California: A Terrible Place To Breathe

Smog over Los Angeles.

The Golden State claimed all five of the top slots for the highest air pollution in the American Lung Association's 2014 State of the Air Report.

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Climate Change Laps at Our Doorstep

The island of Male, capital of Maldives Islands.

For the citizens of the nations represented by the Alliance of Small Island States, climate change is not an abstract threat. They face immediate danger today.

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Drilling Contamination Clear At Last in Pennsylvania

A fracking drill rig.

On Aug. 29, in a small step towards greater transparency, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection released agency response letters confirming 243 cases in which drinking water supplies were contaminated by oil and gas drilling since 2008.

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