
Dig This: China Cuts Coal Production
The biggest single source of global warming pollution actually started to shrink in 2014. David Biello reports
The biggest single source of global warming pollution actually started to shrink in 2014. David Biello reports
Gates Foundation CEO Dr. Susan Desmond-Hellmann and Scientific American Editor in-Chief Mariette DiChristina talk about the foundation set forth in its recently released annual letter...
The U.S. Senate voted 62 to 36 yesterday to build the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline that would bring oil from tar sands in Canada down through the U.S.
Alabama residents can now see more clearly
The U.S. and India pledged to work together toward a new pact to curb global warming
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released a report showing that homes with solar panels typically sell for $15,000 greater than those without solar panels installed...
The Senate's battle over the controversial pipeline is likely to have an impact on presidential politics
Natural gas and government policy are driving a reduction in coal burning and mining
A Q&A with Nobel laureate Mario Molina on climate change
President Barack Obama's sixth State of the Union address, his first before a Republican-led legislature, was studded this evening with references to science and technology amidst talk of middle class tax cuts, thawing U.S...
Five years go an impressive, international group of scientists unveiled nine biological and environmental "boundaries" that humankind should not cross in order to keep the earth a livable place...
The White House announces new plans to slash emissions from the oil and gas industry
Households that got weekly messages about the lower pollution they generated via efficiency cut energy use much more than did residents who were told how much money they were saving. Cynthia Graber reports
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Over the holidays, while visiting family in Southwest Missouri, where I grew up, I saw one of the oddest sights on local roadways since armadillos started showing up as road kill: multiple Chevrolet Volts...
Secretary of State John Kerry begins to lay the foundation for India-U.S. climate talks
Low oil prices present an opportunity to come to grips with our crumbling infrastructure and the cost of climate change. David Biello reports
A new rule would require oil and gas companies all greenhouse gas emissions from fracking
The EPA delays to combine its new rules for power plant pollution
A new analysis reveals the nations—U.S. included—that must sacrifice exploiting much of their carbon-based energy resources if they are serious about combating climate change...
Historic cap-and-trade program expands to cover gasoline and diesel but slumping prices hide the impact
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