Climate Change
- Schneiderman crushes Koch Brothers in climate-change lawsuit
- The Great German Energy Experiment--"Germany has decided to pursue ambitious greenhouse-gas reductions—while closing down its nuclear plants. Can a heavily industrialized country power its economy with wind turbines and solar panels?"
- In Rising Use of Air-Conditioning, Hard Choices--"Gases that damage the ozone layer are mostly out of use in air-conditioning, but replacements used in developing countries are potent agents of global warming."
- Scientists attribute extreme weather to man-made climate change
- Climate change drives salmon evolution--"Salmon DNA records stretching back over 30 years show that nature has increasingly selected for fish that migrate from the ocean earlier in the year. It is among the first pieces of genetic evidence that climate change is driving the evolution of a species."
- Chihuahua: Where the rain doesn't fall any more--"A record drought in northern Mexico has prompted warnings that the region's climate may have changed for good."
- Rise in sea level can't be stopped, scientists say
- U.S. Sees Hottest 12 Months And Hottest Half Year On Record
- US record heatwave leaves dozens dead
- US wildfires are what global warming really looks like, scientists warn
- 2011 Texas drought was 20 times more likely due to warming, study says
- Feeling the heat--"Still don’t believe in climate change? Then you’re either deep in denial or delirious from the heat."
- The Daily Show Uncovers Corporate Conspiracy -- And a Big Revolving Door -- Behind Simplot's Water Contamination
- Don't Scuttle The U.S. Navy's Biofuels Program
- Senate Blocks Attempt to Overturn EPA Emissions Standards
- Hungary's Thick Red Line--"Spanish photographer Palíndromo Mészáros documented the effects of a massive toxic aluminum spill in Hungary."
- Mexico axes Baja resort over environmental fears--"Mexican President Felipe Calderon says he is cancelling the construction of a huge tourist resort in Baja California over concerns it could damage a nearby marine reserve."
- Confirmed: Fracking can pollute--"A new study explodes the gas industry's claim that fracking won't contaminate local drinking water." Salon
- North Carolina Lawmaker Presses Wrong Button, Accidentally Legalizes Fracking--Thankfully for her, the NC governor vetoed the bill.
- New Anti-Fracking Film by Gasland's Josh Fox Targets Cuomo: 'Governor, What Color Will the Sky Be Over New York?'
- Shallow and transparent? Australia's ocean protection plan comes under fire
- Australia creates world's biggest marine park, bans drilling
- Australia introduces controversial carbon tax
- 20,000 sea turtle eggs crushed by heavy machinery on Trinidad beach
- 21 Nations Block Effort to Turn Southern Atlantic Into Giant Whale Sanctuary
- We’re destroying the seas--"As big fish dwindle from the oceans, swordfish, tuna and marlin could disappear." Salon
