
How Does Air Pollution Affect Clouds?
The answer could help clarify how warm climate change might get

How Does Air Pollution Affect Clouds?
The answer could help clarify how warm climate change might get

Energy: Where does it come from? Where does it go? [Graphic]
Each year, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory publishes a powerful graphic of U.S. energy use. In the most recent version, one can see how the ~97 quadrillion british-thermal units (quads) of energy used in the United States can be broken down by uses and sectors.


Beyond Obama: A Climate Plan with Teeth
Cutting power plant emissions is helpful, but the magnitude of the climate problem warrants a carbon tax

Obama Climate Rules Not Enough to Fight Global Warming
Climate change experts want more certain actions than are called for in the new proposed rule to cut carbon dioxide from power plants

"Sun Kinks" in Railways Join the List of Climate Change's Toll
Railroads could see more sun kinks if climate change-related heat waves become more severe and more frequent

Will New Climate Rules Help or Hurt in U.S. Elections?
Rep. Gary Peters is uncertain whether the EPA's new caps on carbon can help get him elected to the U.S. Senate from Michigan

The Paradox of Pollution-Producing Trees
Why some greenery can make smog worse

How Obama's EPA Will Cut Coal Pollution
Here's a primer on the EPA's upcoming rules for polluting power plants

Minneapolis Park System Ranks as Best for Second Year in a Row

"Impossible" Electric Airplane Takes Flight
The Berlin Air Show witnessed a silent, clean test flight by Airbus's E-Fan two-seater aircraft, which is entirely propelled by electricity

Millions of Cars to Be Scrapped in Anti-pollution Push

China Finds It's Hard to Trade Global Warming Pollution
Pilot cap-and-trade schemes in various places in China have faced a host of difficulties, including a lack of trading