Environment
EPA Contest Pushes Building Owners to Lose Energy Flab
EPA's first National Building Competition will pick a winner that makes further strides in energy efficiency
Stories by Jessica Leber
Environment
How Will American Automakers Meet New Fuel Efficiency Standards?
Advanced transmissions, efficient engines and some smaller cars represent one strategy that would help an automaker meet the nation's first-ever greenhouse gas standard
Environment
How Farmers in Kenya Might Adapt to Climate Change
Kenya is struggling to emerge from a drought that saw at least 10 million people facing starvation. Even in a nation dominated by an arid and semiarid climate, rising global temperatures are ending what little predictability farmers could count on in the past...
Environment
Can Local 'Domes' of Carbon Dioxide Affect Human Health?
New research shows that local spikes in atmospheric CO2 concentrations could contribute to premature death by increasing ozone concentrations
Biology
Environmentalists Sue to Declare Whitebark Pine Endangered
Can a mountain tree be an endangered species?
