Smoggy Days Make for Sickly Stock Market
New research finds stock markets tend to close lower on days with poor air quality.
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Can China Avoid Getting Stuck in Traffic?
Amid a frenzy of car buying, the Chinese are losing the race for traffic space, but it's not too late for them to take another road.
Rules That Improve the Business Environment?
As the Porter Hypothesis — that well-structured environmental regulations can help businesses — marks two decades, resistance to the concept remains strong.
Viewing Poisons at Our National Parks
A groundbreaking study of pristine national parks in the Western United States found an amazing array of airborne pollutants, including some chemicals banned for decades.
Oil Cleanup Cure May Be Worse Than Disease
Despite the agony of watching oil-sodden waters lap at pristine shores, our ham-fisted cleanups can do more harm than good, experts say.
Strengthening the Link Between Pollution, Cancer
Presidential advisory group moves to broaden focus of cancer research to precaution, prevention.
The Science of Green Microbes
Terry Hazen finds, studies and then uses microbes to clean up pollution deep underground, to refine oil before it is pumped and to produce the next generation of green fuels. He catches alligators sometimes, too. ...
The First, Tentative Steps
Cap-and-trade is by no means a new concept in American environmental efforts. What can other programs teach tomorrow's carbon traders?
Ponderous Polluters Let a Little Light Shine in
A cargo ship that generates some of its power from the sun may shine a light on ways to reduce transportation's dirty little secret — the world's oil-powered fleets are hideous global warmers.