Environment Put Down the iPad, Lace Up the Hiking Boots That sneaking suspicion that you’re a more focused, creative person out in the woods? It’s true. Kevin Charles Fleming
Social Justice The Fuzzy Face of Climate Change Advocates and scientists have tied the Earth’s fate to that of the polar bear. But what happens if this lumbering giant proves more resilient than the rest of us? Zac Unger
Environment The Other “Cliff” The Kyoto protocol is about to expire and that two-week international conference on climate change did little to avert the looming crisis. Kevin Charles Fleming
Nature & Technology News in Brief Previous Site Sections Could Climate Change be the Epitome of Partisanship? Why the environment has been so conspicuously absent from this year's debates Michael Todd
Environment Smokin’ Election Campaign Quote of the Week No doubt assuming Americans are more concerned about high gasoline prices than long-term threats to the environment, neither… Tom Jacobs
Environment Could the Smart Grid Finally Do Some Good for Consumers? One small but important study shows that we could save money — and our behavior could change — if we were just given the right information. Lisa Margonelli
Environment Fox News Misleads Viewers on Climate Change A study of two Rupert Murdoch outlets shows broad bias. Tom Jacobs
Environment Small Steps Toward Scientific Gender Equity Tom Jacobs last week cited current research showing that job applications attributed to female scientists were received less… Michael Todd
Environment Wind Turbines: Saving the Planet but Butchering Bats At a recent evening “batwalk” at the University of California’s Sedgwick Reserve conducted by vertebrate biologist Paul W.… Michael Todd
Environment A Salty Solution to Global Warming There is no shortage of ideas bouncing around about what to do with our warming planet–switch to renewables, switch… Matt Skenazy