Sustainability
Copenhagen Accord Was an "Important Step Forward," Says U.S. Climate Negotiator
Todd Stern now thinks the most effective way forward to reining in climate change is via a smaller group of major carbon-emitting countries
Stories by Douglas Fischer
Sustainability
What Would Failure to Combat Climate Change Quickly Mean?
A new study quantifies for the first time what happens to long-term policy options if mid-term emissions targets are not met
Sustainability
Can Alternative Energy Save the Economy and the Climate?
The "new energy" economy rolls forward even as hopes for an international deal to combat climate change at Copenhagen shift into reverse.
Sustainability
Engineering the Planet to Dodge Global Warming
Can geoengineering buy time to combat climate change?
Sustainability
Can Local Governments Solve Global Warming?
Local governments vow to press ahead with emissions reductions regardless of the outcome at the upcoming international Copenhagen talks. Can those efforts carry the day?
Sustainability
What Would Failure at Copenhagen Mean for Climate Change?
The planet's quickening pace toward irreversible climate change grows far more dire if world leaders fail to find a way to stem emissions this December, experts warn.
Sustainability
Can a Number Solve the Climate Change Conundrum?
Organizers of 350 Day aim to stabilize the planet and prevent disaster. Turns out many more are paying attention than expected
Sustainability
Rising Ocean Acidity Erodes Alaska's Fisheries
New research from the University of Alaska Fairbanks suggests Arctic waters are already seeing the effects of acidification, with potentially dire consequences to Alaska's rich crab and salmon fisheries...
Sustainability
Who's to Blame? Making Poor Nations Share the Cost of Fighting Climate Change
A proposal to set international carbon-reduction targets based on the distribution of one billion "high emitters" in both developed and developing countries
Health
Global Warming Impacts In Every Corner of the United States
White House report calls for response to wide-reaching effects of climate change
The Sciences
Climate Change Hits Poor Hardest in U.S.
A new study finds that the poor will be disproportionally affected by global warming, even in the U.S
Sustainability
Even Deep Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Will Not Stop Global Warming
Drastic emissions cuts won't stop the global warming from gases already in the atmosphere
Cognition
Renewable Energy Could Solve Economic, Environmental and Social Problems
New EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, among others, touted renewable fuels as one solution to a variety of problems
Sustainability
Jetting Their Way to a Better Understanding of Global Warming
Scientists have taken the first crack at solving a fundamental climate mystery: where and when greenhouse gases enter and leave the atmosphere
Sustainability
Cleaning the Air Helps Cool the Planet
Emissions cuts offer "greatest potential for substantial, simultaneous improvements in local air quality and near-term mitigation."
Sustainability
The Dirty Side of Clean Coal
As long as mountaintop removal mining continues coal cannot be clean, even if the pollution from burning it can be minimized
