Defenders' new report, "Harnessing Nature," demonstrates that by strengthening natural defenses like floodplains, wetlands, and forests -- which help with erosion protection, flood control, and water filtration -- we can "harness nature" to help protect us from extreme events.
As we prepare for the Rio Earth Summit later this month, it is hard not to have a sense that this generation of adults are collectively failing our children.
In describing the most pressing dangers to the human species, Fred Guterl spends considerable time talking about climate change, though he believes that viruses pose probably the most direct threat to humans.
The L.A. ban effectively puts an infinite price on plastic bags. Disposable plastic bags have real costs. Ask any seagull. But infinity seems like a high price to pay.
Sea level rise also made headlines in a more unusual way recently after some North Carolina legislators introduced a bill that would call into question some of the scientific projections related to sea level rise in the state.
When it comes to climate change and other environment challenges, Mitt Romney can plead ignorance, even if it's feigned. But what about President Obama?
The Chicago Park District's Soldier Field, home of the Bears, has just received LEED Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council -- the first NFL stadium so honored, which means the team of black and blue has gone green.
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It's not so much that climate deniers don't actually like the science. It's that climate deniers think they don't like the inevitable conclusion: a big government take-over, a move to zero growth.
As a few nations are passing laws and regulations to reduce carbon pollution, people everywhere are seeing the impacts of climate change on their day-to-day lives, and deniers are being forced to throw in the towel.
With memories of the catastrophic hurricane seasons of 2004, 2005 and 2008 (the three most costly on record) still fresh, the predictions for an average season are quite welcome. But two recent publications suggest that we are far from being in the clear when it comes to hurricanes.
Not only is Tony Stark, aka Ironman, a big-time investor in clean energy, but more importantly for the plot, something called "the Tesseract" holds the possibility of providing an unlimited supply of clean power.
We cannot talk about Deepwater Horizon without also talking about Exxon Valdez. Similarly, from now on we must always put two words -- Arctic and Niger -- together when we talk about Shell's drilling.
If the Republican-dominated legislature votes as expected, scientists will be prohibited from factoring in the anticipated impact of climate change on Carolina's low-lying coastal communities. Why are these politicos forcing the hand of the scientists?
If not now, when? If not this, what? If not us, who -- who will speak for the sea as a child? If the sea was a child, what would you do to save the sea?
Human activity is changing the climate, and the climate is changing the weather. Buckle up. It's going to be a wild ride. And virtually every business in every sector of the economy is vulnerable.