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The classic red party cup didn't just appear out of the blue. Join us as we go deeper to find the who -- and the why -- in this video.
Shell announced it won't attempt to drill for oil in the Arctic this year -- and that it's "considering its options" in the region.
Clouds -- or a shortage of them -- could send the climate into a tailspin. The trouble is, it's almost impossible to predict what they'll do.
A new survey found that only 4 in 10 Americans know that the lightbulbs will disappear on New Year’s Day.
South Portland has imposed a six-month moratorium on shipping tar-sands oil through its port, and is now looking at a permanent ban.
Coal production is gradually leaving Appalachia -- having already extracted much of the region's natural wealth.
Some developing countries have oversized carbon footprints because they manufacture so much of our junk, and their factories are sending smog back our way.
If we don't mend our ways, wild areas nearly as big as Brazil will turn into farmland by 2050. A new U.N. report lays out a plan for avoiding that.
Science may finally be approaching an answer.
