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Energy use per square foot is dropping, and economic incentives have something to do with it.

With 2,000 new plants found every year, we have potential for innovation and conservation.

Farmers are working to give consumers the high-quality, sustainable products they crave.

We may have shifted so far into a new climate regime that probabilities have been turned on their head.

The traditional view of national energy security falls short. Here's why.

California is ahead of schedule in meeting its ambitious climate goals, thanks in no small part to its emissions trading program.

Scientists have found that climate change pushes clouds upward and poleward. Find out here why this is a really big deal.

Ranchers, farmers and fishermen are quietly revolutionizing how our food is raised, harvested and produced.

The database connects local producers with markets to boost family incomes and help preserve Amazon forests in Brazil and beyond.

President Obama’s administration adds another important climate action with an 18-wheeler of a fuel efficiency rule for trucks.

Now that we know what caused a massive heat-trapping methane cloud over a section of New Mexico and Colorado, we can do something about it.

Hope without action, says the Hollywood actor-director and climate activist, "isn't worth much." That's why he's on board with EDF.

Trying to wrap your head around what Brazil has done right – and not – when it comes to dealing with Amazon deforestation can leave you dizzy. But there are definite bright spots.

The business case for changing the chemicals in products is thin. But there's more to this story.

Many of the world’s fish are caught in small-scale fisheries that lack data about the health of fish populations, giving managers very limited information to base management decisions on. In turn, most of these fisheries appear to be under-performing with respect to conservation, the amount of food they can produce, the amount of money they …

Large food companies are pushing their supply chains to reduce fertilizer runoff. If scaled up, this model could prevent harmful algae blooms.

Extreme heat warnings were issued for a large swath of the central United States this week. Here are four things you may not know about the heat wave.

By calculating greenhouse gas reductions from advanced meters and other grid investments, utilities will know they're on the right track.

We need a significant shift in planning and design to create cost-effective, flexible solutions that can better serve our warming world.

Rather than jockey for partisan advantage, lawmakers found a way to work together the old-fashioned way to protect Americans from dangerous or untested chemicals.

The broad-based approach of the Paris Agreement has made the politics of climate change much more resilient than before.

I was not surprised when I looked out the airplane window and saw rows of wind turbines spinning against majestic, snow-covered mountains.

Activists and consumers helped spur the reforms President Obama signed into law today.

More wastewater from hydraulic fracturing and other oil and gas operations may soon be discharged above ground. New research will help shed light on how to better manage such practices.

My thoughts on why God and conservation go hand-in hand and – by extension – what role faith can play in science-based environmental work.