by Meghan Schiller | Jun 27, 2012 | Environment
Chatting with Women in Clean Energy
by Yue Wang | Jun 26, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON – The administration is in the final process of reviewing Royal Dutch Shell’s application to launch exploratory drilling in the Arctic and the permit is likely to be issued soon, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on a conference call Tuesday. Salazar said...
by Yue Wang | Jun 25, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Hydraulic fracturing to access natural gas should be slowed and eventually stopped, two Cornell University professors who have studied the technology said Monday during briefings for U.S. lawmakers. Professors Anthony Ingraffea and Susan...
by Empriss Campbell & Nikki McGee | Jun 7, 2012 | Environment
Source: United Nations (future projections rely on the U.N.’s median variant)
by Empriss Campbell & Nikki McGee | May 29, 2012 | Environment, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — A dramatic increase in heat-related deaths will sweep major U.S. cities in coming summers, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group based in New York. “This is a wake-up call,”...
by Empriss Campbell & Nikki McGee | May 22, 2012 | Environment, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — The Union of Concerned Scientists Thursday launched its new Center for Science and Democracy to strengthen the role of science in policymaking. “Science and democracy, when working together, have been one of the great American relationships,” said...
