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Will natural-gas cars start to catch on?
It's relatively cheap to fill up a car with natural gas, thanks to the fracking boom. But natural-gas cars are still pricey and filling stations are still rare.
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Study: When Republicans understand climate science, they support climate action
Once Republican voters grasp the reality of climate change, they start to support efforts to do something about it, according to new research.
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Big Coal loses out in Indiana, despite employing two state lawmakers
A planned $2.8 billion coal-to-gas plant could be doomed now that the state legislature has approved tough new ratepayer protections.
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Cap-and-trade puttering along quite nicely in the Northeast U.S.
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative produced $1.6 billion in economic value for participating states, a new study finds. Yes, carbon trading can be good for the economy.
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You can apply to be a professional polar bear spotter
Do you have outdoors experience, good eyesight, firearms expertise, and a loud voice? You could go work for the governor of the Svalbard Islands, spotting polar bears.
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Think methane hydrates are the next big thing? Think again.
Renewables are on a much more solid path to affordability than methane hydrates.
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Weird wintry weather and the climate-change link
It's warm on the coasts and cold and snowy in between. And some kind of hellish weirdness in the Texas Panhandle.
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A Chinese group has been selling fox and rat meat as mutton
This isn't the only group selling sketchy meat in China: Police say they've arrested 904 people for similar offenses.
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More Than One Million Actions for Climate and Clean Energy in 100 Days
This week marked six months since Superstorm Sandy, and it was also the end of our 100 Days of Action for Climate and Clean Energy, which we kicked off when President Obama began his second term. In those 100 days, more than one million Americans from across the country attended large-scale rallies and local events, […]
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This is what happens when you don’t double-check your GPS
You know cars can't climb stairs. We know cars can't climb stairs. But this driver, and more importantly his GPS, did not seem to know that cars can't climb stairs.
