Health
Is Radioactive Hydrogen in Drinking Water a Cancer Threat?
The EPA plans to reevaluate standards for tritium in water
Stories by David Biello
Sustainability
China Holiday Travel Puts Spotlight on Transportation
Lunar New Year means tens of millions of travelers in China, mostly by bus but increasingly by car, which is bad news for air quality. David Biello reports
Keystone Pipeline Will Impact Climate Change, State Department Reports
How much can one oil pipeline affect global climate change? That’s one of the fundamental questions probed by a new, final environmental impact assessment released January 31 by the U.S...
12 Graphics that Contain Everything You Need to Know about Climate Change
Climate change is real, it’s here and it will be affecting the planet for a long, long time. That’s the lesson of the latest iteration of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change‘s state of climate science report, released in its entirety on January 30...
Sustainability
Can Fracking Clean China's Air and Slow Climate Change?
China is drilling ahead for shale gas, but the country faces economic, environmental and geologic challenges in tapping the resource
Sustainability
If the Fuel Source Ain't Clean, Your Electric Car Ain't Green
A host of factors determine the role of electric and hybrid cars in reducing greenhouse gas pollution, such as whether coal is their ultimate fuel source. David Biello reports
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Sustainability
Heat Is on These Countries for the Heat
A new analysis calculates each of the world's countries total amount of CO2 pollution, along with responsibility for the ensuing global warming
Sustainability
What a Transportation Revolution in China Looks Like
Can China find a fuel alternative for its swelling number of transportation vehicles?
Sustainability
How Dangerous Is the Coal-Washing Chemical Spilled in West Virginia?
Do not drink the water, but it's also not time to panic
Sustainability
E-Waste Dump among Top 10 Most Polluted Sites
A list of the 10 most polluted places on Earth ranges from nuclear sites to e-waste dumps
Sustainability
What You Should and Shouldn’t Worry about after the Fukushima Nuclear Meltdowns
Fresh meltdowns at the devastated nuclear facility are unlikely but years of slow, dangerous labor to repair the existing damage are guaranteed
The Sciences
When Was the Last Time Volcanoes Erupted on the East Coast?
Volcanoes on the East Coast of North America are more recent than you think—and they may be why the region still suffers relatively large earthquakes
Sustainability
Is the Secret to Cheap Energy Storage Hiding in Harlem? [Slide Show]
The material in disposable batteries may hold the secret to making an inexpensive storage system that can feed the electrical grid
Sustainability
How to Win the War on Coal
Can technology save the world's dirtiest fuel?
Sustainability
The Science of U.S. Energy: A Q&A with Secretary Ernest J. Moniz
From clean coal to infrastructure resilience, the new Secretary of Energy has plans for combating climate change
Sustainability
How Nuclear Power Can Stop Global Warming
Nuclear power is one of the few technologies that can quickly combat climate change, experts argue
Sustainability
How Long Have Humans Dominated the Planet?
A call goes out for a new global effort to puzzle out humanity's ecological history over the last 50,000 years or more
Sustainability
Dangerous Global Warming Closer than You Think, Climate Scientists Say
Two new reports lay out the case for fast action and increased awareness
How China’s Pet Dogs Might Save Wild Tigers
On the streets of Beijing, little old ladies coax even littler dogs to do their business. Some even bear the little plastic bags carried by civically conscious urbanite pet-lovers everywhere...
Sustainability
What Do China’s New Policies Mean for the Environment?
BEIJING—A Chinese high speed train whispers into the station, before finally engaging the brakes and coming to a stop with a sound like the tinkling of breaking glass.
