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...
by Empriss Campbell & Nikki McGee | May 18, 2012 | Environment, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — An American beech tree grows in Judy Wagner’s backyard. For the past 18 years the retired health policy analyst has watched as the tree grew. First it became taller than the privacy fence and now it measures about 40 feet tall, standing over...
by Empriss Campbell & Nikki McGee | Apr 30, 2012 | Environment
By David Unger WASHINGTON — The future of engineering and entrepreneurship was on display Wednesday at the first annual Atlantic Coast Conference Clean Energy Challenge. “There’s no reason that the ACC should be any less successful with fuel cells...
by Empriss Campbell & Nikki McGee | Apr 23, 2012 | Environment
AHEAD OF HIS TIME: Although he never saw Earth from space, Galileo Galilei dreamt of what it might look like. In 1632, the man who championed a solar system centered around the sun penned this prescient line in his controversial “Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief...
by Empriss Campbell & Nikki McGee | Apr 18, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON — A proposed $856 million increase in the Department of Energy’s budget came under scrutiny on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Under President Barack Obama’s 2013 budget, the department is slated to receive $27.2 billion, a 3.2 percent increase...
