African-American Civil Rights Groups Finally Embrace Environmentalism
When I started blogging 8 years ago, the blogosphere like a lonely place. I hadn’t yet met another Black Science blogger (and I wouldn’t come across another one for 2.5 years), so when I rolled out the Green Carpet for Earth Day, I felt my voice was puny.
Avalanche on Everest Endangers Expedition
Editor's Note: Ulyana Horodyskyj and her team of scientists and Sherpas were scheduled to reach Mt. Everest base camp this morning, just when a massive avalanche occurred above the camp, killing 12 Sherpas who were already working there.
Soot and Smog Put China's Babies at Risk
China’s smoke-belching coal plants and heavy traffic may be signs of a bustling economy but health experts fear the country’s dirty air is hurting its infants
Beijing's Bid to Move Polluting Firms Watched Warily in Nearby Regions
Costs of Climate Change May Prove High for Future
Our descendants will pay a higher price for greenhouse gas build-up as real costs are updated over time
Nuclear Power Also Needed to Combat Climate Change
The rise of renewables helps, but in order to eliminate fossil-fuel pollution nuclear power is also required, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Big Leaks Found in Pennsylvania Fracking Wells
Methane escapes from natural gas wells even before fracking, according to new direct measurements from flying over in an airplane
Air Pollution Intensifies Pacific Storms
Pollution from China's coal-burning power plants has increased the strength of storms in the Pacific Northwest by 10 percent over the last three decades
Offshore Drilling Exhibit Opens at George Bush Presidential Library
The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M University has a new exhibit that tells the story of offshore drilling and the 41st President’s previous life as an oilman.
Controversy over Biofuels and Land Cut from IPCC Summary
How much does planting biofuels instead of crops lead to the spread of agricultural fields, cutting down yet more forests?
How to Solve Global Warming: It's the Energy Supply
Carbon storage has to expand rapidly, or coal burning has to cease, if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change
Car, Truck and Airplane Pollution Set to Drive Climate Change
Greenhouse gases from transportation may become one of the greatest drivers of human-induced climate change, according to a draft of the forthcoming U.N. fifth assessment report on mitigation of climate change