Clean Air Policy

Margaret Thatcher, who passed away on April 8, saw global warming as a threat

German researchers suggest linking solar, wind and biogas plants could help avoid electricity shortages

As part of a national contest, teams of high school students argue adaptation is the only viable response to global warming whereas another team calls for geoengineering

A new report argues that leaks of methane from the natural gas system may undermine air pollution benefits of switching from burning coal to burning natural gas

The economist who laid out the business case for combating climate change in 2006 suggests that his own review underestimated the risk from global warming

A full listing of the sources and references behind the calculations in this EROI infographic

U.S. coal giants' exports to Europe and Asia are up, and with that global greenhouse gas emissions rise, even if U.S. emissions are falling

The coal industry withdraws 15 percent of China's water, much of it in arid northern China

New Pope Francis I called for protecting the environment, but it remains to be seen how that might happen. David Biello reports

A conference at the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences notes that the incremental steps taken to address global warming are not enough

Two researchers argue that governments need to coordinate a legal framework to allow for geoengineering experiments

China's energy consumption continues to grow, raising worries about supplies it primarily relies on: dirty coal