So you've read Planet Green's five minute guide to the COP15 climate change conference and now know the who, what and when part of the story... and a little bit of the scientific why. But here's some more on what could well happen if we really fail to tak

Going up there into the field, it feels so remote from human impacts," Axford said. "But you don't have to have a power plant on the shore of the lake for humans to have an impact."

Asked about criticism from former Vice President Dick Cheney, current VP Joe Biden had a simple response: "Who cares

The Obama administration on Friday strongly praised a House committee's vote to create a new federal consumer financial protection agency, despite the fact that the bill exempts more than 98 percent of banks from annual oversight by the new unit.

People around the world have come together for the International Day of Climate Action, and they are showing support in some amazing and creative ways. Nothing is more touching and inspiring than seeing young people involved in the 350 movement.

You spoke, and finally, the U.S. government listened. Over 6,000 Care2 members joined with activists throughout the country to send public comments to the Department of the Interior supporting a proposal to end the international polar bear trade. The comm

At a gleaming new research center outside Beijing, about 250 engineers and researchers from the ENN Group are trying to figure out how to make energy use less damaging to the world's climate.

Two months ago, Lieberman offered different rationales including the public options's supposed unpopularity with the public. Except a new NBC News poll today finding that 73% of Americans think that people should have the choice of a public option. In his

President Obama signed major civil rights legislation on Wednesday, making it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation, gender and gender identity. The new measure expands the the scope of a 1968 law that applies to people attac

The House Health Care Bill: Read It House Democrats have posted the bill online. A summary can be read here