Imagine a glossy sustainability report from a global food giant. Green fields, smiling farmers, promises of climate ...

The most comprehensive global environment assessment ever undertaken calls for a new approach to jointly tackle the most ...

Europe’s economy relies on natural ecosystems that are dying faster than ever while the European Union cuts the very rules that protect them, scientists caution. “Political realities across the world ...

The biggest environmental problems for commercial plantation forestry in New Zealand's steep hill country are discharges of slash (woody debris left behind after logging) and sediment from clear-fell ...

A UN game competition challenges studios to incorporate environmental themes. As the effects of climate change prompt more urgency to cut greenhouse gas emissions around the world and reduce energy ...

One of the biggest environmental issues facing the world today is global warming. While its affect on weather patterns, ice caps and rising ocean levels is largely understood, less clear is its impact ...

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with economist and demographer Dean Spears about why he thinks depopulation isn't the answer to the global climate crisis. For many young people thinking about starting a ...

Before you get in your car and start driving, experts recommend asking yourself whether the trip is truly necessary. Short car trips produce disproportionately high emissions because engines run less ...

ETH Zurich researchers have developed a process that can be used on site to render environmental toxins such as DDT and lindane harmless and convert them into valuable chemicals—a breakthrough for the ...

As we ring in the New Year, here is a preview of the top environmental issues that are expected to take center stage in 2014: Two key cases are pending in the U.S. Supreme Court's current term that ...

Critics say the move could make it harder for Americans to weigh in on planning. The Trump administration has changed a major environmental law to speed up infrastructure projects like highways and ...