPA), and some of this chemical leaches into our food.
