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Disappearing beaches, erosion, and buildings toppling into the sea are just a few problems citizens of Shishmaref, Alaska, are dealing with due to climate change.
The scientists behind the controversial study that linked GMO-fueled herbicides with sickness in lab rats have also now published some of their data.
Oil giants are now trying to present themselves as poverty fighters and defenders of human wellbeing.
Republicans' top priorities: approving the Keystone XL pipeline and blocking Obama's plan to curb CO2 emissions from power plants.
Happily, more and more people are seeing through the hype.
Since government won't monitor whether the oil-and-gas boom is wrecking air quality, volunteers have stepped in. Now their work is getting peer-reviewed and published.
A modest local effort to build a seed library in Pennsylvania calls down the wrath of the state's farm regulators.
Reacting to an uptick in fatal great white shark attacks, the country’s Conservative Party has decided to kill any shark that comes anywhere near the beach.
From Keystone to Ferguson, the climate march to New York's fracking ban, here are the highs and lows of a pivotal year for the planet.