Environment
The Blue Food Revolution: Making Aquaculture a Sustainable Food Source
New fish farms out at sea, and cleaner operations along the shore, could provide the world with a rich supply of much needed protein
Clean Air Policy1146 articles archived since 1845
Environment
Teaching Bankers about Climate Change
Why is HSBC teaching its employees about global warming? David Biello reports
Environment
Another Reason to Hate Shopping Sound Tracks
The background music in stores and shopping malls designed to spur sales also spur emissions of greenhouse gases. David Biello reports
Technology
Obama's State of the Union: The facts about high-speed rail in the U.S.
President Obama made several references to the development of high-speed railways in the U.S., during his State of the Union Address, and stated that one of his administration's goals is to, within 25 years, "give 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail." In support of this goal—which would go a long way toward alleviating air and road traffic and its associated pollution—the Obama administration last year began doling out the $8 billion it had promised for such projects as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)...
Environment
Is Coal Fly Ash Responsible for Mass Extinction?
Forget CO2, the toxic aftermath of coal burning might be responsible for the worst mass extinction event the world has ever known. David Biello reports
The Fish Farm Revolution [Slide Show]
Fish farming could be a sustainable source of food in future
Environment
The Fish Farm Revolution [Slide Show]
Fish farming could be a sustainable source of food in future
Environment
Electronics Waste, Graveyard Ships May Be Sending Toxic PCB Plumes to West Africa
Ships' graveyard may be behind high levels of banned chemicals.
Environment
Strike Off the Band, Says Penguin Study
Banding penguins to track them is bad for their health, a new study reports. David Biello investigates
Environment
No Such Thing as a Free Parking Spot
It's not just driving our cars that harms the environment, parking them also poses a problem. David Biello reports
January 2011 Briefing Memo
Radioactive Smoke: A Dangerous Isotope Lurks in Cigarettes
The tobacco industry has known for decades how to remove a dangerous isotope from cigarettes but has done nothing about it. The government now has the power to force a change
Behavior Frontiers: Can Social Science Combat Climate Change?
Scientists remove some of the guesswork about how individuals will use energy in 2050 by looking at past campaigns to induce personal change and their effectiveness
Environment
The Earth in 2010
What were the biggest environmental stories in 2010? David Biello reports
Environment
EPA Plans Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for Power Plants and Refineries
New rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from existing and new power plants and oil refineries could take effect in 2012
Environment
Game Theory: Climate Talks Destined to Fail
Environment
Newsmaker of the year: NOAA's Janet Lubchenco in the eye of the storm
She set out to revolutionize US ocean management -- but first she faced the oil spill. Jane Lubchenco is 's Newsmaker of the Year.
Environment
Dimming city lights may help reduce smog
SAN FRANCISCO—City lights may do more than hide a starry sky: they could indirectly worsen daytime smog. Measurements of light pollution over Los Angeles have revealed a brighter glow than chemists expected—bright enough to destroy chemicals that would otherwise help cleanse the air during a dark night...
Chemistry
The Spewings of Titan (and More from the AGU Meeting)
Scientific American editor Davide Castelvecchi joins us from San Francisco to talk about some of the highlights of the meeting of the American Geophysical Union, including volcanoes on Titan, x-rays from lightning, the biota of the Sulawesi Sea, and the connection between light pollution and air pollution...
The Price of Coal in China: Can China Fuel Growth without Warming the World?
China relies on coal for most of its energy while striving to cut greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution
