In 2010, greenhouse-gas emissions increased more than they ever had before in one year. Blame the tepid economic recovery. The EPA's going to release initial results from its fracking investigation next year, but the final report won't come out until 2014. Dig into the dysfunction of the Keystone XL approval process and the fighting between EPA, the White House, and the State Department. Obama wants to cut tariffs on green goods. World's! Most! Efficient! Solar Cell! (It converts 36.9 percent of solar energy into power.) Where are the green jobs and clean energy projects? This interactive map knows.

The financial turmoil of the past few years has made venture capital financing hard to come by, but clean technology is still raking it in. In this past quarter, cleantech companies raised more than $1.1 billion, according to Ernst & Young. That's a huge jump -- 73 percent -- from last year. Most of the money's going to big projects, like energy storage and energy production. As the government continues to freak out about its own involvement with innovative cleantech companies, it's a good sign that the private sector still has enough faith in renewable energy to put money into …

Natural gas fracking caused an earthquake in England. And a spate of quakes in Oklahoma. And while the idea that fracking for natural gas causes earthquakes has been floating around, these quakes offer stronger proof that fracking seriously messes with the environment. And while these quakes, peaking in intensity around the high 2s on the Richter scale, haven't caused notable damage, Climate Progress' Joe Romm makes a good point: Would we tolerate this sort of impact from any other sort of industry? Would we tolerate it from a renewable energy industry? The answer there is no: Quake concerns are squelching …

Cute. Fox News is trying to discredit the IPCC before its latest report’s even out. This wind turbine, which looks kind of like a kitchen strainer, has 30 blades, makes less noise than the three-blade models, and is more energy efficient. As climate change sets in, some animals will get smaller, but some will grow. In Maryland, reducing emissions won't mean losing jobs, according to studies commissioned by the state’s Department of the Environment. Will climate change mean wine drinkers will have to trade in California pinot noirs for California barberas? (That's an Italian grape, which does better in heat.) …

In New York City, for all its wonders, it's not uncommon still to hear the childless pronounce that they "could never imagine raising kids in the city." Turns out they might have a good reason for that. Although kids who grow up in cities have a certain worldliness about them, raising urban kids does have its drawbacks, like impaired cognitive function from exposure to air pollution. To be fair, the latest study that documented this problem centered on Mexico City, a place as polluted as they come. Of the 30 children studied, the ones who grew up in the city …

The Keystone XL company thinks changing the pipeline's route could be unconstitutional. Rick Perry appears to want to piss off Iowa. He's against ethanol and now wind subsidies. Fracking probably caused an earthquake in England. Michael Mann, one of the Climategate scientists, is still fighting off groups that want access to his email. Levi Strauss is getting in on climate action because the company is afraid jeans will get too expensive.

The International Panel on Climate Change is gearing up to release its next big report, and climate deniers are gearing up to poke futilely at it, claiming it's wrong in every way possible. But if you, like a normal human being, believe in science, you can get a sneak peek -- the Associated Press got its hands on part of the draft. Here are a few things the report says that we can expect: more droughts; more intense monsoons and flooding;  and hotter heat waves. The AP says that the new report focuses on these "harder-to-analyze freak events" that might …

Despite promises to ease up on advertising to kids, the sugary beverage industry has been increasing marketing to children. If you’re keeping score at home, this is the opposite. They accomplished this feat with a diabolical genius: While pledging to keep their brands out of "television, radio, and print," brands like Coca-Cola have reached out to kids in the media the young 'uns are actually paying attention to -- social media, smartphones, cause-related marketing, and the like. And since everyone knows that soda is bad for you, sugary beverage companies have worked on hawking "fruit drinks," which tend to be …

There's a "2-in-3 probability" that we're already experiencing worse climate extremes, thanks to climate change. Nebraska lawmakers are starting to consider a new route for Keystone XL today. Apparently the Center for Biological Diversity is "virtually alone" in linking population growth and environmental problems. (Apparently New York Times reporter Mireya Navarro hasn't been reading Grist.) Britain, at least, has been using less stuff for the past decade. There's BPA in receipts. It's not a huge problem if you're don't work hours at a cash register each day, but it also means BPA is seeping into recycled paper. Nature Valley is …

Mother Jones has a long investigation into the treatment of elephants at Ringling Brothers. In short, the conditions they live in are beyond horrible. According to records and testimony turned up in court, trainers: beat elephants with hooks and other tools, while maintaining the animals are trained using only verbal cues and tenderly cared for rarely give the elephants the rest stops they're supposed on non-stop cross-country trips, on which they're stuffed into boxcars with piles of their own feces claim that train rides "satisfied [the elephants'] 'nomadic' urge to roam" As a result, the elephants: have herpes, like all …