Climate Climate & Energy
All Stories
-
![]()
![]()
U.N. lists air pollution as carcinogen
If you want to avoid lung cancer, the United Nation's cancer-research body has some advice for you: Don't breathe.
-
![Broomfield, Colo.]()
![Broomfield, Colo.]()
Colorado frackers pump out cash to ward off ballot initiatives
The Colorado Oil and Gas Association has spent more than $600,000 in its effort to defeat proposed fracking bans and suspensions in four cities.
-
![Mountain pygmy possum]()
![Mountain pygmy possum]()
Australian scientists rescue wildlife by hand from changing climates
A new formula will help Australian scientists decide when a species should be evacuated from a landscape affected by climate change, and where it should be moved.
-
![Oregon coastline]()
![Oregon coastline]()
Greens sue EPA over Pacific Northwest’s increasingly acid waters
Carbon dioxide emissions have turned the Pacific Ocean off Oregon and Washington so acidic that shellfish are dying. The Center for Biological Diversity says that's a Clean Water Act violation.
-
![]()
![]()
Powering Japan after Fukushima: Gas drilling isn’t the only choice
When coverage declares natural gas is "the only viable option," it's baking in bad assumptions. We need to read between the lines.
-
![Indian mangrove]()
![Indian mangrove]()
Mighty mangroves shield Indian village from cyclone’s wrath
Villagers in Praharajpur planted and protected mangroves along the coast -- and it paid off over the weekend by helping rebuff a vicious storm.
-
![Click to embiggen.]()
![Click to embiggen.]()
Dramatic charts reveal climate change’s effects on oceans
The oceans are becoming warmer, more acidic, starved of oxygen, and less productive. Here are the results, in technicolor.
-
![]()
![]()
North Dakota officials might finally spill details about oil spill
A North Dakota health official defended the decision to keep an oil spill secret from the governor and public, saying the spill occurred in the "best place" possible.
-
![Newspapers]()
![Newspapers]()
Readers to papers: Stop publishing letters that deny climate reality
The L.A. Times' decision to reject letters to the editor that deny climate science has inspired a petition calling on other major media outlets to do the same.
-
![]()
![]()
When spruce beetles attack!
Drought is making it much harder for trees to defend themselves against invading insects, says a new study.
