Atlantic Bluefin tuna is close to population collapse. Studies show that the western Atlantic population has declined 82% since 1970. Scientists estimate that there are only 41,000 reproductively mature bluefin tuna left in the western Atlantic. In Marc

To tackle climate change, we need leadership with the vision and fortitude for climate justice. The concept is simple enough: We should not make other people clean up our mess. And, nobody should use the political will and sense of urgency around climate

At the critical Copenhagen climate conference, the Danish government, in collusion with the U.S. and other wealthy countries, has put together a secret alternative negotiating text. Known as the "Danish text," it would let rich countries shirk their respo

In a potentially valuable boost to fighting climate change, rich and poor countries are close to an agreement to end the destruction of the world's forests in 20 years, government negotiators said.

LA GRANDE -- Union County struck an unusual bargain last year to save a section of Mount Emily from becoming a high-end subdivision. Now it's coming back to bite them.

The smell of wood smoke might be a pleasant reminder of campfires and hot-dog roasts to many Middle Tennessee residents, but Environmental Protection Agency officials say to take care. The emissions from burning wood rank up there with other

COPENHAGEN -- This decade is very likely to be the warmest since record-keeping began in 1850, and 2009 could rank among the top-five warmest years, the U.N. weather agency

SWAN REACH, AUSTRALIA -- Before climate change strangled his lemon trees, Hermann Markovsky would drift off to sleep to the murmur of black swans in a lagoon beside his citrus farm.

The Appalachia Restoration Act is a bill in the US Senate which will sharply reduce mountaintop removal coal mining by protecting our headwater streams, where our rivers, like the Mississippi and the Ohio, are born. Over 2000 miles of streams have alread

Please overturn the Bush-era policy that prohibits the BLM from properly protecting lands that are wild and pristine as wilderness study areas. Under your leadership, the Department of the Interior has already made significant improvements in how the maj