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Susan Osborne Explains Why Boulder Opted for a Clean Energy Takeover
The process started in 2003 when Boulder resumed studying the option to create a municipal utility. With a climate-action plan already in place, and a local carbon tax already financing […]
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New York Times editorial calls for Obama to get moving on climate
The Gray Lady wants the president to hurry up and take executive action to fight global warming, because Congress obviously isn't going to do anything.
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America’s first climate refugees: How climate change eats the Alaskan coast
Climate change has accelerated the normal process of erosion along Alaska's rivers and coasts.
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America’s first climate refugees: “It’s happening now … The village is sinking”
Residents of Newtok, Alaska, know they must evacuate, but who will pay the $130 million cost of moving them?
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Minnesota’s Landmark Clean Energy Standard Charts Course Beyond Dirty Energy
Minnesota energy has begun a new chapter. Minnesota has taken a first step in outlining the next big leap forward in the state’s sustainable energy future. Pushed by more than […]
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Let’s Not Trawl a National Treasure
Alaska’s Bering Sea is home to one of the most remarkable places in the world, “the Grand Canyons of the Sea.” These canyons are over a mile and a half […]
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What the frack do we know? Not much, it turns out
A new report in the journal Science discovers there are a lot of things about fracking we don’t know. But since we've fracked half the country anyway, we're going to find out.
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America’s first climate refugees: One family’s great escape
Jeff and Lisa Charles -- and their six children -- lead the evacuation of Newtok, Alaska, to their new home in Mertarvik.
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America’s first climate refugees
Newtok, Alaska, is losing ground to the sea at a dangerous rate and for its residents, exile is inevitable.
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Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon
By Janet Larsen When New York City opened registration for its much anticipated public bike-sharing program on April 15, 2013, more than 5,000 people signed up within 30 hours. Eager […]
