A jury concluded on Aug. 10 that exposure to the herbicide Roundup caused Dewayne Johnson's cancer and ordered the company…
With California suffering another devastating wildfire year, more people are wondering about whether and how global warming…
Red tide and a blue-green algae outbreak are fouling hundreds of miles of coast, killing fish and driving tourists away…
There's no precedent for selling oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at a time when there's no market-driven…
In 2015, over 320 million tons of polymers, excluding fibers, were manufactured across the globe.
The Trump administration's move to freeze fuel economy standards reflects a sea change in American energy policy first…
Cells that transmit nerve impulses in the part of elephants' brains responsible for functions such as learning and memory…
Whether they aim to stop pipelines in Virginia or block Pacific Northwest export terminals, organizers are trying to 'keep…
The Ogalalla Aquifer is a vast underground lake that irrigates farms across the US Great Plains. It took thousands of years…
Hundreds of lawsuits against Monsanto contend that its popular Roundup weed killer gave users cancer. But proving this kind…
Law scholars from California unpack the legal questions raised by the Trump administration's plan to roll back mileage…
Wildland firefighting has always been a risky job, but development in fire-prone areas is making it more dangerous by putting…
Commercial nuclear reactors provide roughly one-fifth of the electricity produced in the US. But they face grave threats…
Climate change, development, past forest management policies and current firefighting practices are creating conditions…
August 1, 2018 is 'Earth Overshoot Day,' a date coined by the nonprofit Global Footprint Network to publicize overuse…
As EVs make more inroads, giving tenants somewhere to plug in their cars could become a selling point.
A perfect storm of climate, forestry, development and fire management trends are driving up the costs of fighting wildfires.
What would you pay to keep trash off your favorite beach, or pollution away from a national park? Economists can tease these…
What drives the emergence and disappearance of species? By modeling the fundamental processes of evolution and ecology on…
Not only does U.S. law bar price-fixing, there are bipartisan efforts underway to make it possible to sue OPEC members in…