In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, a study suggests that conservation can protect potential storm victims
Environment
In the Greenhouse: Forests Get More Water Efficient as Carbon Dioxide Levels Rise
Nature may have its own way of adapting to climate change, as a new study shows that forests get more economic with water as greenhouse gases levels increase
Beyond the Keystone Pipeline
Why Obama’s alternative-energy agenda may be his biggest legacy
Climate Change Could Make Hurricanes Stronger—and More Frequent
Existing research suggests that hurricanes could become stronger but less frequent thanks to climate change. But a new study says both could happen.
Obama’s Climate Words Are Nice. His Climate Deeds Are Even Nicer.
Obama has probably done more than anyone in the history of the planet to reduce carbon emissions
This Year’s Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Could Be the Biggest on Record
Food Recycling: Composting the Big Apple
New York has always been terrible when it comes to recycling, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to change that. But can he get New Yorkers to recycle their leftovers?
How to Use Behavioral Science to Encourage Energy Efficiency
TED talk from Alex Laskey, the co-founder of the energy efficiency company Opower.
Before and After: A Satellite Captures Damage and Recovery from Superstorm Sandy
A look from above reveals the long road to full recovery in New York and New Jersey.
Energy Independence and Other Myths: A Q&A With Michael Levi, Author of The Power Surge
Michael Levi is my favorite energy wonk — and not just because we both had to endure waiting for hours in the cold outside the 2009 U.N. climate-change conference in Copenhagen.
Flooding Swamps the Midwest
Torrential rains across the central United States forced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to close about a dozen locks on the Illinois River and the Mississippi Rivers north of St. Louis late last week.
North Dakota, a Portrait of an Oil Boom
North Dakota’s oil boom has been called everything from the region’s equivalent of a gold rush, to its version of Silicon Valley. And it’s all thanks to a the Bakken formation, a 360 million year old shale tectonic plate sitting …
State Dept: Build the Keystone Pipeline or Not, the Oil Sands Crude Will Flow
While the environmental movement has made the Keystone XL pipeline a line in the sand for U.S. climate policy, the project itself will have little impact on carbon emissions and on climate change.