The U.S. House of Representatives voted last Thursday to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil development, but the vote was more show than substance. Even those ... Read More

A senior scientist whose research is being cited in television ads that challenge the reality of global warming has denounced the ads as a “deliberate effort to confuse and mislead ... Read More

A Texas jury today returned guilty verdicts for two Enron executives, Kenneth Lay and Ernest Skilling, on fraud and conspiracy charges rising from a scandal that rocked corporate America and ... Read More

Shell Oil is appealing a recent court ruling that would require the company to pay $1.5 billion to the Ijaw people of Nigeria for environmental damage to their lands. Shell ... Read More

The documentary film, An Inconvenient Truth, opens Wednesday, May 24, in theaters around the country. The film, which stars Al Gore giving a slide show presentation about global warming (yes, ... Read More

In a classic example of spin versus substance, a series of television advertisements designed to counter growing concerns about global warming, and to confuse the issue, will begin airing in ... Read More

A Chinese environmental activist went on trial in China this week for allegedly stealing state secrets, but his real crime appears to be attempting to register an independent environmental group. ... Read More

Arctic ice reached an all-time low in March 2006, according to new figures released by the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), threatening wildlife and causing scientists to ... Read More

Millions of the world’s poorest people will die from the effects of global warming in this century unless developed nations reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report by Christian ... Read More

President George W. Bush told a German newspaper that his “best moment” during his first five years in office was catching a big fish in the lake on his Texas ... Read More

Arson and sabotage carried out to protest poor treatment of animals or the environment may be criminal acts, but do they qualify as terrorism? Increasingly, the Bush Administration says they ... Read More

Low-income Americans are spending less of their budgets on food, yet obesity is increasing. How is this possible? Because federal government subsidies encourage the production of cheaper and less nutritious ... Read More

Bolivian President Evo Morales has placed his country's oil and natural gas production under state control, raising concerns about the potential long-term effects on the energy and economic interests of ... Read More