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Widespread resistance to natural gas fracking is rising above New York's Marcellus Shale.

As the gulf is declared "safe," scientists look deep in the sea for evidence of lasting damage. Plus, watch a video from Klein's investigation.

Is our society on the verge of becoming a matriarchy? In your dreams.

The politics of the Templeton Foundation's "Big Questions."

Will the Obama administration allow Shell Oil to do to Arctic waters what BP did to the Gulf?

Oil is washing up on the Louisiana shore, a predictable result of the growing environmental hazards that come with new techniques for extracting oil and other energy sources.

 Conservation is no longer' a cause; it is a crisis. Its features are drawn in taut lines by forces unprecedented in human history, like a human face contorted by foreboding and strain. 

The TVA's efforts to clean up after its massive coal ash spill may create even more health hazards.

As safety scandals dampen the public's appetite for cheap imports, the European Union is raising doubts about standards and oversight in the US toy industry.

In their rush to throw out God, atheist writers appear to have given little thought to what should replace Him.