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Climate ScienceThe scientific community is certain with near unanimity that man-made global warming is disrupting Earth’s climate and that remedies are urgently needed. But public opinion and political rhetoric do not mirror the prevailing scientific consensus. We report here on continuing climate research and the controversies which surround the empirical findings.
The Year Ahead in Keystone XL: Climate Worry Introduces Big Unknown
New leadership at the State Dept. and EPA—and the unexpected rise of climate change concern—mean the pipeline decision is still anyone's guess.
After years of protests and lobbying, the Obama administration is expected to decide within months...
By Lisa Song
Jan 7, 2013 | Read More
Bloomberg Businessweek's magazine cover on Nov. 1, following superstorm Sandy
Climate Science Makes an 11th-Hour Comeback in 2012
Climate change was a politically taboo subject during nearly all of 2012. What a difference a superstorm makes.
This was the year climate change vanished from the political agenda—and then suddenly reappeared,...
By Katherine Bagley
Dec 28, 2012 | Read More
Greenpeace volunteers distributed food and supplies at a base in Queens.
As Climate Disasters Soar, Environmentalists Take on Role of Relief Agencies
Greenpeace and others are adding 'climate disaster relief' to their missions both for humanitarian purposes and to raise awareness of global warming.
Greenpeace usually makes its headlines for high-profile stunts—storming oil rigs, scaling coal...
By Katherine Bagley
Dec 17, 2012 | Read More
Virginia's Republican attorney general, Kenneth Cuccinelli, speaks at the 2012 L
In Obama's Backyard, a Climate Change Battle in Virginia Next Year
With Virginia's climate skeptic attorney general seeking the governor's seat and fossil fuel money pouring in, familiar battle lines are being drawn.
For climate skeptics, 2012 was a bad year at the polls. President Obama won re-election, and...
By Katherine Bagley
Dec 12, 2012 | Read More
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson speaks at the GreenGov Symposium in September 201
Who Will Lead for Obama on Carbon and Clean Energy Policy?
EPA and DOE leaders are key to Obama's environmental legacy as Congress remains deadlocked on climate change policies.
As a stalemated Congress shies away from taking serious action on climate change, environmentalists...
By Jason Plautz
Dec 10, 2012 | Read More
Kick-off of the Do The Math tour in Seattle
Spreading Like Wildfire, Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Striking a Moral Chord
The primary aim of student-led campaign at 150-plus universities is to make climate change the moral issue of the generation.
A divestment campaign aimed at fossil fuel companies has swept college campuses across the country...
By Katherine Bagley
Dec 6, 2012 | Read More
Plants and soils may not absorb as much carbon as once thought.
Plants and Soils Could Accelerate Climate's Warming, Study Warns
As the climate warms, plants and soils may not absorb more carbon as scientists once thought.
When climate scientists try to estimate how much the Earth will warm due to increasing levels of...
By Robert Krier
Nov 28, 2012 | Read More
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Outcry Grows Over Canadian Govt's Undermining of Climate Science
Federal researchers are on the front line of Harper's alleged 'war on science' as the country's oil ambitions clash with its scientific agenda.
The government of Canada's official position on climate change is that it's real and requires an "...
By Katherine Bagley
Nov 27, 2012 | Read More
Electric car outside of EWS, Germany's first green power cooperative utility.
Can the U.S. Create Its Own Clean Energy Revolution?
Clean Break: Chapter 6 in the story of Germany's switch to renewables
Phoenix, Arizona—From a block away, the house was hardly visible, hidden by a dense stand of native...
By Osha Gray Davidson
Nov 20, 2012 | Read More
President Obama after his re-election on Tuesday night.
Post-Sandy and Post-Election, Will Political Taboo on Climate Change Be Lifted?
Green groups wasted no time announcing a protest in front of the White House to claim a mandate for action, but partisan gridlock remains.
Even before President Obama took the stage for his victory speech last night, environmentalists...
By Jason Plautz
Nov 7, 2012 | Read More