From King Coal to Carbon Tax: A Historical Perspective on the Energy and Climate-Change Debate
Paul Sabin
Paul Sabin
Yakout Mansour
There is a new tool sharpening California's renewable vision. It is in the form of a state-of-the-art system control center that houses the first dedicated renewables dispatch facility in the nation.
SETH BORENSTEIN
WASHINGTON – The health of the world's oceans is declining much faster than originally thought — under siege from pollution, overfishing and other man-made problems all at once — scientists say in a new report.
The latest estimates on endangered species
Fiona Harvey
Greenhouse gas emissions increased by a record amount last year, to the highest carbon output in history, putting hopes of holding global warming to safe levels all but out of reach, according to unpublished estimates from the International Energy Agency.
Jonny Hogg
* FAO says deforestation of world's biggest forests slowing
* Agriculture and population pressure still a big threat
The New York Times
EDWARD WONG
DANJIANGKOU, China — North China is dying.
Jennifer Carpenter
Areas where food supplies could be worst hit by climate change have been identified in a report.
Some areas in the tropics face famine because of failing food production, an international research group says.
EDWARD WONG
CHONGQING, China — A Chinese official says the planners of the Three Gorges Dam failed to properly gauge its effects on lakes and other bodies of water downstream, according to a report on Thursday in Shanghai Daily, an English-language newspaper.
Conor Riffle
As the U.S. sees increased severity and frequency of hurricanes and tornadoes, there is perhaps no timelier reminder that the world's cities face devastating impacts from climate change.