World/National Environmental News
March 2011:
- 33 US generals & admirals say climate change is threatening national security
- Debunking the stubborn myth that only industrial agricultural can ‘feed the world’
- How should we talk about climate change with our kids?
- EPA study finds where you live matters more than how you live
- Climate science vs. climate economics
- The limits of laws as a conservation tool
- Linking ‘big weather’ to global warming
- Flies and cockroaches carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria from factory farms, study finds
February 2011:
- Life cycle analysis compares footprint of gas and electric passenger cars
- Urbanism is the most cost-effective solution to climate change
- Rachel Botsman explains how collaborative consumerism will change our world
- Bike projects create more jobs than road projects
- Natural gas far less green than claimed
- Rise in childhood cancers parallels toxic chemical proliferation
- Amount of carbon absorbed by ecosystems each year is grossly overstated, says new study
December 2010:
- The path to the U.N. climate summit in Cancun and the chances of success
- EPA finalizes rules to foster safe carbon storage technology:
– Geologic sequestration rule
– Greenhouse gas reporting final rule - What is distributed-power generation?
- Biodiversity is an urban concern
- Big exciting news about building codes
- The real nitty-gritty on small farms and the food-safety bill
- Fast food wrappers and popcorn bags leach fire-fighting chemical into food
- Tropical agriculture "double-whammy": high emissions, low yields
August 2010:
- World's mangroves retreating at alarming rate
- Why do heat waves make air quality worse?
- Why eaters alone can’t transform the food system
- The Gulf’s invisible villain: natural gas
- The population-poverty connection
- The emerging politics of food scarcity
- Cutting black carbon soot could save arctic
- Many Gulf spill cleanup efforts ineffective: harming, not helping birds
March 2010:
- EPA study shows the role consumption plays in climate change
- EPA releases first-ever baseline study of U.S. lakes
- Desertification threatens 38 percent of world's surface
- Where things stand on the Copenhagen Accord and international climate politics
- How personal actions can kick-start a sustainability revolution
- The N2 dilemma: Is America fertilizing disaster?
- Methane's key role in global warming
- EPA announces new support for sustainable communities