EnvironmentAugust 6, 2015
How Far Does Obama's Clean Power Plan Go in Slowing Climate Change?
The U.S. energy transition will continue under the new plan, but it needs to move even faster
Clean Air Policy
EnvironmentAugust 5, 2015
EPA Clean Power Plan: Start Trading Carbon, Please
The new rule includes panoply of changes to help states trade emissions
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EnvironmentAugust 3, 2015
Fact or Fiction?: Natural Gas Will Reduce Global Warming Pollution
Has burning natural gas instead of coal helped the U.S. economy decarbonize? It's complicated
EnvironmentAugust 3, 2015
Obama Followed Long, Winding Path to Clean Power Plan
More than seven years into Obama's administration, he finally partially fulfills a pledge to confront climate change
EnvironmentAugust 3, 2015
U.S. Unveils Strengthened Clean Power Plan to Combat Climate Change
Changes to the final rule may assuage many industry and state concerns but the coal industry vows to fight
EnvironmentJuly 31, 2015
Big Polluting Vehicles Roar Back with Low Gasoline Prices
But increased fuel efficiency may yet restrain pollution in the U.S.
EnvironmentJuly 30, 2015
Google Street View Soon to Picture Local Pollution, Too
Technology emerges to crowdsource levels of greenhouse gases and smog
EnvironmentJuly 28, 2015
What CityLab Gets Wrong about EVs
How one error keeps tripping up analysis of electric vehicles
EnvironmentJuly 27, 2015
Hillary Clinton Vows to Make U.S. a Clean Energy Superpower
A new campaign video aims to make climate change a big part of the Democrat's presidential election effort
EnvironmentJuly 24, 2015
Dirty Air Correlates with Lower Grades in Texas Schoolchildren
El Paso school kids with higher exposure to air pollution had worse grades
EnvironmentJuly 21, 2015
Fossil Fuel Burning Obscures Radiocarbon Dates
Increasing atmospheric carbon from burned fossil fuels will make historic dating more difficult
EnvironmentJuly 15, 2015
Gap Widens Between U.S. Climate Policy and Coal Leasing
Scientists see a disconnect between leasing lands to mine coal and cutting back on CO2