The American Clean Energy and Security Act, introduced last month, will cut the "greenhouse gases" that contribute to global warming, while increasing the use of renewable energy and the production of low-carbon transportation fuels.

On Nov. 4th. voters overwhelmingly supported the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, which will provide funding to protect our waterways, parks and trails, and wildlife habitat. But, in these tough economic times, elected officials might be tempted

Call on the presidential candidates and your representatives and senators to develop a plan to end our oil addiction before Independence Day 2009!

Tell the CEOs of Adidas, Nike, Timberland and others to support a moratorium on Amazon deforestation and to help us fight for a global solution to save the Amazon and our climate. We cannot afford to lose an acre of Amazon every 8 seconds because of our

African environment ministers ended a meeting in Kenya on Friday by adopting a Nairobi Declaration, a major milestone on the road for combating climate change on the continent

A proposal for further forest clearing and destruction of over 33,600 ha of rainforest has recently been put forward by a joint venture company, Asia Pulp & Paper/Sinar Mas Group. The Bukit Tigapuluh (Thirty Hills) ecosystem is located in Central

Negotiations on a new climate change agreement to replace the expiring Kyoto Protocol will reach a critical milestone this December in Copenhagen at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

The murder of a Brazilian fisherman and trade unionist may be linked to his organization's work opposing a major oil company's construction of a natural gas pipeline, reports a humanitarian news agency.

Parts of Alaska are rising over 3 inches a year due to relieved pressure caused by melting glaciers. Ecosystems are changing quickly as new land is created.Melting glaciers served as a giant paperweight on the spongy ground, as those glaciers melt...

A recent Kaiser Family Foundation study found that kids spend, on average, more than six hours per day with electronic media.