On July 28, member states of the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to adopt a historic resolution that recognizes that a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right. While the ...

Many aspects of your daily life impact your mental health, including your living space. When your home gets cluttered and messy, it can negatively impact your mental health, just like a clean space ...

Listening to some politicos on the campaign trail, it's easy to assume that most Americans are against protecting the environment and that government should simply let the market regulate itself. For ...

New Mexico's budget relies heavily on oil and gas revenue, but the state also bears the scars of generations of mining and drilling. So when Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, a former law professor and ...

For almost three years now, Connecticut state legislators have been arguing over whether they should address environmental problems in a way only three other states have tried. With a new legislative ...

Aruba’s government is moving to enshrine twin environmental rights in its constitution that would recognize that nature has inherent rights and also affirm a human right to a “clean, healthy and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about sustainability law and policy. For the first two weeks in December, the International Court of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

This story was published in partnership with New York Focus, a non-profit news publication investigating how power works in New York state. Sign up for their newsletter here. In November 2021, New ...

Living and dead whitebark pine stand together at a U.S. Forest Service research and restoration site at the Snowbowl ski area near Missoula, Mont. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Perspective by Scott ...

As the Group of 20 leaders gather in Cape Town, clean air features on the agenda as a standalone priority for the first time in the forum’s history. The reality, however, is stark. Outdoor air ...