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20 inches to disaster: U.S. coasts unprepared for higher seas

The lead author of a study on sea-level rise talks about its consequences for coastal towns. Even under conservative estimates, they're not pretty.

Robert Lalasz Science January 4, 2012

The Hunger Games: The world after a climate apocalypse, teen fiction style

The movie version of The Hunger Games, the wildly popular young adult novel set in a future ravaged by climate disasters and food insecurity, comes out this week.

Joseph Romm Science March 19, 2012

Capsized by the rising tide: Does growth lead to income inequality?

The “rising tide” of global economic growth is lifting mostly yachts. But some nations show that inequality and environmental ruin don't have to be inevitable outcomes of economic growth.

Paul O'Brien Science January 28, 2012

Walmart is no savior: More small businesses = healthier people

Big box stores are often billed as saviors for food-insecure neighborhoods, but new research suggests otherwise.

Tom Laskawy Food and Agriculture March 2, 2012

Critical List: The shortest day of the year; some grey wolves to come off endangered species list

Today marks the solstice: the shortest day of the year and the beginning of winter. Things will only get better...

Sarah Laskow Science December 22, 2011

Why is the State Dept. pushing coal on a tiny Eastern European country?

State and the World Bank are pushing a plan to open a heavily polluting coal plant in Kosovo -- saddling the struggling country with debt and producing much more power than it even needs.

Mary Anne Hitt Energy January 31, 2012

Off-ramp: How demolishing freeways is reviving American cities

Former Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist talks about why it makes economic sense to tear out urban expressways, and why a little gridlock might actually be a good thing.

Matt Bevilacqua Buildings March 17, 2012

Markets and climate change: A case of cognitive dissonance

Earlier this month, Nicholas Stern — respected U.K. economist and author of the famed Stern Review on the Economics of...

David Roberts Science December 21, 2011

The Big Apple takes a bite out of childhood obesity

New York City appears to have won a skirmish in its war on childhood obesity. According to a new report...

Tom Laskawy Food and Agriculture December 21, 2011

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