Plants and Soils Could Accelerate Climate's Warming, Study Warns
As the climate warms, plants and soils may not absorb more carbon as scientists once thought. By Robert KrierWhen climate scientists try to estimate how much the Earth will warm due to increasing...
View ArticleA Smart Grid Primer: Complex and Costly, but Vital to a Warming World
Transforming the archaic power network to a smart grid has taken on added urgency post-Sandy. What upgrades are needed, why and what's the holdup? By Elizabeth Douglass and Maria GallucciA week after...
View ArticleSpreading Like Wildfire, Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Striking a Moral Chord
The primary aim of student-led campaign at 150-plus universities is to make climate change the moral issue of the generation. By Katherine BagleyA divestment campaign aimed at fossil fuel companies...
View ArticleAs Climate Disasters Soar, Environmentalists Take on Role of Relief Agencies
Greenpeace and others are adding 'climate disaster relief' to their missions both for humanitarian purposes and to raise awareness of global warming. By Katherine BagleyGreenpeace usually makes its...
View ArticleClimate Science Makes an 11th-Hour Comeback in 2012
Climate change was a politically taboo subject during nearly all of 2012. What a difference a superstorm makes. By Katherine BagleyThis was the year climate change vanished from the political...
View ArticleQ&A: The Challenges of Facing Coming Climate Extremes
'Every month that goes by, we get further in the hole,' says environmental law expert Michael Gerrard in an interview. By Katherine BagleyIn an essay after superstorm Sandy, Michael Gerrard, director...
View ArticleAbout a Dozen Environment Reporters Left at Top 5 U.S. Papers
As NYT dismantles its environment desk, increased pressure on a handful of remaining journalists covering complexity of climate change. By Katherine BagleyThe news last week that the New York Times is...
View ArticleJohn Kerry Says He'll Control Keystone XL Review as Secretary of State
Climate change is among the 'life threatening issues' that define U.S. foreign policy, he tells Senate Foreign Relations Committee. By Maria GallucciSen. John Kerry made it clear Thursday that he will...
View ArticleFor U.S. and China, World’s Biggest Climate Polluters, It’s Still Business as...
Despite claims of concern over climate change and progress toward cleaner economies, the trajectory of their CO2 emissions is not bending down fast enough. By Maria Gallucci and Paul HornChina and the...
View ArticleClimate Change Impacts Absent from FEMA's Redrawn NYC Flood Maps
Scientists argue new FEMA flood maps may be too conservative because they don't consider future sea level rise, with implications for Sandy rebuilding. By Katherine Bagley2/6/13: Paragraph 11 of this...
View ArticleSen. Whitehouse's Climate Crusade Aims to Awaken Congress 'Sleepwalking...
When the Rhode Island Democrat takes the floor each week to lecture his colleagues on climate, the room is usually empty. But still he persists. By Lisa SongIn October 2011, when most politicians were...
View ArticleObama Thin on Climate Promises, Tempering Hopes and Some Expectations
News analysis: In his SOTU, the president was navigating through familiar political crosswinds—including GOP opposition and adamant demands from activists. By John H. Cushman Jr.2/13/13: This story...
View ArticleThe Most Influential Climate Science Paper Today Remains Unknown to Most People
Just six pages long, it is stoking a new moral urgency for climate action and forcing the financial world to reconsider the value of fossil fuel reserves. By Katherine BagleyIt is probably the most...
View ArticleFlickers of Life for Clean Fuels Standard as Oil Sands Plans Form
Plans are taking shape to pipe carbon-heavy Canadian oil to the Northeast, pushing into gear an effort to size up CO2 costs of fuels used in the region. By Maria GallucciAs concerns rise over plans to...
View ArticleClimate Change Science Poised to Enter Nation's Classrooms
New standards recommend teaching man-made global warming in all science classes. Some textbook publishers to incorporate curriculum immediately. By Katherine BagleyNew national science standards that...
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