The economic free fall gripping the nation may bring down one of the main environmental objectives: capping the greenhouse gases that are blamed for global warming.

Floodwaters produced by Hurricane Ike have proven devastating to the Franco-influenced Native American communities in southern Louisiana.

ABC had Chevron. CBS had Exxon. CNN had the coal lobby. ABC refused to run our Repower America Ad! We're working to get 100,000 public comments to ABC before 20/20's next airing.

We can help break our addiction to fossil fuels like coal and oil by switching to renewable energy. In fact, with upgrades to our electricity grid, the United States could meet all of its power needs with renewable energy and support a significant portion

Climate taxes, not cap and trade markets alone, will lead to the vast technological changes the world's energy system needs to fight global warming, a top U.S. economist reports today.

The global economy is losing more money from the disappearance of forests than through the current banking crisis, according to an EU-commissioned study. It puts the annual cost of forest loss at between $2 trillion and $5 trillion.

The Queensland government will step up efforts to protect the Great Barrier Reef, starting with a summit and regular report cards on its health, Premier Anna Bligh says. Ms Bligh today released a report into water quality on the reef in 2007, saying th

Imagine what would happen to us if rainfall was a thousand times more than normal? What if rates of disease transmission for malaria or HIV/AIDS were a thousand times more than normal? That is what is happening to plant and animal biodiversity today.

Ed Miliband, the younger brother of the foreign secretary David Miliband, is to lead a newly created department of energy and climate in a move that signals a major rethink of the government's environment policy.

From new mums worried about their children's health to foodies seeking the very finest products, consumers have embraced organic food with more enthusiasm than most environmental trends.