At first glance, funding climate action through soil carbon credits instead of taxpayer dollars may seem like a win-win ...

A wave of new policies is making climate-related disclosures mandatory for a large swath of the global economy, including ...

Seven years after the conclusion of the Uruguay Round, it appears appropriate to consider possible improvements in the functioning of the WTO system.

On 3/27/2001 Fred Kirschenmann, of the Leopold Center in Iowa, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry to prepare for the research, extension and education ...

Factory farms -- giant livestock farms also known as feedlots that house thousands of cows, chickens or pigs -- produce staggering amounts of animal wastes. As a new NRDC report shows, the way these ...

Fresh fears over the safety of genetically modified foods surfaced faced yesterday after new research revealed that food allergies relating to soya increased by 50 percent last year. A study by Europe ...

The use of the genetically engineered hormone rBGH not only increases the risk of cancer and other illnesses, but it intensifies the already unhealthy confinement of animals in industrial-scale dairy ...

Scott Gremel makes his way swiftly and surely up the steep trail, across a frigid stream, through the colossal stands of hemlock and Douglas fir. On the ridgeline, thousands of feet above where he ...

Today the movement against corporate-driven globalization is at a decisive juncture. There are different proposals on how to move forward. Oftentimes, clarification of the demands of the moment are ...