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It's only natural for one religion to join another in saving Gaia. From The Guardian (H/T Raining Sky): Pope Francis...

By any standard, the catastrophe produced by the EPA on the Animas River is tremendous. ...since Wednesday, the Animas has...

The Environmental Protection Agency often justifies its own existence by noting that corporations, who see profit as their goal rather...

Australia plans to reduce carbon emissions by 26 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Tuesday,...

The Obama administration has been claiming regulations put forward in its recently released Clean Power Plan will save thousands of...

The Animas River is the cultural soul of this patch of southwestern Colorado, a sort of moving Main Street that...

Fracking applications will be fast-tracked through the planning system under new rules intended to kick-start the shale gas revolution. The...

Here's today's political quiz question: what do these five states — Rhode Island, Vermont, California, Oregon and Maine — have...

The Environmental Protection Agency's new Clean Power Plan (CPP) requires that states reduce their electric utility sector carbon dioxide emissions...

As the oceans' chemistry is altered by rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, the response of sea-dwellers such as fish,...

According to overnight Nielsen ratings, 16 percent of homes were tuned into the Fox News prime-time GOP debate between 9...

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Sen. Barack Obama said: "...if somebody wants to build a coal power plant, they can....

Two recent studies both conclude that there is strong correlation between periods of increased worldwide volcanic activity and changes in...

When President Obama unveiled his far-reaching unilateral Clean Power Plan earlier this week, some climate scientists were puzzled, and others...