A compilation of some of the most disturbing factoids about BP and the federal government's response to the catastrophe.

Eco-publisher giving away copies of Riki Ott's book on the Exxon Valdez spill, <i>Not One Drop</i>, in exchange for donations to help in the Gulf coast relief e

Why are government officials still blocking journalists from documenting the Gulf oil spill? What are they hiding, and why is Obama letting it happen?

Get out of the car and onto public transit to celebrate National Dump the Pump Day!

The makers of eco-docu 'FUEL' wants you to attend two big events to help end America's addiction to fossil fuels.

100,000 barrels per day and a tilting wellhead presage doomsday scenario, according to an industry insider.

But like those civilizations that have disappeared mysteriously, ours seems headed in the same direction —disaster.

Oilman-turned-solar entrepreneur Jeremy Leggett says there's only one shot to plug the well, and getting it wrong comes with a heavy price.

ClimateCulture launches a campaign asking individuals to do their part in reducing the need for oil. Not sure this one will go over well in middle America.

The answer, it turns out, is simple: BP didn't want workers to be disturbed by "false alarms."

Environmentalists are pledging to go oil free August 21 and 22. Are you up to the challenge?

MNN family blogger's attempt to live without oil while embarking on a family vacation.

Global clock tallies environmental and energy impacts, and poses some frightening stats.

Brian Schweitzer makes headlines for discussing how we use our military to protect our energy interests abroad.

No matter how much nostalgia they generate, they're out of step with $4 a gallon gas and concern about foreign oil dependence.

The Republican presidential candidate from Minnesota thinks she has the magic touch for lowering prices at the pump.

There's a lot to sort out in Libya's post-Gadhafi era, but there should be good news for the American consumer.

The cartoonist responsible for beloved webcomic xkcd is also an ace infographic designer. His "Money Chart" is the definitive portrait of a cash-strapped, cash-

Rather than achieving energy independence through a mix of renewables and fossil fuel, the Republican team is betting heavily on new oil drilling. The big probl

Shell's futurists spin scenarios of a worldwide turn to electric vehicles and hydrogen power.

It's just not possible to feed meat to the 7 billion (and growing) people on planet Earth.

From Texas and Colorado through the Midwest, South and East Coast, tornadoes are tearing through the U.S.

Amid an uproar from some conservatives, the Obama administration will delay an industry-funded effort to promote real Christmas trees over plastic replicas.

Kermit pops into ‘Saturday Night Live’ to discuss the school lunch standards.

Schools don’t have to discard textbooks with the old food pyramid in them. They can supplement what they have with free material about MyPlate from the USDA.

Sensational headlines and varying reports about a North Carolina school lunch incident would have us think so.

Officials will offer money to owners of environmentally sensitive farmland if they idle it in a conservation program instead of growing crops.

Food news and items of interest from around the Web for your weekend reading.

Consumers get outraged when they realize that foods labeled 'all-natural' contain genetically engineered ingredients. But GMO-free is

The MyPlate icon is starting to pop on food packaging. What are the USDA’s rules for companies that want to use it, and does its appearance on a package imply

The agency bows to pressure from the livestock industry to backtrack on urging people to reduce their consumption of meat.

Looks like the USDA forgot its 'A' stands for all agriculture and not just beef this week, and Monsanto might have more power than the federal court system. It'

In the second Healthy Lunchtime Challenge kids enter their best original lunch recipes for a chance to attend the Kids’ State Dinner.

A new report ranks meat and poultry based on outbreaks of foodborne illness.

A pilot project in Ithaca, N.Y. will rent space in a community freezer for people to store bulk meat purchases.

What good can an additional serving of fruit or vegetables a day do?

New rules will require breeders who sell pets online to have a USDA permit. They also must pay an annual licensing fee and consent to random inspections.

In Mexico, a drug cartel is extorting money from avocado producers and killing those who won’t pay. There’s no perfect way to avoid buying them.

“Inconvenient Truth” producer Laurie David teams up with Katie Couric to make a film that has the Grocery Manufacturers Association defending its efforts.

Food and Water Watch parodies “Portlandia’s” awesome chicken sketch to make a point about factory farming inspections and urges consumers to take action.

A new report has some sobering statistics about how much food is wasted on the retail and consumer ends of the food chain.

Foods that are healthy also tend to be sustainable. Should the USDA guidelines reflect that?

In its Week in Review video, a USDA rep says it’s OK to eat that dry pasta several months past its sell-by date.

A request for a USDA Process Verified label for its non-GMO product has raised questions. Here are some answers.

New dietary guidelines put a limit on added sugar, and changed their tune on dietary cholesterol. Good news for egg lovers.

The government no longer requires Country of Origin Labeling on meat, and the USDA has rescinded a grass-fed beef label.

On the heels of the government's dietary guidelines, Environmental Working Group releases its own version, free from food industry interference.

A petition to to the USDA to allow food stamps to be used online could make affordable, healthy foods easily available to people in food deserts.

The USDA is asking makers of meat, dairy and egg products to stop using "sell by" and "use by" dates and adopt a universal "best if used by" label.

The new USDA label for "bioengineered food" doesn't answer basic questions that some shoppers will have about genetically modified foods.