NY Times

With the recent violence in eastern Congo, there are no trained rangers now to protect the mountain gorillas in the region.

A new analysis suggests that subsidies and other policies that encourage conservation methods like drip irrigation can actually increase water consumption.

From New Mexico to British Columbia, an infestation of mountain pine beetles is turning a blanket of green forest into a blanket of rust red.

The United Nations report was released two weeks before the world’s environmental ministers are to meet to discuss ways to curb greenhouse gases.

As the world begins to shun dirty fuels, an undaunted Exxon Mobil says oil will power economies for decades.

Chemical fire retardant has become crucial in fighting wildfires, but it also harms watersheds and wildlife.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has instructed state agencies to prepare for rising seas as they plan to replace water pipelines around sewage treatment plants and low-lying airports.

The mayor announced financial incentives aimed at pushing taxi owners to buy more environmentally-friendly gas-and-electric cars.

By generating its own electricity, a new billboard planned for Times Square could save 18 tons of carbon emissions yearly.

Dr. Keith was a co-inventor of the three-way automotive catalytic converter — a major advance in eliminating the toxic tailpipe emissions that once blanketed cities in smog.

A semi-aquatic mammal rare on Long Island for 200 years, has turned up on Nassau County’s North Shore.

The Center for Biological Diversity said it was prepared to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to use the Clean Water Act to respond to the threat of ocean acidification.

The government is selling travel trailers that were banned from use as emergency housing in disasters because many had toxic levels of formaldehyde.

“Brown clouds” made up of toxic chemicals are blotting out the sun in large parts of Asia, a U.N. report said.

The Great Southern California ShakeOut pulled together emergency agencies, schools, businesses and individuals to stage an earthquake drill unlike any other.

The agreement, which would open more than 300 miles of the Klamath River, provides a formal framework to defuse deeply emotional arguments that have echoed through the Northwest.

Environmentalists deploy a new legal tool aimed at limiting carbon dioxide — the Clean Water Act.

A company pledges to recycle unwanted electronic equipment with minimal environmental impact -- and makes money doing it.

The Supreme Court ruling was a defeat for environmental groups that say the use of sonar in training exercises harms whales.

The costs of caring for wild horses would most likely account for 74 percent of the wild horse program’s overall budget this year, said the investigative arm of Congress.