The House of Representatives today is swinging a sledgehammer at a cornerstone of contemporary American democracy and undermining the most extraordinary body of environmental law in the world.
With the world facing ever-growing negative consequences of burning fossil fuels, we must weigh our options. In doing so, wind power comes out ahead. However, a backlash has been growing in many places where wind power is being developed.
Former Vice President Al Gore has a clear picture of climate reality, but a hypocritical and counter productive view of political reality.
While we in North America are still waiting for a cap-and-trade system, cap-and-tax, or really anything to put some kind of price on carbon or incentive to reduce emissions, Tokyo is already taking positive strides.
There's nothing wrong with America that three million new industrial jobs using innovative technologies wouldn't solve. What manufacturing needs is markets, finance, and policy support. Can we do it?
Beyond the brinkmanship and legal wrangling, Europe's path is clear. The ETS has committed to cutting emissions 21 percent against 2005 levels by 2020.
The European Court of Justice is set to hold its first hearing today on the legality of the European Union's emissions trading plan for the airline industry.
If our cities must be dense to be competitive and sustainable, we must also look with care to the potential displacement of uses, institutions or traditions -- not to mention the artifacts we will leave behind.
While much is yet to be discovered about the full effect of hydrofracking, what is known to date would suggest that the gas industry would want to really take a good look at developing a long-term investment strategy of renewable resources, quickly.
It's summer in the city, and that means weekends at the beach, walks in the park, and, for the third year in a row, the annual slaughter of Canada geese.
The day-to-day activities of the parents and three eaglets were captured live through the Raptor Resource Project and Ustream. There have been over 181 million views. This makes the eagles the most watched live stream from a single source -- ever.
If the current Maine legislature has found its way to pass such forward-looking reforms, they can happen anywhere.
Industry representatives frequently charge that federal fishery managers use bad science to make decisions. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
The real attraction of the scythe to me is aesthetic. I love the elegance of it, and the way that it turns a tiresome chore into a moving meditation.
Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? looks at possible causes of colony collapse disorder as well as the millennia-old relationship between bees and humans that had been so mutually beneficial for so long.
The stream of reactor disasters spewing from this dying industry is certain to escalate. The toll rises with each leak at Fukushima, every flame at Los Alamos, each legal brief at Vermont Yankee, every foot of Nebraska floodwater.
New statistics from the UN state that roughly one-third of the food produced worldwide for human consumption is lost or wasted, amounting to some 1.3 billion tons per year.
In scathing terms, one of Japan's honest citizens lashed out the other day, claiming that rather than do what is in the best interest of the people, the government is simply making decisions to "prolong its own life."
I just left a 14-year career at Intel Corporation to ride bikes around Iceland with my wife and two children. I didn't make this decision on a whim. It began three years ago, when I decided to review how I prioritized my time.
Joel Reynolds, 2011.07.06
Edward Flattau, 2011.07.06
Carl Pope, 2011.07.05
