From King Coal to Carbon Tax: A Historical Perspective on the Energy and Climate-Change Debate
Paul Sabin
How Climate Change is Already Affecting the World's Major Cities
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.
Decline of honey bees now a global phenomenon, says United Nations
03-10-2011
Michael McCarthy
Thursday, 10 March 2011
Coal's hidden costs top $345 billion in U.S.: study
02-16-2011
Scott Malone
BOSTON | Wed Feb 16, 2011 11:57am EST
Scenario To Cap World Emissions By 2020 Is Fading Fast, Warns IEA Economist
From his perch as chief economist for the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol is virtually shouting his global warming predictions from the Paris rooftops.
Figures On Global Climate Show 2010 Tied 2005 As The Hottest Year On Record
By JUSTIN GILLIS
New government figures for the global climate show that 2010 was the wettest year in the historical record, and it tied 2005 as the hottest year since record-keeping began in 1880.
Canadian Study Sees Global Warming For Centuries
01-09-2011
REUTERS/Alister Doyle
- Effects of CO2 to be felt for centuries in deep oceans
- Massive Antarctic ice shelf threatened
- Emissions cuts still considered worthwhile
By Jeffrey Jones
2020 Emissions Set To Exceed Dangerous Levels By One Third
10-06-2010
Tianjin, China: Global greenhouse gas emissions under current policy settings could be up to nearly one third more in 2020 than the trend needed to avoid catastrophic climate change, according to the latest “gigatonne gap” analysis conducted by WWF.
Flushing Energy?
In the United States water and wastewater treatment plants are net users of energy.
In China, Pollution Worsens Despite New Efforts
Peter Parks/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
A coal-fired power plant in Linfen last December. A new report blamed coal-burning plants for continued deterioration of the air in Chinese cities.