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"Abnormal" fire risks have become the new normal in the parched Southwest.
Monsanto tested a GMO wheat strain a decade ago but gave it up and never got it approved. Now it's invaded a field in Oregon, which could be bad news for America's wheat exporters.
Officially launched in January after years of development, a new CLEAN (feed-in tariff) program from the Los Angeles Department of...
Contrary to what the U.S. State Department says, the head of an oil-sands company insists that the industry needs the pipeline to help it expand.
Advocates say genetically modified crops are regulated like crazy. Critics say they are totally unregulated. We hack our way through this rhetorical impasse.
Those of us who are suspicious of GMOs need to come to grips with the ways that the risks of gene-splicing resemble those of old-school agronomy.
In a move that has disturbed many anti-hunger advocates, the World Food Prize has given this year’s award to three chemical company executives.
Investment in unconventional fossil fuels is expected to outpace spending on renewables by a ratio of at least 3-to-1 in the decades ahead.
How climate skeptics and the media -- with a little inadvertent help from scientists themselves -- forged a misleading narrative.
