From the News Wires

In the village of Fessenheim, an aging nuclear plant stirs both protests and support over the use of nuclear power across France.

An article raises the issue of whether the Sierra Club's support of natural gas as a "bridge fuel" was influenced by donations from the gas industry.

Researchers find that extreme cold induces acute stress in coral but that heat is ultimately more lethal.

A vast majority of babies are female, but the disparity fades as a factor by the time green turtles are old enough to breed.

A new study based on research in western Australia suggests that warming seas can benefit corals -- but perhaps only to a point.

For protection, mammals generally rely on teeth, claws, muscles, keen senses or quick wits. Every so often, however, a mammalian lineage discovers the wonders of chemistry.

To aid defense contractors, researchers try to map how butterflies carry out an astonishing variety of flight maneuvers.

The well of Spicewood Beach in central Texas is among 13 public water systems throughout the state that are projected to run out of water in 180 days or less.

Poor, urban and minority residents are most at risk for health problems linked to climate change, according to a new California Department of Public Health analysis of Los Angeles and Fresno counties.

Poor, urban and minority residents are most at risk for health problems linked to climate change, according to a new California Department of Public Health analysis of Los Angeles and Fresno counties.

The former Liberal Democrat Business Minister steps into the role of Energy and Climate Change Secretary following the resignation of Chris Huhne earlier today.

Northwest Indiana has seen environmental improvements in the past 25 years under the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, but the region still needs work.

The Los Angeles Unified School District is making a mistake with plans to build a resource center at Park Elementary because of soil contamination and the nearby Long Beach (710) Freeway, according to Mayor Josué Barrios.

The facts are clear: Koch Industries does not have a financial stake in the pipeline.

Successful vs. Failed Relationships

Fishermen from Cape Cod, Mass., to northern Maine would have to reduce the amount of cod they catch under an emergency proposal by the New England Fishery Management Council.

Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Gulf Coast now stands to benefit as money pours in for restoration.

A coal-backed group pushes for the cancellation of a lecture by a Pennsylvania climate scientist.

Climate Connections has recently posted two articles from our friend and collaborator, Aryeh Shell, on the ongoing violence in the Bajo Aguan region of Honduras, and on protests against a proposed law that would vastly expand destructive mining throughout Honduras. For those interested in supporting the struggle for human rights in Honduras, we send this [...]

A disturbing look at the unremarkably horrid life of an industrial pig.