Forest management is not a cure-all for wildfires, although it can help reduce the chances of massive burns. Making this…
Sharing seeds was common practice among farmers throughout history until the rise of agribusiness. Now seeds are trademarked…
Research shows that when Americans are aware of the scale of food waste, and how much energy and water are used to produce…
The dry, hot, downslope Santa Ana winds of Southern California fan late fall wildfires that have largely traveled through…
Reporters who cover environment and natural resource issues are commonly threatened and harassed around the world. Some…
The head of the World Health Organization calls air pollution 'the new tobacco' because it causes millions of preventable…
The internet makes it easier for discarded stuff to land in someone else's home instead of the dump.
If Iranian crude exports decline further it could make oil and gas prices rise.
Drastic oxygen losses in the world's oceans millions of years ago coincided with mass extinctions. Scientists see this…
But many new governors and members of Congress intend to take action on climate change.
Climate change is shrinking Arctic sea ice and opening the region to ship traffic. Whales, seals and other marine mammals…
Big oil and gas companies spent far more fighting this ballot initiative than the measure's supporters did.
Oysters are big business along the Gulf Coast, but raising them off-bottom – which yields a premium product – is just…
Communities that are majority black, Hispanic or Native American are over 50 percent more vulnerable to wildfire compared…
Brazil's president-elect wants to roll back environmental laws, saying they hurt rural growth. But preventing Amazonian…
These policies, which are designed to slow the pace of climate change, don't have to cost taxpayers, and they do not…
Leftover lactose from cheese production shows early promise as a treatment that can help soils retain water and nutrients,…
According to a new study, the oceans have absorbed more heat from climate change than previously thought. This could mean…
A study of the social cost of carbon emitted by the shrinking fleet of Texan coal plants suggests that closing more of them…
Many Americans view the Amish as living simply and in touch with the land, but their views about the environment are complicated…