Help save the rainforest. ...more

May 26, 2009

For the second time this year, a top U.S. official visiting China has declined in advance to publicly discuss Beijing's human rights record, a shift in practice that comes almost exactly two decades after the Tiananmen Square massacre. ...more

May 24, 2009

Even before the current drought and toughest water restrictions in the region's history, the Bay area was using 40 percent less water per person than the rest of the country. ...more

May 5, 2009

The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases are a danger to public health and welfare. It is the first step to regulating pollution linked to climate change. ...more

April 17, 2009

In less than three months, Hillary Rodham Clinton's State Department has embarked on a digital diplomacy drive aimed at spreading the word about American foreign policy and restoring Washington's image. Part of a broader Internet outreach by President Barack Obama's administration, Clinton's Web efforts already have outpaced those of her predecessors. ...more

March 30, 2009

From an Antarctic research base to the Great Pyramids of Egypt and beyond, the world switched off the lights on Saturday for Earth Hour, dimming skyscrapers, city streets and some of the world's most recognizable monuments for 60 minutes to highlight the threat of climate change. ...more

March 29, 2009

Florida is flat as a pancake with minimal elevation and is all but surrounded by water. The farthest point inland from the Gulf or Atlantic is just 70 miles, while most of the population lives within 25 miles of the coast on land no more than 20 feet above sea level. We are 18 million people living on a sand bar with more at risk and more to lose from sea level rise than anywhere in the world. ...more

March 29, 2009

When thousands of locations from the Empire State Building to the Great Pyramids of Giza switch their lights off Saturday for Earth Hour 2009, students from more than 60 Hillsborough County schools will have already done that. ...more

March 27, 2009

It was a fish story that even veteran boat captains found fascinating: As many as 200 killer whales feeding on tuna in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

March 25, 2009

A power company CEO and the head of a leading environmental organization will never agree on everything, but on one essential element of Florida's future we are absolutely united: the need to bring more solar energy to the state. ...more

March 15, 2009