Energy
Girl Scouts Teach Parents How to Cut Energy Use
The girls improved their own energy-saving behaviors by 49 percent, too
Stories by Elizabeth Harball
Energy
Inside a Western Town That Refuses to Quit Coal
Coal provides the economic engine for a small town in eastern Montana
Energy
Is There a Future for Western Coal?
Mining coal in the Powder River Basin is no longer a sure bet
Sustainability
To Comply or Not? Obama's Climate Plan in Limbo at State Level
Scalia's death has complicated states' political calculus on whether to keep up Clean Power Plan discussions
Sustainability
Coal Country Plans for Carbon Trading
West Virginia is leading the fight against Obama's Clean Power Plan, but would use markets to comply if forced
Sustainability
Clean Power Plan Hits the Books, Soon the Courtroom
Legal challenges expected from states as plan to combat climate change becomes official
Sustainability
Pope Francis Supports Pres. Obama's Message on Climate Change
Pope calls for “serious attention”
Sustainability
EPA Clean Power Plan: Start Trading Carbon, Please
The new rule includes panoply of changes to help states trade emissions
Sustainability
Largest Forest Restoration in U.S. History Aims to Shrink Wildfires
High hopes and high tensions surround the test project in Arizona
Sustainability
Africa's Congo Could Lose Vast Forests
The Democratic Republic of the Congo needs aggressive protections against foreign investors who want to turn the second-largest forest stock on Earth into farmland
Sustainability
Climate Change May Have Souped Up Record-Breaking Texas Deluge
Deadly downpours flooded Texas and Oklahoma and may have been exacerbated by global warming
Sustainability
Tall Trees Sucked Dry by Global Warming
Climate change will challenge tall trees like California's redwoods
Sustainability
Locals Versus Corporate Carbon Offsets in British Columbia
Tree plantations draw the wrath of farmers and ranchers who see the practice driving up land prices
Sustainability
Cutting Down Trees May Save a Sprawling Forest
The nation's biggest forest thinning project moves ahead in Arizona
Sustainability
Massive Wildfires Speed Loss of Northern Trees
A new analysis finds widespread forest loss in Russia and Canada
Sustainability
As Carbon Dioxide Grows, Tropical Trees Do Not
Scientists had assumed that trees would use increasing concentrations of CO2 to grow more but research shows that is not the case
Sustainability
Should American Wood Fuel European Power?
Growth of wood-fueled power generation in Europe spurs protests from Southern environmentalists in the U.S.
Sustainability
Global Warming Fired Up Heat Waves in 2013
Scientists find a link between increasing greenhouse gas emissions and deadly hot spells but drought and downpours proved more complicated
Sustainability
Agribusiness Drives Most Illegal Deforestation
Environmental group links as much as 65 percent of illegal tree cutting to commercial farming
Sustainability
Wildfire Smoke Proves Worse for Global Warming
Climate change means more wildfires and wildfire smoke helps further heat the atmosphere
