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Watch Peabody Energy sell tons of coal even as you read about why it shouldn't sell any at all.
Many of the nation's levees are in bad shape, says the Army Corps of Engineers. But Republicans don't like to fund disaster prevention.
The least productive Congress in a generation is adjourning without allocating any aid at all for those affected by Hurricane Sandy.
Food Forward collects leftover fruits and veggies from farmers markets and gives them to food banks and shelters.
Will the ill-fated program ever start renting bikes? Well, yes. But, man, it's been slow.
Cities tend to adopt easier policies first, according to a new report.
Edison International wasted $16 million on pollution credits it didn't want.
Researchers at MIT say fracking doesn't result in much more methane emission than standard natural-gas drilling. If accurate, it's potentially good news for the climate.
Capping a year of mishaps in the Arctic, Shell beached one of its drilling rigs on an Alaskan island.