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Bloggers take on chemicals in Kraft mac n’ cheese, groups sue over bee deaths and a new study about the possibility for clean energy in New York.

Whether celebrating Easter, Passover or the vernal equinox this month, ‘tis the season for sweet tooths of all ages. Here are some picks as green as that fake basket grass.

The U.S. federal budget sequester may be moving us toward a more sustainable society, at least in one limited aspect.

An unprecedented 184 manatees have been killed in Gulf of Mexico waters off southwest Florida due to toxic red tide blooms.

The collapse of a salt dome mine into a nine-acre sinkhole in Bayou Corne, Louisiana, has forced residents to evacuate.

The Current River has had a long history of neglect and exploitation. In the 19th and 20th centuries, deforestation and free grazing threatened its ecological health. Now, the biggest threats to the river are mismanagement and overuse.

While plastic refuse on land is a familiar eyesore as litter and a burden on landfills, in the marine environment it can be lethal to sea creatures by way of ingestion or entanglement. Now, a new study highlights how ocean plastic debris is also a threat to humans because plastics are vehicles for introducing toxic […]

Responding to customers, Whole Foods will require all foods in stores that contain GMOs to have a label by 2018.