Fossil Fuels

Is it worth flying halfway around the world to see an endangered species if the greenhouse emissions from flying put that species further at risk?

The majority of coal plants in the United States, like the Hunter Power Plant in Utah, are contaminating groundwater with toxic pollutants, a new report reveals.

A plan to lease oil and gas drilling rights on nearly a million acres of land near the Te-Moak Tribe of the Western Shoshone illustrates the consistent lack of government consultation with tribes.

The Story of Stuff Project’s Stiv Wilson talks about an upcoming film that traces the life cycle of plastic and the people leading the fight against it.

What if we’d listened to the researchers who first warned us about plastic pollution in the 1970s?

Surprisingly, the climate-threatening industry is still in a growth mode in some parts of the world. Will that change fast enough to save the planet?

President Trump promised massive deregulation — and although he’s lost some cases in court, his successes still threaten people’s health and the climate.

A thriving population of servals at petrochemical plant suggests that even heavily industrialized sites can still be good places for conservation.

Experts warn that the rush for new oil and gas drilling in 2018 will have consequences for the climate, but there are ways to slow it down — or even stop it.

Dr. Warren Washington, who helped pioneer climate modeling, has seen science advance, even as policies to meet our climate challenges have lagged.