Geoengineering fixes helpful, not climate cure-all
Various geoengineering schemes show promise of reducing the impact of global climate change, but carry risks and limitations as well,
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Rising seas threaten UK nuke plant, church, more
Rising sea levels caused by global warming pose a threat to animals, humans and important structures of Lancashire, Cumbria and
Drinking orange juice? Better buy some carbon offsets
Who even thinks about the carbon footprint of a carton of orange juice? PepsiCo does, apparently, and the footprint is
Group to Obama: regulate carbon, aim for 200-mpg cars
On his first full day as president of the US, Barack Obama is receiving some climate change advice from the
Summit: Climate change, energy needs trump economy
Attendees at the World Future Energy Summit 2009 now taking place in Abu Dhabi are hearing good news along with
Cheers and jeers for UK transport plans
As environmental groups decry today’s OK for a third runway at Heathrow airport, others are cheering accompanying decisions — including
Study: emerging economies more eager to act on global warming
We’ve all heard plenty about how people in developing countries are eager to catch up to the developed-nation lifestyle:
Online gaming could cut world energy consumption
Now here’s a novel energy-saving idea that just might work brilliantly: making efficiency improvements the object of a massive
Stanford starts new, $100 million energy institute
Stanford University announced this week that it’s establishing a new institute to focus solely on energy issues. The Precourt
Next hot market: Google search carbon offsets?
While news stories abound about IT’s growing environmental footprint, geeks everywhere are abuzz today about a Google-centered eco-controversy. The
2008 meets 2009: A look back ... and forward
Too many Top-This-or-That-of-2008-type stories are published during the end-of-the-year holidays: who has time to read them all? That’s why,
Global warming = cure for global warming?
Quick, you have five seconds to answer: Melting ice caps and icebergs … bad or good? We’ve been hearing the