East Coast to be overrun by billions of cicadas
Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast.
Western black rhino declared extinct
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, Africa's western black rhino is now officially extinct.
Cancer doctors slam drug industry for immoral profiteering
More than 100 leading cancer specialists from around the world have denounced the "astronomical" costs of cancer drugs, suggesting that drug companies are engaged in unethical profiteering.
Major explosion at Detroit tarsands refinery
A major explosion occurred on April 27 at the Marathon Detroit Refinery in Detroit, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the sky above and pollution into the air.
Michigan, Louisiana latest victims of oil, chemical spills
April 1 was no joke in Lansing, Michigan, when equipment at a power plant malfunctioned and caused 300 gallons of oil to leak into the Grand River.
Impending disaster uncovered at Louisiana refinery
An EPA inspection uncovered numerous air quality and job safety and health violations that ExxonMobil did not report at the nation's second largest oil refinery.
Climate rally last weekend the biggest ever
The nation's capital hosted what was billed as the largest climate rally in U.S. history.
Anxiety drugs in the water are affecting fish
Dumping of drugs into water, flushing medicines down the toilet, or passing through people's bodies in an un-metabolized form are ways pharmaceuticals enter rivers and streams.
Leaders arrested on eve of anti-Keystone XL pipeline rally
Prominent environmental and human rights leaders were arrested Wednesday outside the White House while protesting Keystone XL pipeline construction.
Obama signals strong action on climate change
Many environmentalists are encouraged by the fact that Obama is now starting to discuss climate change more.
