Wilderness & Resources

By Jennifer Mishler Last year we told you about how you can go to visit the huge oak tree featured at the end of The Shawshank Redemption. Well, it turns out you might want to take that trip as soon as possible...

By John Vidal Shell faces a bill of hundreds of millions of dollars after accepting full liability for two massive oil spills that devastated a Nigerian community of 69,000 people and may take at least 20 years...

Brazil's government says destruction of the Amazon rain forest rose in June as compared to the same month last year. The National Institute for Space Research tracks the deforestation using satellite imag...

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Tourist season is peaking in northern New Mexico but there are no visitors at the heart of much-loved Bandelier National Monument, tucked into the ancient canyons northwest of Santa Fe. ...

By China DeSpain Freeman Ian Somerhalder, everyone’s favorite vampire (move over Rob Pattinson), has a busy day planned. Late last night he...

By MATTHEW BROWN and GARANCE BURKE Three weeks after a broken Exxon Mobil pipeline spilled 1,000 barrels of oil into the Yellowstone River, federal officials remain unsure how many pipelines carrying hazardous ...

Exxon Mobil Corp. said Wednesday that it plans to use vacuum trucks to suck any remaining oil from a failed pipeline near Laurel that spilled an estimated 42,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River. ...

By Wynne Parry Buried deep beneath the sediment of the North Atlantic Ocean lies an ancient, lost landscape with furrows cut by rivers and peaks that once belonged to (more…)...

Mining is a fact of life, right? We need to find the materials under the earth’s surface in order to survive. While this may or may not be true, mining possesses some serious risks to the environment and ...