Traditional commercial carpet-cleaning solutions contain a cocktail of synthetic chemicals known to cause kidney, liver and nervous system damage. These chemicals get into the air when applied, and can be ... Read More

Drum roll, please. The Academy Award nominations are out, and An Inconvenient Truth—former Vice President Al Gore’s riveting and disturbing documentary film about global warming—has been nominated for not one, ... Read More

Energy and environmental issues are expected to figure prominently in President Bush’s 2007 State of the Union address to Congress and the American people this evening [broadcast live at 9 ... Read More

The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday voted to end more than $14 billion in subsidies and tax breaks for oil and gas companies and to reinvest that money in renewable ... Read More

A sponge is a sponge, right? Well, no. Some sponges are living organisms that have been harvested for centuries and used in the ways we know them best. Others are ... Read More

One early sign of change in the new Democrat-controlled Congress is heightened congressional interest and action on global warming. Lawmakers have announced House and Senate hearings on the issue, and ... Read More

Scientists have concluded that 2006 was the hottest year on record in the United States and the United Kingdom, and the sixth hottest year globally, but what caused the unusually ... Read More

President George W. Bush today lifted the ban on drilling in fish-rich Bristol Bay, off the southwest coast of Alaska, clearing the way for the U.S. Interior Department to open ... Read More

What were the top environmental news stories of 2006? What made them more important or significant than hundreds of other stories about the environment that were reported last year? Check ... Read More

Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States, died last week at the age of 93. Many people will remember Ford for his controversial pardon of former President Richard ... Read More