Environment
What Is the Right Price for Carbon?
Some economists charge that the U.S. government is lowballing the cost of greenhouse gases in new regulations
Clean Air Policy1146 articles archived since 1845
Environment
U.S. Bid to Combat Climate Change Starts with Cars and Trucks
The first national regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions aim to reduce fuel consumption in vehicles
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
PET Project: Organic Catalysts Could Increase Plastics Recycling
Environment
IPCC Errors Prompt a Review on Climate Science Data
Environment
Who Funds Contrariness on Climate Change?
Greenpeace is accusing one of the U.S.'s largest conglomerates of sowing confusion around scientific assertions behind climate change
Obama's nuclear policy takes one step forward and two steps back
The Sciences
The Hard Truth: Most Municipal Recyclers Do Not Accept Many Durable Goods
Although Americans are now recycling much of their discarded plastic, they may have to search for venues that accept durable items, such as ski boots, because many municipalities still do not accept articles made of hard plastic...
Environment
What the Frack? Natural Gas from Subterranean Shale Promises U.S. Energy Independence--With Environmental Costs [Slide Show]
Natural gas cracked out of shale deposits may mean the U.S. has a stable supply for a century--but at what cost to the environment and human health?
Environment
What the Frack? Natural Gas from Subterranean Shale Promises U.S. Energy Independence--With Environmental Costs [Slide Show]
Natural gas cracked out of shale deposits may mean the U.S. has a stable supply for a century--but at what cost to the environment and human health?
Environment
Can the Green Economy Survive in a Policy Vacuum?
The green economy continues to show vitality, business leaders say, despite the near-total collapse of global climate talks, stalemate in Washington, D.C., and polls showing decreased urgency to tackle global warming...
Environment
Climate Change Imperils the State of the Planet--Will the World Act?
Efforts to combat climate change continue to grow. But are they big enough? Or fast enough?
Environment
Tracking Trash to Turn Waste into Efficiency
Researchers are embedding sensors with trash to map out how the U.S. waste system works--and improve it
Environment
Turning Bumpy Roads into an Electrifying Product
A summer-time joy ride inspired college students to develop a new method for capturing energy lost while driving a car
Environment
Can a Chemist Deliver Distributed Energy from a Water Bottle?
M.I.T. chemist Dan Nocera hopes to launch a distributed energy revolution via sunlight, water and a cheap catalyst
Technology
Metro Motivation: GM Envisions Networked Mini Cars for City Streets
The automaker introduces its Electric Networked Vehicle prototypes, one third the size of a typical car, as a way to reduce big urban auto emissions and traffic congestion
Environment
How Will Climate Change Affect Arctic Migrations?
With climate change transforming the Arctic, biologists are scrambling to understand the impact on gray whales and other creatures living in the region
Environment
How to Improve Monitoring of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
In order to be sure that agreed emissions reductions are taking place, the U.S. must deploy new monitoring technologies, according to a new report
Environment
Hunting for Projects to Help Fish and Wildlife Adapt to Climate Change
A coalition of hunting and fishing groups argue that billions of dollars are needed to prevent "catastrophic" environmental and economic loss due to global warming
Chemistry
Could a Rich Man's Experiment Trigger an Ice Age?
A new effort will be launched to craft research restrictions for geoengineering, or large scale efforts to tinker with the planet's climate system
