To Tip or Not to Tip -- That Is the Question for Copenhagen
To reduce the risk of tipping into the unknown, we need a new global deal for sustainable development. Copenhagen should be viewed as a first necessary step toward this new deal.
To reduce the risk of tipping into the unknown, we need a new global deal for sustainable development. Copenhagen should be viewed as a first necessary step toward this new deal.
BBC NEWS | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
Arctic temperatures are now higher than at any time in the last 2,000 years, research reveals. Changes to the Earth's orbit drove centuries of coolin...
BBC NEWS | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
India's greenhouse gas emissions will more than triple over the next two decades, a report has projected. But the document, compiled by experts for t...
Grist.org | Tom Philpott | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green
By Tom Philpott. This post originally appeared at grist.org. In the ongoing debate about whether sustainable agriculture can "feed the world," it's i...
LiveScience.Com | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green
For people who are looking for ways to reduce their "carbon footprint," here's one radical idea that could have a big long-term impact, some scientist...
William Bradley | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green
For those who think that it's too hard to build an economy without pursuing the old course on energy, Obama pointed to California, the world's seventh largest economy.
Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green
If built, the plants in Holcomb, Kansas will belch out about 11 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, to become the largest new source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business
The legacy of George W. Bush's final days in office will be degradation of the environment, endangered species and the safety of working people.
Green Inc. | Libby Tucker | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green
President-elect Barack Obama's recent promise to make "the single largest new investment in our national infrastructure since the creation of the fede...
Edward Humes | Posted 01.05.2009 | Green
Congress is understandably skeptical about the Big Three's plea for a multi-billion-dollar bailout of their failing auto businesses. These are, after ...
Karin Kloosterman | Posted 04.17.2009 | Green
Today, with Renault-Nissan signed on to build the first prototype (it was released a couple of weeks ago), it seems that Israel could be the world's first to pilot test the electric car on a national scale.
AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
Ferrari is experimenting with ethanol to help its luxury sports cars produce lower emissions and improve fuel economy. Ferrari said Monday it develop...
CBS News | Seth Doane | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business
From the outside, the AFS Trinity Power Corporation's concept vehicle looks almost unremarkable. But the company's Chief Technology officer, Don Bend...
Johan Rockström | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green