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An uncommonly sharp kink in the jet stream is partly responsible for plunging more than half of the United States into the freeze.
A trio of fiery train crashes prompted the federal government to warn that oil fracked from the Bakken shale formation is especially dangerous.
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.
If we continue to crank up the heat, there will be no skiing at all in Park City, Utah, by the end of the century. In an average year, there will be no snow.
What is needed if we are to have a chance of enacting a renewable energy revolution in enough time to...
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.
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.
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.
