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It's the first state to reject new national science education standards. And it just so happens to be the biggest coal-producing state.
By Emily E. Adams The amount of Arctic sea ice has plummeted in recent decades—a bold manifestation of the rise...
Dangerous chemicals are being applied to GMO test fields on Kauai at a much higher rate than on most U.S. farms, an analysis of new data reveals.
Landlocked Zimbabwe has been experiencing worsening droughts and worsening floods. Right now the floods are the big problem.
Nearly half of Pennsylvania's shale-rich state forests have been leased to frackers. The state's Republican governor thinks that's not enough.
Climate change and fiscal prudence be damned.
His plan would increase pollution, accelerate global warming, despoil public lands, and stymie Americans’ efforts to get out of their cars.
Retractions are typically the result of big goofs and frauds -- but in this case, the problem was inordinate attention paid to inconclusive results.
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Park Service gave everyone freedom to celebrate as they wished. Was that really the best it could do?
