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When the IPCC climate report came out last year, Canada's environment minister had planned to say something mildly sensible, then thought better of it.
A reader wonders if he can get a pass on imported hardwood, since it's fast-growing and bee-yutiful. Umbra polishes up his understanding of sustainable timber.
There's no way to be sure if Delhi's air pollution is worse than Beijing's, but this Delhi-based reporter concludes both cities are filthy.
They're calling on Obama to speed up natural gas exports in order to "stand up for freedom and democracy." At least one Democrat is joining in too.
A 11,875-pound geodesic sphere, covered in 2,688 Waterford crystals, illuminated by 32,256 LED bulbs, powered completely by human energy.
If Tyson Foods owned agricultural waste, we might have cleaner water.
Nick Hand rode 500 miles from Manhattan to Hudson Falls, following Pete Seeger's "dirty stream," interviewing and photographing working people along the way.
Can open fields capture atmospheric carbon and stash it away in the soil? You bet, says the data from a project in Marin.
An atmospheric scientist solicited funding online for research into pollution from coal trains, and now his preliminary results are in.