Measuring the human impact of weather
The World Meteorological Organization has announced today world records for the highest reported historical death tolls from tropical cyclones, tornadoes, lightning and hailstorms. It...
Built-out Barcelona makes space for an urban forest.
When a city needs green space, but it’s all out of room, what can it do?
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In the Arctic, researchers race to understand black carbon's climate impact.
May 17, 2017 — Editor’s note: Reporting for this story was supported by a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
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Fearing more pipeline spills, 114 groups demand halt to Ohio gas project.
More than 100 local and environmental groups are demanding federal regulators immediately halt all construction on Energy Transfer Partners' Rover gas pipeline after a...
How to kick the growth addiction.
Endless economic growth, long the rallying cry of the conventional paradigm, endangers our future. Ecological economist Tim Jackson, author of Prosperity Without Growth: Foundations...
‘Greenest hotel in America’: A Greensboro hotel makes climate-conscious travelers swoon.
By Brady Dennis,
Courtesy QW Hotels, LLC
In one sense, the Proximity Hotel in Greensboro, N.C., shouts its environmental bona fides from the rooftop.
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Jordan's Azraq becomes world first clean energy refugee camp.
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LONDON, May...
How Scottish wind power beat Trump but lost the war.
Scotland was so bullish about becoming Europe’s wind energy hub its politicians fell out with a brash real-estate developer and reality TV star called Donald...
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