When most people think about exercising, they usually think about long hours at the gym performing grueling exercises. No wonder so many dread it. But in…

Approximately 35% of global greenhouse gases (GHGs) come from agriculture. Some argues that human can reverse global worming by sequestering several hundred billion tons of…

The so-called hiatus in global warming will probably make no difference to the world in the long run, according to Australian scientists. Using computer models…

There’s nothing like an outbreak to get parents to vaccinate -- or to help vaccine sales. As a measles outbreak that started in California grew…

People who are trying to do good for their families and the planet by living a simple life based on traditional skills are facing yet…

The House is currently dozens of votes short of being able to pass legislation that would allow President Barack Obama to send trade deals to…

More than 143 million Americans living in the 48 contiguous states are exposed to potentially damaging ground shaking from earthquakes, with as many as 28…

The House of Representatives gave 25 of the nation’s billionaires a $334 billion tax break on April 16 when it voted 240-179 to repeal the…

The death toll has now passed 3,300, and there is no telling how much farther it will climb. Search and rescue operations in Nepal entered…

The stock market has recovered sharply from the lows hit in the financial crisis. All the major indices are at or near record highs. This…

There’s an international awakening afoot about a radical expansion of corporate power — one that sits at the center of two historic global trade deals…

Many years ago I pitched a magazine editor on a story about Bernie Sanders, then a congressman from Vermont, who'd agreed to something extraordinary –…