OnEarth

Environmental pioneer James Gustave Speth says the fights for democracy and nature should join forces.

Property owners fight wind farms because of their aesthetics, but the numbers are in: They have no effect on property values.

This year could determine the future of our civilization.

Critical partnerships between organisms are breaking down as different species respond to new dangers in different ways and on different schedules.

Who's to blame for the modern antibiotics crisis? It started with the same guys who invented Spam.

India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known as a "big thinker" when it comes to energy. But in his country's case, could thinking big be a huge mistake?

A conversation with Bristol County, Massachusetts, District Attorney Sam Sutter, who dropped steep charges against two climate change protesters.

Oil pipeline projects across America are speeding forward without environmental review.

When it comes to designing wildlife corridors, our most brilliant analytical minds are still no match for Mother Nature. But we're getting there.

California wants you to pay for your plastic bags. (FYI: That’s not an infringement on your constitutional rights.)

Next time you find yourself in an airplane, consider keeping your phone turned off and the window open.

April was the iciest month since record-keeping began in 1973.

The cost of fighting wildfires this year is predicted to go over budget by hundreds of millions of dollars.

As oil trains derail across the United States, a windswept—and vulnerable—stretch of Montana’s Glacier National Park underscores the folly of transporting crude by rail.