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The Black Death

April 20, 2015 ExplainerUnited StatesBrian Palmer

Coal accounted for just 11 percent, putting it a distant third, behind solar (22 percent) and only slightly ahead of wind (8 percent).

Hot Tub Time Machine

April 20, 2015 Latest NewsInternationalElizabeth Kolbert

Off the coast of Italy, CO2-spewing vents are giving scientists a glimpse at the acidic oceans of our future. The results are frightening.

Increasing Resilience to Extreme Heat Health Risks Across Rapidly Urbanizing India

April 20, 2015 OverviewIndia

The Heat Action Plan describes both immediate and longer-term actions to increase preparedness, information-sharing, and response coordination to reduce the health effects on vulnerable populations.

CAISO and PacifiCorp Shake Things Up

April 18, 2015 Expert BlogCarl Zichella

US Can and Must Rise to the Global Challenge of Climate Change

April 17, 2015 Expert BlogJake Schmidt

And the winner is... new renewables pass new fossil fuels globally

April 17, 2015 Expert BlogNathanael Greene

Greenroads: Certifying Streets as Green

April 17, 2015 Expert BlogDeron Lovaas

Beauty and the Best

April 17, 2015 ExplainerUnited StatesJeff Turrentine

Don't be fooled by superficial good looks: If you truly love food, you’ll accept it as-is, blemishes and all.

Food Fetish

April 17, 2015 ExplainerUnited StatesTracie McMillan

On our farms, in our stores, and at our dining tables, aesthetics and efficiency are at war. Everybody loses.

The Silent Killer

April 17, 2015 ExplainerUnited States, New YorkClara Chaisson

Extreme heat kills more often than we think, and climate change is only going to turn it up a notch.

House Republicans Vote Against Protecting Your Drinking Water

April 16, 2015 Expert BlogJon Devine

New York's Fracking Ban Clears Way for Clean Energy, Not Coal

April 16, 2015 Expert BlogKate Sinding

New York Can Lead The Nation In Clean Energy With A New, 50 Percent By 2025 Renewable Energy Standard

April 16, 2015 Expert BlogKit Kennedy

Save the Very Hungry Caterpillars

April 16, 2015 Latest NewsUnited StatesBrian Palmer

Common insecticides are killing monarch butterfly larvae, says a USDA study.

Five Years After the BP Disaster, We’re Still Not Safe

April 16, 2015 Press ReleaseNew York

NEW YORK (April 16, 2015) – Next Monday, April 20, marks five years since the catastrophic BP blowout in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 workers and dumped millions of barrels of crude oil into the sea. Five years…