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Etch A Sketchy: Romney used to favor high gas prices

In 2006, Romney supported high gas prices as a way to discourage consumption. He's since hit the reset button on that talking point, too.

Stephen Lacey Energy March 22, 2012

Boehner bombs: House speaker fails on transportation bill

With just hours left before a congressional holiday, it looks like House Speaker John Boehner, rather than accepting a bipartisan compromise, has opted to do nothing about the nation's roads.

Greg Hanscom Cities March 28, 2012

No end in sight for the GOP’s holiday-from-reality primaries

As long as Mitt Romney fails to clinch his nomination, we'll be talking about all the wrong things.

Scott Rosenberg Politics March 6, 2012

You can make fuel cells out of cockroaches

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have figured out how to make cockroaches into creepy-crawly batteries. Finally, living in filth...

Jess Zimmerman Energy February 7, 2012

10-year-old discovers new energy-storing molecule by accident

Fifth-grader Clara Lazen was just messing around with a molecule modeling kit in class, trying to construct a stable molecule...

Jess Zimmerman Climate & Energy February 3, 2012

Fighting coal export terminals: It matters

The fate of the U.S. coal industry hinges on its ability to increase exports to China and India. If activists can quash coal export terminals, they can hobble the coal industry.

David Roberts Energy May 1, 2012

Beekeepers to EPA: We’re running out of time

Over a million people have asked the EPA to remove the pesticide linked with honey bee die-offs from the market. Will the agency listen in time?

Claire Thompson Food and Agriculture March 29, 2012

Maryland blazes the trail to get arsenic out of chicken feed

A new Maryland law will keep arsenic out of chicken feed -- and out of a good portion of the waterways in one of the densest chicken-producing parts of the United States.

Alison Fairbrother Food and Agriculture April 19, 2012

Inside New York City’s defunct quarantine hospital

Photographer Ian Ference had to get special dispensation from the New York City parks department to visit North Brother Island,...

Jess Zimmerman Cities February 1, 2012

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