Climate Climate & Energy
All Stories
-
Isaac just graduated to hurricane, is aimed right at New Orleans
The most recent NOAA update won't provide evoke much relief on the Gulf Coast.
-
Miners’ mandatory attendance at Romney rally cost them a day’s pay
Coal miners in Ohio really got the shaft when Romney came to town.
-
Rush Limbaugh says Obama manipulated hurricane forecasts to delay GOP convention
The conservative radio host spins out a truly wacky conspiracy theory.
-
New York’s fracking war: Activists rally in Albany; Bloomberg tries to make fracking cleaner
Hundreds protest against fracking in the state capital, while New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg makes a $6 million grant to the Environmental Defense Fund to help make fracking more eco-friendly.
-
Awesome commercial shows you how to harness a rude giant’s antisocial tendencies
This power company ad is the most charming and poignant commercial for renewables we've ever seen.
-
Your meat-eating days are almost over, water experts say
With water shortages looming and global population rising, burgers will soon be a luxury we can't afford, say water experts.
-
Record drought sends cattle hoofin’ East [VIDEO]
American expansion took ranchers West. Now the drought is forcing them back East in search of greener pastures.
-
Arctic sea ice at record low — until the new record next year
Or, to be more optimistic, in 2014.
-
20-foot radioactive ant will make you pretty concerned about nuclear power
Nuclear power didn’t make this radioactive ant — art did. But the 20-foot insect, which is made out of beads of uranium glass, is not just a terrifying work of art, but a commentary on the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown. The ant is part of an installation called “What The Birds Knew,” by artists Ken […]
-
Massive explosion at oil refinery in Venezuela leaves 41 dead
The massive fire destroyed hundreds of nearby homes. Local residents complained of a gas smell shortly before the accident.