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Hickenlooper talks energy, water, pensions.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper espoused several strong positions, including global warming and revolutionary vehicle fuel this week during a speech to a Southern Colorado advocacy group.
Global experts question claims about jellyfish populations.
Recent media reports have created a perception that the world’s oceans are experiencing increases in jellyfish due to human activities such as global warming and overharvesting of fish.
Why Super Bowl XLVI Will Be the Greenest Yet
Although it's a festival of excess in many ways, Super Bowl XLVI, taking place this Sunday, reveals how far the NFL -- and pro sports in general -- has come in considering and trying to reduce their environmental impacts.
States Require Insurers to Respond to Climate Risk Survey
California joins New York and Washington in requiring insurers that that write in excess of $300 million in premiums to respond to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Climate Risk Survey.
Global extinction: Gradual doom is just as bad as abrupt
Around 250 million years ago, most life on Earth was wiped out in an extinction known as the "Great Dying." Geologists have learned that the end came slowly from thousands of centuries of volcanic activity.
White Wave Looks to the Farm to Improve Environmental Footprint
To lower its carbon footprint, White Wave Foods is tackling methane emissions, carbon sequestration and utilities, such electricity and gasoline.
The Major Dividends Cities Reap from Investing in Green Infrastructure
A new report shows that U.S. cities can save billions in costs -- while cleaning waterways and green neighborhoods -- by leveraging private investment in green infrastructure.
Sediments from the Enol lake reveal more than 13,500 years of environmental history
(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) A team of Spanish researchers have used different geological samples, extracted from the Enol lake in Asturias, to show that the Holocene, a period that started 11,600 years ago, did not have a climate as stable as was believed.
'Greenest College' Rankings Get Easier with New Data-Gathering Effort
The Princeton Review, Sierra Magazine, and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education have teamed up to promote a new tool that makes it free and relatively easy for any education institution to report its environmental impacts.
Heat and cold damage corals in their own ways
Around the world coral reefs are facing threats brought by climate change and dramatic shifts in sea temperatures. While warming has been the primary focus for scientists and ocean policy managers, cold can also cause significant damage. Scientists have shown that cool temperatures can inflict more damage in the short term, but heat is more destructive in the long run.