America

Trump's nationalist, populist and anti-science rhetoric on fracking has shifted the debate to the right, endangering the environment and public health.

Wealthy Americans’ homes generate 25 percent more greenhouse gasses than those less affluent.

Campaigners take 'huge' open letter to Secretary of State, Liz Truss.

Brazilian meat producer JBS has displaced and disempowered US small farmers and encouraged cruel and environmentally harmful methods.

Trump’s decision to leave Paris Agreement puts health and wellbeing of Americans at risk.

Turkish attack on Syria endangers a remarkable democratic experiment by the Kurds.

The American chestnut is being used as a PR tool for winning over public opinion on the use of biotechnology as a 'tool of conservation'.

New research maps the relationship between childhood asthma and traffic-related air pollution in America.

How is asbestos regulated around the world, and what can we do to move towards a total ban?

Hurricane Harvey is likely to end up being one of the most costly disasters in US history. It is also likely that climate change and population growth in the region have worsened the effects of this major storm, argues ANDREW KING

The cowboys and Indians are still there but there’s more to America’s 48th state than reliving the glory days of the Wild West. Home to seven different ecosystems, it is leading the way in conservation and green tourism. Ruth Styles went to find out more

What could have been a rip-roaring yarn with an important message is spoiled by unlikely dialogue and overly simple characters, says Daniel Copley

America might be better known for Calvin Klein and co but as Ally Boyd discovered, eco-designer Annie Le is giving them a run for their dollars

Five committed twentysomethings are making a 2,000-mile trek across the US, picking up litter and educating young people and communities about zero waste

The US Government's chief scientist Professor John Marburger has admitted that the world could become 'unliveable' if CO2 emissions are not checked.

A federal judge has reprimanded the US Government for failing to release two overdue reports laying out plans for climate change research and mitigation.

Football used to be a sport. A great one. Exciting, all-consuming – heck, we played, talked, lived and breathed it. Now it’s another commodity, traded among the super-rich. And, laments Jon Hughes, the Yanks have bought ‘my’ club

The Smithsonian Institute's Museum of National History in Washington DC 'toned down' an exhibition on climate change to avoid offending senior politicians, Time magazine has reported.

Climate change has officially become a security issue today, as a debate on its implication for global conflict gets underway at the UN Security Council.

'I can no longer sit back and allow terrorist infiltration, terrorist indoctrination, terrorist subversion, and the international terrorist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.' Commander George the Ripper Bush at Madison Square Garden

Most discussion of population misses the point. The earth simply cannot support our lifestyle.