Batteries power many of the tools, appliances and gadgets we use every day, but what should you do with those batteries when they wear out? Can used batteries be safely ... Read More

Forest fires in the Western United States have occurred more frequently, burned longer, and covered more acres since 1987—and global warming is a big part of the underlying cause—according to ... Read More

The United States has been working behind the scenes to stop the next Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany next month from setting clear goals to fight global warming ... Read More

Solving the growing problem of global warming due to excess greenhouse gas emissions is cost-effective, affordable and well within reach, according to a new report by the world's leading climate ... Read More

Tulsa, Oklahoma this week became the 500th city to endorse the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, a voluntary commitment by U.S. cities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming ... Read More

When the Kyoto Protocol took effect in 2005, the United States was not among the 141 nations that had ratified the international plan designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions and ... Read More

Thirteen million deaths annually and nearly a quarter of all disease worldwide—including 33 percent of illnesses in children under age five—are due to environmental causes that could be avoided or ... Read More

The United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), a unusual coalition of U.S. industry and environmental leaders set on reducing global warming by lowering greenhouse gas emissions through federal legislation, has ... Read More

Despite skyrocketing gasoline prices, Americans have been slow to alter their behavior in ways that might lower their gasoline consumption and save them money, but some other countries are taking ... Read More

The world’s leading climate scientists are proposing an aggressive action plan for the growing problem of global warming that includes several controversial measures that have long been opposed or questioned ... Read More

When the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released the results of its first-ever study of the nation's "wadeable" streams in May 2006, the news wasn't good. More than half of all ... Read More