Controversial 'fracking' technique to extract gas from the ground was the 'highly probable' cause of earth tremors, report finds.

The small western-European country of Belgium currently has two commercial nuclear sites and a total of seven reactors.

After one of the hottest summers on record, the lake that is the lone water supply and main recreational draw in this tiny West Texas town is more than 99 percent empty.

Electronic waste, or "e-waste", is a major problem of the information age.

Hasbro, the second largest American toy company, today announced a new packaging policy that excludes the use of fiber produced via destruction of rainforests, reports Greenpeace.

Traffic clogged roads out of the Thai capital Friday as tens of thousands of people fled ahead of a high tide expected to worsen floods that have inundated factories and prompted foreign government

New research from the University of Missouri indicates that Atlantic Ocean temperatures during the greenhouse climate of the Late Cretaceous Epoch were influenced by circulation in the deep ocean.

Climate change and population growth in the United States will make having enough fresh water more challenging in the coming years, an expert on water shortages said on Wednesday.

In recent months, ASTM International ("ASTM") has issued or revised key environmental standards governing the performance of and response to environmental site assessments, with potentially signifi

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