Climate Technology
All Stories
-
![faucet and glass]()
![faucet and glass]()
Study links fracking to drinking water pollution
Water wells close to natural-gas operations in Pennsylvania were more likely than others to be contaminated with dissolved methane and other gases, researchers found.
-
![FBI agent with gun]()
![FBI agent with gun]()
FBI chases anti-GMO activists while ignoring Monsanto’s transgressions
Somebody uprooted GMO sugar beet plants, and the FBI is in hot pursuit. But it's not concerned about the illegal Monsanto GMO wheat that popped up in a field recently.
-
![]()
![]()
EPA delays fracking safety study until 2016
The agency is investigating the risks posed to drinking water by fracking. It was supposed to be done in 2014, but now it says it'll be two years late.
-
![]()
![]()
One day your car battery could be made of wood
Scientists at the University of Maryland just tested a battery made of sodium, tin, and microscopic wood fibers from yellow pine trees.
-
![]()
![]()
Taco Bell is making its meat healthier by refusing to call it “meat”
But if the word “meat” makes things sound unhealthy, what about the words “Taco Bell”?
-
![]()
![]()
Watch as these fourth graders flip the switch to turn their classroom solar
This project was so good that the U.S. government took notice and made this great video.
-
![man reading green book]()
![man reading green book]()
Ask Umbra: Which college major will lead to a green job?
A reader's green-minded son can't decide on a degree. Umbra hits the books.
-
![]()
![]()
Germany takes the first step toward a supergrid
Germany is moving to build a "supergrid" that can carry renewable energy long distances. Will the U.S. catch up? Will the world?
-
![sign:]()
![sign:]()
Massive Montana mine has tribes fighting over coal exports
A huge new coal-mining project just OK'd by the federal government pits a Montana tribe against native communities in the Pacific Northwest.
-
![A bald eagle]()
![A bald eagle]()
Wind industry and enviros team up to study bird deaths
A new project will collect and publish hitherto secret data on bird kills at wind farms, aiming to help a clean energy source get even cleaner.
