A group of major oil and gas companies today unveiled plans to invest more than $1 billion towards tackling climate change by accelerating development of low emissions technology such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) and energy efficiency ...

Alabama State University Board of Trustees placed university president Gwen Boyd on administrative leave during a meeting Friday.

Instructor says he was fired -- shortly after he complained to accreditor -- for refusing to water down his curriculum and requirements. Another instructor quit rather than comply.

Federal officials have warned authorities in New York City, Texas and Virginia about an unspecific threat of attacks by al Qaeda militants around Election Day, putting local law enforcement on alert days before the vote

Most of humanity has lost a vital connection with the natural world — a connection that, from our species’ origins until recently, informed and sustained our participation in nature.

Children need to be protected from pervasive junk food adverts in apps, social media and video blogs, the World Health Organization says.

A UK university has been criticised for cancelling a guest lecture after a British academic refused to produce his passport

Virginia’s public colleges and universities will share the pain of closing a $654 million budget shortfall in the next fiscal year.

Investors fret that the Education Department's lengthy scrutiny of the U of Phoenix's proposed sale means the deal might be nixed. Politics and optics might be reasons for the delay.

In Senegal and other developing countries, multinational companies are investing in programs to restore mangrove forests and other wetlands that sequester carbon.