
Location, Location, Lifestyle Determines Global Warming Pollution
Where and how you live makes the biggest difference in household climate change impacts, a new study suggests

Location, Location, Lifestyle Determines Global Warming Pollution
Where and how you live makes the biggest difference in household climate change impacts, a new study suggests

"Dark Money" Funds Climate Change Denial Effort
A Drexel University study finds that a large slice of donations to organizations that deny global warming are funneled through third-party pass-through organizations that conceal the original funder

Rivers in Wintry Cities Remain Salty Year-Round
With billions of pounds of salt spread on U.S. roads every year, researchers say that rivers, streams and lakes in the nation’s wintry cities are getting saltier

Climate Change Threatens Retirement Savings
Investment funds may be exposing their investors to future losses by mismanaging climate risk

What Is Iceland without Ice?
A land forged by fire and ice is losing the latter, and with the glaciers go a cultural and societal touchstone

Powder River Basin Coal on the Move
No other coal deposit on the planet is so big, so close to the surface and so cheap to mine as the rich seams in eastern Wyoming and southern Montana. And that's made the Powder River Basin the locus of a national debate on how we develop fossil fuel reserves

Climate Science Lawyers Up
American Geophysical Union adds legal counseling to its Fall Meeting agenda, citing scientists' need to defend against increasing attacks on research, correspondence and public statements

Nations Squabble over Room in the Atmosphere for Pollution
A proposal to assign responsibility for historic emissions prompts a fight over the future of the IPCC and what role the past has in the quest to limit future emissions

Flooding Undermines Seattle's Flower Farmers
Bright blooms are a specialty of Seattle's farmers markets, but the Hmong farmers cultivating that niche market are losing their livelihood to an increasingly erratic Snoqualmie River

Indigenous Elders Abandon Faith in UN Climate Talks
Thousands of delegates are gathered in Warsaw for another round of climate talks. On the other side of the globe, indigenous leaders say they're done with the U.N. talks

Cosmic Rays Not Causing Climate Change
Cosmic rays can have played at most a very small part in global warming, new research finds

Wind Power Proves Effective CO2 Saver
Contrary to claims by critics of wind power, Spanish researchers say, the turbines do reduce carbon dioxide emissions significantly even though the wind does not blow continuously

Warming Lake Superior Prompts Tribe to Try New Fish
On the shore of Lake Superior, the Keweenaw Bay Indians are raising walleye in addition to the traditional trout at their hatchery. They need to keep pace with their changing lake

The Man Who Makes Sea Level Rise Go Away
Armed with a 168-slide PowerPoint and a message that resonates with North Carolina's conservative Legislature, John Droz has notched a remarkable record fighting sea-rise science, coastal development limits and renewable energy plans

Virginia Mayors Plead for Help with Climate Change
Beset by rising seas and fiercer storms, Virginia's mayors voice frustration with a state government still denying the problem of climate change

UK Keeps Old Reactors and Plans New Ones
London insists it needs new nuclear power plants to replace aging ones, but is also granting extended operating permits to those older units

Brazil Faces Drop in Crop Productivity
One of the world's major producers of food needs to adapt its farming practices for climate change

Banks Put a Price on Earth's Life Support
Some of the world's largest banks plan to cut credit for companies that rely on but fail to value forests, water and other natural resources

Sewage Overflow Adds to Detroit's Woes
Increasing downpours as a result of climate change have overwhelmed the struggling city's outdated sewers

Waste CO2 Could Be Source of Extra Power
Dutch scientists have a use for all the carbon dioxide that pours from the chimneys of fossil fuel-burning power stations: Harvest it for even more electricity

Is Solar Suburbia the Way to Power Modern Cities?
Suburban sprawl might prove a solution if homes boast photovoltaics and electric cars

Swamp Rats on the Move as Winters Warm
The invasive rodent known as nutria that has proliferated in Louisiana may introduce itself to other parts of the country

Funding Curbs Won't Slow Coal Comeback
Coal use continues to rise despite recent announcements that development banks will no longer fund the technology

Better Geology Needed to Store Carbon Dioxide
Potential sites for storing the greenhouse gas vary so much that each will need separate appraisal