Stories by David Biello

An effort to build a scheme involving crop rotation, ethanol and clean cookstoves in Mozambique was defeated by bad roads, old trucks, slow carbon credits, civil unrest and tradition

Divisions within Colorado highlight a long-term political issue that affects many states

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's new synthesis report adds urgency to the need to cut additional greenhouse gas pollution

The growing popularity of rooftop solar power spurs a utility backlash

The virus spreading in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has led to food shortages and neglect of other devastating tropical illnesses

Plastic-removal machines will enable Ghana's e-waste recoverers to get at valuable metal guts without burning off the exteriors. David Biello reports

 

A breakthrough in fusion could solve the world's energy problems, but remains improbable. David Biello reports

What rules are in place to prevent pandemics?

Fruit bats are the most likely carriers of Ebola but it is human-to-human transmission that matters most now

Infected gorillas and chimps butchered for meat may be behind Ebola outbreaks. David Biello reports

 

On October 2, the Boundary Dam power plant in Saskatchewan became the first full-sized coal-fired boiler to capture the copious carbon dioxide that had previously billowed from its smokestack, preventing the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere.

Can economic incentives evolve to combat climate change?

A World Wildlife Fund report estimates losses of 40 percent of all individual land and sea animals, and a 70 percent population crash of all river animals, since 1970. David Biello reports

 

As world leaders gathered at the U.N. to talk about global warming, mayors set about actually doing something about climate change

The Sunday morning rush hour is not usually known for packing people into subway cars like sardines. But September 21, 2014 was not your average Sunday commute as hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, Americans from across the country and foreign contingents converged on Columbus Circle and Central Park West for the People’s Climate March.

Participlants in the People's Climate March in New York City September 21st hope to persuade world leaders at the U.N. Climate Summit that follows. David Biello reports

 

Scientists who do not typically take a policy position make an exception for climate change

Contrary to previous estimates, the number of people on the planet now seems unlikely to stabilize this century

Flaming tap water comes from bad wells, and not the drinking-water kind. Folks who live closest to natural gas wells in Pennsylvania suffer ill health.

The world united to combat the ozone hole, can we do the same for climate change? David Biello reports

The mighty blue whale is back after being nearly hunted to extinction. David Biello reports

Wilderness is dead, long live the Wilderness Act. On Sept. 3, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson and the U.S. Congress signed into law the Wilderness Act.

Genetic engineering could restore the once profuse North American bird after a century or more of extinction

The first step in solving the world's forest problem is recognizing the world's forest problem. David Biello reports