Featuring soaring vertical, man-made plantings called supertrees, the 133-acre Gardens by the Bay project is situated near Singapore’s financial district and aimed at showcasing the city state’s tropical locale. The gardens — …
EPA’s CO2 Regulation Upheld as “Unambiguously Correct”
The DC Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday to uphold the EPA’s right to regulate greenhouse gases
Wildfire: Out of Control Flames Force Thousands From Their Homes in Colorado
Summer, which officially began last week, has hit Colorado pretty hard—not, unfortunately, with beach days and lemonade, but with raging wildfires such as the Waldo Canyon inferno that has scorched some 6,200 acres of land …
Faces of the Lost: Photos from Brazil’s Controversial Belo Monte Dam
Belo Monte will be the world´s third-largest hydroelectric project and will displace up to 20,000 people while diverting the Xingu River and flooding as much as 230 square miles of rainforest. The controversial project is one of …
Surf’s Up: Sea Levels Are Rising Faster on the U.S. East Coast
It’s usually a bad idea to generalize too much about anything – particularly science, where different selection pressures and environmental one-offs can tweak a basic model into something quite out of the ordinary. Take sea …
Bright Times: Ranking the G20 Nations By Renewable Energy
A report grades the G20 nations on renewable energy. It’s depressing.
As Rio+20 Unfolds, A U.N. Report Shows How Far We Have to Go to Save the Planet
An environmental report card
Seattle’s Silver Bullitt: A New Office Building Goes Ultra-Green
For a six-story, 50,000 sq. ft. building to function completely off the grid, its tenants will need to get used to taking the stairs and using composting toilets
The Most Pesticide-Ridden Fruits and Veggies
The EWG releases its 8th annual “Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce”
The TV Show Dallas Goes Green
In case you thought that the battle between Big Oil and alternative fuel had cooled down, Hollywood has proved that the debate is hot enough to inspire soap opera–style drama. The central conflicts in the new reboot of the TV …