Common garden weeds are more nutritious than kale, Berkeley researchers find.

When a jury found Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller responsible for causing a man’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma it set a dangerous precedent for 8000 similar cases against the agro-chemical giant, a precedent Monsanto wants overturned

Yale survey shows 70 percent of Americans prioritize protecting the environment over growing the economy

Spinach can lose 90% of its vitamin C content within 24 hours of harvest, and 50 percent of its folate and carotenoids within a week. By the time it’s purchased in the grocery store, it’s often more than a week old.

Lining city streets with trees reduces physiological symptoms of stress in humans. The thicker the tree cover, the lower the stress levels, study finds.

The number of factory-farmed animals drowned in Hurricane Florence is already double the number in Hurricane Matthew and expected to go up. 13 manure lagoons are overflowing, with 55 more about to overflow into local rivers and groundwater.

Since the 1970s, Brother K has stood on street corners around the country peacefully protesting a silent, hidden war on American boys and men — circumcision.

At least one of Duke Energy’s giant coal-ash piles has collapsed, displacing 2000 cubic meters of ash containing arsenic, lead and mercury, likely into North Carolina’s drinking water.

39,000 tons of coal ash spilled from a coal ash pond in Eden, NC, in 2014, contaminating 70 miles of the Dan River. Credit: Waterkeeper Alliance

People who consume lots of whole-fat dairy live longer and have lower rates of heart disease than those who consume skim milk or no milk.