If in one of the most defining texts of the human species we'd been charged with stewardship -- instead of dominion -- of the natural world, not some sort of consequence-free control over it, what sort of spiritual understanding would have evolved?

Somewhere in between lies the future: 'Nobody ... is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change' and 'The Judeo-Christian worldview is that ... Nature has no intrinsic worth other than man's appreciation and moral use of it'

If in one of the most defining texts of the human species we'd been charged with stewardship -- instead of dominion -- of the natural world, not some sort of consequence-free control over it, what sort of spiritual understanding would have evolved?

Somewhere in between lies the future: 'Nobody ... is going to be untouched by the impacts of climate change' and 'The Judeo-Christian worldview is that ... Nature has no intrinsic worth other than man's appreciation and moral use of it'

Coal, the rock that fueled the industrial age, is once again remaking the global energy landscape

The challenges don't justify ending the pursuit of renewable power; they justify reforming it. It is time to push harder for renewable power, but to push in a smarter way

How do we manifest responsibility to the planet? A serious consensus is building across the globe that doing so is crucial, that the weather extremes of recent years are no less than global warming in action

Forty years ago, the Club of Rome produced a report warning humanity that its escalating wants were on a collision course with the world's finite resources and that the only way to avoid a crash was to stop chasing economic growth. The predictions proved spectacularly wrong. But the environmental alarmism they engendered persists

A clean China is a long way off, but the government has recognised that pollution imposes real and growing costs on the economy

The world faces a daunting array of energy challenges. Oil remains indispensable to the global economy, but it is increasingly produced in places that present big commercial, environmental, and geopolitical risks; greenhouse gases continue to accumulate in the atmosphere; and the odds that the world will face catastrophic climate change are increasing

The reason why we were all in Des Moines is because Iowa is where Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution, was born -- and where the World Food Prize Foundation has its headquarters. I was there to help honor one of the prizewinners: David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, whose goal is to encourage our government to consider the needs of the poor. Simply put, it lobbies for hungry people

People think sustainable travel means really roughing it, but there are a range of options and a range of opportunities. You don't need to be one specific kind of traveler, and you don't need to be overwhelmed. Follow these tips for a green vacation everyone will love

Although warnings that water crises, even water wars, are pending have a long history -- and a long history of being overblown -- there are increasing signs that the management of water resources worldwide is now reaching a tipping point.

It's the time of year again: Kids and parents around the country are getting ready for another school year, and that means serious shopping time. But before you head out for a marathon shopping day, think about the ways you can go green to make your child's school year an eco-friendly one

The reality of climate change doesn't change the stark reality for auto manufacturers, who must toe the line whether the regulations will actually cure an ill or not. The order of the day is to limit car and truck carbon dioxide emissions. The EPA ruling isn't just a game changer, it's an epoch changer. These new regulations potentially change the nature of the vehicle you drive each day

By making a few easy changes to your party-planning strategy, you can cut back on waste, reduce your use of natural resources and even slash your spending budget. Here, Green Chic author Christie Matheson serves up eight tips for eco-fabulous entertaining

Before a large international audience in Shanghai for the World Expo, the director of China's National Energy Administration pledged to begin shutting down his country's coal-burning power plants and give 'greater priority to the development of clean and low-carbon energies.' If only that were true

European Court of Justice Advocate General Juliane Kokott ruled that the European Union proposed cap on airlines, which applies even to North American carriers, is legal

A report commissioned by the Australian government has revealed the pristine natural winter snow of the Australian Alps could disappear by 2050. The 'Caring For Our Australian Alps Catchments' report said the Alps are endangered by climate change

These days, car manufacturers are converting cars and trucks they make to hybrid and electric power. But is the direction we are headed the right direction? Will it result in the greatest good for the greatest number of people? A new white paper suggests that it isn't

Nuclear fuel is available in the United States and is virtually unlimited. We don't have to drill for it. We don't have to mine it nearly as much as we do for coal. And thanks to technology, we can safely recycle 'nuclear waste' and turn most of it into more fuel

Reduce, reuse, recycle: We all know the phrase. While reducing what you use is one thing, understanding the difference between reusing and recycling is another

Fueled by efforts to lessen the impact of food on the environment, food miles advocates strive to eat foods grown locally, which have traveled fewer miles, in order to reduce their carbon footprint by reducing the release of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that may contribute to climate change

Water is the most essential and most awkward of natural resources. It has no substitutes, but many uses - as drinking water, for sanitation purposes, in agriculture, in industrial processes, in electricity generation. Water's versatility makes it coveted by many different consumers, each with their own needs and political heft

Risk assessments are supposed to lead to decisions that provide more security. However, after a series of tragic failures such as the nuclear meltdown in Japan, BP's deadly blowout, and the destruction caused following Hurricane Katrina, it is becoming increasingly clear that there are serious problems with our ability to accurately evaluate and mitigate risk. The question is, why?

One year and 206 million gallons of oil later, all that gushes from the BP wreck is blame. Lawyers appear to outnumber the ocean microbes. Everybody's suing BP, while BP sues the rig owner and the maker of the blowout preventer. Folks barely grazed by the disaster have received settlement checks, while others along the Gulf who got wiped out are still waiting for compensation

At her fourth congressional hearing in two weeks, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson appeared on Capitol Hill again to defend the president's 2012 budget requests for the agency. House Republicans grilled her on the cost of the agency's regulations, as they attempt to make drastic cuts to the EPA's funding in the current budget debate

We are living in a new age of sophism -- but without a modern equivalent of Socrates to remind the public just how silly our highly credentialed and privileged new rhetoricians can often sound

Good news about energy is rare. So the world should take notice of the recent dramatic increase in natural gas, perhaps the greatest shift in energy-reserve estimates in the last half century. This development is an unmitigated boon for affordable energy, energy sources that emit less carbon dioxide, and governments that hope to reduce the political power of major oil- and gas-producing countries

More than 6,000 environmental officials from throughout the world started a new round of United Nations talks in Cancun, hoping to reduce global warming. But they are likely to fail, because the world has become a less eco-friendly place in recent months

'Never mind.' That, in a nutshell, is the White House's new position on domestic oil exploration. In March, President Obama announced that he would allow -- or at least entertain -- some new oil development off the Atlantic Coast and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. This week he reversed himself, saying such exploration is now off the table for at least five years