AOL News is joining forces with The Huffington Post to bring you the best original reporting, insight and opinion on the web. Join HuffPost Social News using your AOL account!

environmental News

environmental News From AOL News

BP Gulf Oil Spill: A Look Back [PHOTOS]

Apr 15th 2011 – 7:00PM
AP

AP

On April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a massive explosion off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and releasing millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. Take a look back at the photos that captured the damage the oil spill caused to the Gulf's wildlife and industries....

US Lawmakers Form Clean Energy Plan [VIDEO]

Mar 25th 2011 – 11:49AM
AP

AP

Butterflies Make a Partial Comeback in Mexico

Feb 15th 2011 – 8:41AM
Marco Ugarte, AP

Marco Ugarte, AP

MEXICO CITY -- The number of monarch butterflies migrating from Canada and the U.S. to Mexico has increased this year, a hopeful sign following a worrying 75 percent drop in their numbers last year, experts reported Monday. The total amount of forest covered by the colonies -- millions of orange-and-black butterflies that...

When It Comes to Being Green, Browne Is No Pretender

By Chris EptingJan 18th 2011 – 7:32AM
Getty Images

Getty Images

"It's my favorite guitar, and I'm not just saying that." Legendary singer/songwriter Jackson Browne is cradling the beautiful new Jackson Browne Signature acoustic guitar, hand-crafted for him by Gibson, backstage after unveiling it at the recent NAMM music trade show in Anaheim, Calif. "And in the same way Gibson makes...

Scientists Find Dead Coral Near Site of BP Oil Spill

By John O. MembrinoNov 6th 2010 – 10:04AM
Lophelia II 2010 / AP

Lophelia II 2010 / AP

(Nov. 6) -- Scientists have found dead coral in the Gulf of Mexico only a few miles from where the BP oil well blew out six months ago, raising new concerns that damage from the massive spill may be worse than reported. "The compelling evidence that we collected constitutes a smoking gun," Charles Fisher, a Penn State...

Background on environmental

Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements.

more at wikipedia »