Epic Drought Prompts Los Angeles Mayor to Vow 20 Percent Cut in Water Use
The mayor of Los Angeles aims to reduce local water use by 20 percent over the next three years to address a record drought through a mix of voluntary measures for residents and mandatory restrictions for city departments, the city said on Tuesday.
Do Plastic Bag Bans Work?
Can such initiatives make a dent in the amount of plastic litter?
Credits and Fines Allow Carmakers to Comply with Fuel Efficiency Standards
Cars, SUVs and pickup trucks sold in the U.S. are quickly becoming more fuel efficient, in large part because Federal rules require them to be.
Global Pesticide Scorecard Maps Performance
The prevalence of pesticides may seem like something of a bygone era, one marked by Silent Spring and the Bhopal Disaster, but the grim reality is that they are unfortunately very much around.
A Personal Rapid Transit System for Raleigh Commuters?
We long ago lost the skill of paying for the things we need: I won’t bore you with the statistics of how far we are behind in our infrastructure investments.
Climate Moms (and Dads) Fight Global Warming
How one environmentalist made combating climate change part of every parents' job description
Physics Nobel Honors Energy-Saving Lightbulbs
Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura won the 2014 physics prize for the invention of the blue light–emitting diode
Carbon Capture Begins at First Full-Sized, Coal-Fired Power Plant
On October 2, the Boundary Dam power plant in Saskatchewan became the first full-sized coal-fired boiler to capture the copious carbon dioxide that had previously billowed from its smokestack, preventing the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere.
Merchants of Doubt Author Slams "Corrosive" Climate Change Skepticism
Historian of science Naomi Oreskes, now at Harvard, first came to my attention 20 years ago, when she and two co-authors argued in Science that “verification and validation of numerical models of natural systems is impossible.” In The End of Science, I cited the Oreskes et al.
U.S. on Track to Become World’s Leading Liquid Petroleum Producer
The U.S. is on track to become the world’s leading liquid petroleum producer. According to IEA, domestic production of oil was about 11.5m barrels a day in August, and the Financial Times reports that we are likely to surpass Saudi Arabia’s production for the first time in 23 years.
London's Famous Red Phone Booth Goes Green and Solar-Powered
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Some of London's famous red telephone boxes are going green, transformed into free, solar-powered mobile chargers to provide a carbon-neutral source of energy in the city.
What Are the Most Dangerous Threats to Air Quality?
Smog and soot top the list, even though there are remedies for both