Salvaging the ecosystem after salvage logging
After a forest fire, logging companies often follow to do what is called salvage logging--salvaging the timber that has not been completely destroyed by...
Thailand’s renewable energy surge
Thailand’s electricity generation has so far kept pace with rising demand, up 44% in the last decade. Some 70% of it is from imported...
Extreme U.S. and U.K. winters linked to greenhouse gases
The severe snowstorms that battered much of the U.S. and the U.K.’s wettest winter in almost 250 years were at least partially caused by...
Australia’s pollution U-turn threatening UN climate talks
Australia’s program to rein in pollution is losing momentum, the latest in a series of setbacks for the international effort to tackle global warming.
With...
Startup puts sleeping school buses to use for midnight commuter service
A new service called Night School will start carrying people across between Oakland and San Francisco in school buses on Friday and Saturday nights...