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Climate Change: Arctic Ocean Rapidly Acidifying
After three years of ongoing research by an international team of scientists, a study commissioned by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme for a first-ever comprehensive assessment of Arctic Ocean acidification was presented last...
Climate Change and Fighting Drought and Desertification
By Andrew BurgerLand degradation – more specifically drought and desertification – have become increasingly pressing problems for a growing number of countries around the world, threatening efforts to alleviate poverty, improve basic health and...
Climate Change Negotiations in Bonn and the Road to Paris and COP 21
The latest round of climate negotiations wound down last Friday in Bonn, Germany with most delegates from the nearly two hundred countries represented expressing guarded optimism that progress has been made toward laying the groundwork for an...
Solar Impulse Sets Out Across America [VIDEO]
We recently posted about a press conference we recently attended at Moffett Field outside San Francisco, California for a close-up look at Solar Impulse, the world’s first solar-powered airplane. The preparations for the Solar Impulse...
Energy Efficiency or Dirty Digital Footprints? Looking at "Green" Websites' Energy Use
Although interest in sustainability is expanding to include a wide range of areas, an analysis of 40 leading “green” websites indicates that digital footprints are often overlooked. At the end of April, the World Wide Web celebrated its 20th...
The Newest Hybrid Cars to Reduce Environmental Impact
Special feature by Maria OrtegaAccording to National Geographic, more than half the air pollution in the United States is caused by mobile devices, primarily by automobiles. These greenhouse gases that vehicles emit, such as carbon dioxide, are...
Climate Change: Extreme Weather, Insurance Companies, and Taxpayers [VIDEO]
This NRDC video discusses the costs of extreme weather events, which in 2012 totaled one percent of the nation’s gross domestic product. Insurance companies are “under water” in more ways than one and the US taxpayer ended up paying what is...
20th Century Temperatures the Hottest in 1400 Years: New Climate Change Study
“Continental-scale temperature variability during the past two millennia”; Nature GeoscienceGlobal average temperatures were the hottest in 1400 years in the 20th century, more specifically during the period 1971-2000, according to a first-of-its-...
The Marriage of Solar Energy and Natural Gas
Ladies and gentlemen, we are gathered here today to witness the union of two nobody ever thought would join. By the powers vested in me, I give you: Solar Energy and Natural Gas.The Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory...
U.S. Pledges Climate Change Cooperation with China and Japan
John Kerry made climate change a centerpiece of his first Asia tour as Secretary of State over the weekend, signing agreements with both Japan and China for cooperation in implementing practical measures for reducing greenhouse gas...
Solar Energy Innovation Promises to Drop Photovoltaic Prices
What is the single most significant barrier to widespread use of alternative energy? Is it the right wing climate change skeptics? No. It’s economics. If there is not money to be made at the same scale as in the fossil fuel...
Emissions Market to Grow Renewable Energy and Reduce Greenhouse Gases
A new report demonstrates that emissions markets can increase renewable energy, decrease greenhouse gases (GHGs) and grow the economy. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is the first U.S. market-based regulatory program designed to reduce...
