Brian Kateman News Today

What’s “good” for humanity has, many times throughout history, come at the expense of other sentient beings.

What can go wrong when humans try to outsmart Mother Nature? Plus more from the week so far in Opinion

Supreme Court decision to uphold California’s Proposition 12 was a key focus at several conferences.

At a meat-reduction conference in Denver, some people showed flagging spirits amid a year of bad news for the industry.

The state of the environment in California — as in the U.S. — is grim this summer. A record-breaking heat wave. The first tropical storm recorded in 84 years in

What serves as a motivating and encouraging outlook for some looks like a complacency cover to others.

Does hope for the future push us back into our past?

Our eco-friendly food and drink winners provide for feasting that does the planet well.

The deaths of seven horses ahead of the Kentucky Derby renewed calls to ban the sport and raised debate over whether it can continue without dramatic changes.

Nature documentaries in particular bring us close to ecosystems and species that are beyond most people’s reach.