The Gulf Coast was spared as Tropical Storm Karen weakened, and the hurricane season remains not much of a season
The U.S. Is an Energy Superpower
New technologies have enabled the U.S. to become the world’s top producer of oil and natural gas by energy content.
Let It Burn: Changing Firefighting Techniques for a Warming World
This year has been a bloody one for firefighters on the front lines against wildfires. With climate change intensifying fires, it may be time to change the way we fight them.
The Medieval Volcanic Eruption That Triggered a Year Without Summer
Ancient chronicles told of an unusually cold summer in the year of 1258. Now researchers have found the volcanic eruption that temporarily changed the planet’s climate.
The Hard Math of Flood Insurance in a Warming World
As subsidized rates of federal flood insurance rise, property owners along the coasts get angry. But we need insurance that reflects the risks of a changing planet
The Benefits and Perils of Energy Abundance
40 years after a Mideast oil embargo decimated the U.S., the country is awash in new supplies of energy, from oil to natural gas to solar. But that abundance could make fighting climate change harder
At CGI, a Commitment to Stop the Bloody Slaughter of African Elephants
Nearly a hundred African elephants are killed every day to feed the illegal wildlife trade. Now conservation groups and African nations are coming together to combat trafficking
It’s Not Just Obama’s Carbon Rules That Are Killing Coal. It’s Cheap Gas
New regulations from the EPA will make it almost impossible to build a new coal plant. But cheap natural gas was doing that already
From Drought to Drenched: Colorado’s Volatile Weather
A wild year of weather in Colorado continues, with a lack of rain giving way to far too much. Is this what life in a warmer world will be like?
A New Deal for Carbon Raises Hopes for Threatened Forests in Madagascar
The Wildlife Conservation Society and Madagascar come together to help protect one of the most important forests in the world—and slow climate change at the same time.