Start of the destruction of the range slated for wind project, blasting and forest clearing reported : mining involves hazard of release of reservoirs of toxic ash deposits threatening flood of death and groundwater poisoninghttp://opitslinkfest.blogspot.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has just voted to allow oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, potentially overturning a 2006 compromise that created a no-drilling buffer along the coast of Florida. Currently, Florida has a 100 mile

NASA's Aqua satellite, shows the state of Arctic sea ice on September 10 in this file image released September 16, 2008. Arctic nations are promising to avoid new "Cold War" scrambles linked to climate change, but a thaw may allow new shipping routes...

Urban workers could suffer most from climate change as the cost of food drives them into poverty, according to a new study that quantifies the effects of climate on the world's poor populations.

scientists are reporting that plastics -- reputed to be virtually indestructible -- decompose with surprising speed and release potentially toxic substances into the water.

They say there's no place like home. But scientists are reporting some unsettling news about homes in the residential areas of California. The typical house there -- and probably elsewhere in the country -- is an alarming and probably underestimated source

WAILUKU (Hawaii) - A Maui County Council committee picked up Thursday where it left off six weeks ago to discuss a bill to prohibit genetically modified taro in Maui County.

Among the phrases you really, really do not want to hear from climate scientists are: "that really shocked us," "we had no idea how bad it was," and "reality is well ahead of the climate models." Yet in speaking to researchers who focus on the Arctic, you

Now, new laws are needed to address issues long neglected and reverse damaging Bush policies. This includes laws on climate change, endangered species, polluted air & water, contaminated food chains, energy, and mountaintop removal mining.

Oil companies are pressuring the government in Quito to issue exploration and drilling licenses. Ecuador estimates that by leaving the oil untouched, some 410 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions will be averted.