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.

If you've ever wondered what President Obama will look like in 2020, then here you go. If you've ever wondered what the world's carbon emissions will look like in 2020, Greenpeace and TckTckTck are hoping to improve the answer with their new advertising c

The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a Bush-era initiative that would allow tens of thousands of incinerators at industrial facilities to burn tires, scrap plastics, spent solvents, used oil and other wastes without meeting the protective Cl

RENO, Nevada: A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked construction of a massive gold mine project in northeast Nevada that critics say would harm the environment and ruin a mountain several tribes consider sacred. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court...

As the Copenhagen climate negotiations begin and the world turns its attention to the climate crisis, it's time to remind our Senators that nuclear power is dirty, dangerous, and expensive, and has no place in U.S. climate legislation or international tr

The planet would be better off if the forthcoming Copenhagen climate change talks ended in collapse, according to a leading U.S. scientist who helped alert the world to dangers of global warming.

The beluga whales of Cook Inlet have dwindled in population from around 1,300 in the early 1980s to around 300 today. They're genetically and behaviorally unique based on where they live, but their people-populated living space is part of what keeps them

On and off for the past year we've heard statements about how the Environmental Protection Agency could really make an end run around Congressional inaction on climate and set a cap on carbon dioxide emissions though the Clean Air Act. Even Al Gore hinted

India could reduce its carbon intensity by 24% by 2020 compared with 2005 levels, government sources revealed today.Sources told the Indian media that the reduction in carbon intensity could go up to 37% by 2030, compared to 2005. India's environment.....

Australia has dealt a major blow to any international deal on climate change ahead of the Copenhagen summit by failing to introduce new laws to control pollution.