Greenpeace Activists Plan to Clash With Japanese Whale Hunters

Body-heat sensors will soon help Brazil find and protect indigenous tribes in the Amazon rain forest, a crucial development in tribal life preservation efforts.

The government says that the state’s newly discovered supply of gas hydrates has the potential to heat more than 100 million homes for 10 years.

The Supreme Court ruled that the Navy’s use of sonar is essential to national security and should continue despite threats to marine life.

Mohamed Nasheed, the island nation’s new president, has announced a plan to buy a new homeland, just in case his sinking country completely disappears.

As New York ponders a plastic bag fee, speculation continues over whether environmental policies can survive the economic crisis.

A fungus found on trees in the Patagonian rainforest has been found to produce, in certain conditions, the compounds found in diesel fuel.

California voters have approved a $9.95 billion bond that will help finance the construction of a high-speed train.

Declining oil prices might tempt consumers to relax their energy conservation habits, but analysts say prices will likely spike again.

A Minnesota gun rack manufacturer has viewed the murders of singer Jennifer Hudson’s family members as a marketing opportunity.

UN-approved ivory sales in four African countries will raise millions of dollars for elephant conservation, yet many conservationists say the auctions encourage poaching.

Michigan is facing two separate recycling issues: eliminating illegal returns, and a decision over whether or not to expand the current bottle deposit law.

A U.S. company is teaming up with two Australian companies to create a network of charging stations for electric cars.

Some wonder if global warming is the cause of the creatures’ abnormal northern migration.

As the effects of global warming diminish their usual prey, India’s tigers are driven to attack villagers for food.

As a global financial slowdown threatens to derail environmental efforts around the world, some see the green economy as a possible economic savior.

South Carolina is suing North Carolina over the diversion of water from the Catawba River. Will this be the first of several lawsuits in the drought-stricken Southeast?

The energy capital of America wants to recycle 5.6 million cubic yards of tree waste left in the wake of Hurricane Ike.

Escape From Berkeley—just one of the world’s more offbeat races—is an auto race with an unusual rule: absolutely no petroleum allowed.