An unlikely partnership between religion and government may hold the answer to China’s environmental crisis. Government officials declare their commitment to an “ecological civilization” that draws on Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, […]

As one of the important centers of the U.S. seafood industry, the Chesapeake Bay has for centuries supported watermen, businesses and communities all along its shores. But catches of Chesapeake […]

How will we move around in the future? In ten years’ time, Ford Motors’ Bill Ford says his company will sell mobility and not cars. Investigating the first spectacular signs […]

The George W. Bush administration proposed oil and gas drilling close to prized national parks near Moab, Utah. The Obama administration has responded with reforms to protect the country’s truly […]

One of the most important land ecosystems for mitigating the effects of climate change, the Amazon moderates weather patterns locally and globally, carries 20 percent of the planet’s fresh water […]

For decades, heavy industrial pollution has infiltrated the waters of the Anacostia River, which cuts right through the heart of Washington, D.C. A broad coalition of city and federal officials, […]

Architect Fernando Abruña Charneco prioritizes nature in his ingenious designs, including a self-sufficient house, a parachute house, and a solar electric car. In the 1970s, critics scoffed at his “less […]

France wants to meet the growing needs of India’s electricity. Areva plans to build six EPR reactors, creating the largest nuclear power plant in the world. It will be built […]

Animal agriculture is responsible for emitting more greenhouse gases than the transportation industry and causes unfathomable destruction of natural resources and habitats. Yet it flourishes, almost entirely unchallenged. This groundbreaking […]

  Living in a remote Aboriginal community in the northern part of Australia, Charlie is a warrior past his prime. As the government increases its stranglehold over the community’s traditional […]