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How the melting Arctic could spread invasive species far and wide
Global warming has opened up the Northwest Passage to shipping, which could mean that invasive species have an easier time hopping from port to port.
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Republicans confirm they don’t know squat about science
GOP politicians are using a new tactic as they fight climate action: playing dumb.
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Arizona: Fight for Clean Air and Clean Energy Inspires a Family of Activists
Kathy Mohr-Almeida and her daughter Anna (pictured at the right) – along with millions of others in Arizona and surrounding states – could breathe a little easier if the Environmental Protection Agency steps up to enforce the Clean Air Act protections for Navajo Generating Station, one of the biggest polluters in Arizona. Kathy and Anna […]
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Organic farming is great, but it’s not Jesus
Organic agriculture can indeed do good things for the soil that reduce greenhouse gases. But overselling the advantages can backfire.
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Thanks to coal, U.S. CO2 emissions are up. Good thing Obama’s about to regulate coal plants.
A five-year decline in U.S. CO2 emissions is over, and the main culprit is increased coal burning.
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The senator and the moose: Whitehouse makes the climate case in New Hampshire
Rhode Island's Senator Who Cares About Climate goes on a fact-finding mission to the Granite State -- and finds it's all about the moose.
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Beetles and climate change helped create this huge wildfire in Alaska
A megafire broke out this week along Alaska's southern coast, which could be a sign of what's to come for the warming state.
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Obama’s foreign policy doctrine includes climate action
In his speech, he made a brief call for multilateral cooperation on a climate treaty, but he should have said more about the serious threats posed by global warming.
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Michelle Obama’s food fight with GOP: Schools just want to have funds
Politicians fighting over funding for school lunches are lurching toward loosening rules when they should really get serious about boosting funding.
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Denmark, Portugal, and Spain Leading the World in Wind Power
By J. Matthew Roney Denmark produced one third of its electricity from the wind in 2013. In no other country has wind’s share of annual electricity generation yet topped 30 percent. But the Danes are not stopping there—they are eyeing a goal of 50 percent wind by 2020, with most of the needed expansion coming […]
