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Super Bowl Tackles Climate Change

Posted by  Tim Wall  Fri Feb 3, 2012 12:30 PM ET   |   0

At the slick new Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis even the lights shining on the New York Giants and New England Patriots will be accounted for by renewable energy certificates. Read more

Super Bowl Tackles Climate Change

Controversy Over EU Airport Carbon Credits

Posted by  Tim Wall  Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:14 PM ET   |   0

As of today, airplanes using European airports must use credits to account for some of their greenhouse gas emissions. Read more

Controversy Over EU Airport Carbon Credits

Suds Ahoy! Bubble Boats Better Fuel Efficiency

Posted by  Nic Halverson  Tue Jan 24, 2012 09:59 AM ET   |   0

Mitsubishi's air lubrication system could reduce the CO2 emissions of cargo ships by 25 percent. Read more

Suds Ahoy! Bubble Boats Better Fuel Efficiency

Bigger Canal + Bigger Ships = Less Pollution?

Posted by  Tim Wall  Mon Jan 23, 2012 01:17 PM ET   |   0

The Panama Canal expansion will allow bigger ships with more cargo to pass from the Pacific to the Caribbean, which could result in less greenhouse gas emissions per volume of cargo shipped. Read more

Bigger Canal + Bigger Ships = Less Pollution?

Trumpeter Swans Flourish in Warming Alaska

Posted by  Tim Wall  Thu Jan 19, 2012 03:35 AM ET   |   0

North America's largest wild fowl, trumpeter swans are gaining ground in Alaska as the climate warms. Read more

Trumpeter Swans Flourish in Warming Alaska

Canada Quits Kyoto Treaty

Posted Tue Dec 13, 2011 11:15 AM ET   |   0

Canada's withdrawal deals a symbolic blow to the already troubled global treaty. Read more

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Big Question For 2012: Is the Polar Bear Doomed?

Posted by  Kieran Mulvaney  Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:28 AM ET   |   0

While the 'ice bears' will face some difficulties, the year 2112 may mark the final days for the animals. But, there is some reason to hope. Read more

Big Question For 2012: Is the Polar Bear Doomed?

Wind Turbine Explodes Into Flames

Posted by  Nic Halverson  Sun Dec 11, 2011 09:06 AM ET   |   0

A wind turbine in Scotland bursts into flames after the region is hammered by Atlantic storm. Read more

Wind Turbine Explodes Into Flames

Religious Americans See Green As Good

Posted by  Tim Wall  Thu Dec 8, 2011 05:56 PM ET   |   0

Religious Americans find moral imperatives to support environmental laws but are less inclined to relate those laws to the need for action on climate change. Read more

Religious Americans See Green As Good

Human Factor Huge on Climate Change

Posted by  Kieran Mulvaney  Tue Dec 6, 2011 08:41 PM ET   |   0

A new model confirms human contribution is the dominant cause of warming. Read more

Human Factor Huge on Climate Change

Peru's Peaks Go White to Guard Glaciers

Posted by  Tim Wall  Mon Dec 5, 2011 01:00 PM ET   |   0

A team in Peru is fighting glacier loss by painting the Andes Mountains white. Read more

Peru's Peaks Go White to Guard Glaciers

Coal-Friendly Agency Turns Fossil Fuel Foe

Posted by  Kieran Mulvaney  Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:42 PM ET   |   0

An international agency makes an impassioned plea for renewable energy to help stop global warming. Read more

Coal-Friendly Agency Turns Fossil Fuel Foe

US Carbon Storage System Breaks New Ground

Posted by  Tim Wall  Mon Nov 28, 2011 02:34 PM ET   |   0

Over one million tons of carbon emissions from a biofuel plant will be stored beneath central Illinois. Read more

US Carbon Storage System Breaks New Ground

Hot Air Ahead of Climate Meeting

Posted by  Kieran Mulvaney  Mon Nov 28, 2011 05:54 AM ET   |   0

Climate negotiations resume in South Africa today. In the United States, the hot air has yet to stop blowing. Read more

Hot Air Ahead of Climate Meeting

Geothermal Energy: Hot Times Ahead

Posted by  Tim Wall  Mon Nov 21, 2011 06:26 AM ET   |   0

New technologies and maps of the Earth's crust are making geothermal a renewable energy competitor to fossil fuels. Read more

Geothermal Energy: Hot Times Ahead
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