Climate Desk collaborator Mother Jones has uncovered new details about the Kerry-Graham-Lieberman climate bill, which will be formally unveiled on Monday. The big news is that the senatorial trio has scored the backing of three of the five major oil companies. More »
The sinking of a BP oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico could be the deadliest offshore incident the U.S. has seen since 1968. If it causes an oil spill, though, the industry will really be screwed. More »
Carbon sequestration companies are looking to pump greenhouse gases underground. Private landholders are taking note, and the government should as well. More »
In honor of Earth Day, NASA has unveiled a massive supercomputer that will allow scientists from around the world to collaborate on climate modeling. More »
The fuel is cleaner than coal and recently plentiful, but will we end up swapping one drug for another? More »
With one set of climate talks winding down in Washington and another kicking off in Bolivia, the global climate debate is developing an "us vs. them" tone. More »
Duke Energy CEO James Rogers is the latest Chamber of Commerce member whose pragmatic stance on climate change has caused a rift with the lobbying group. More »
Greentechmedia's "Top Ten Green Giants" list has some of the usual suspects -- General Electric, Dow Chemical, Siemens -- but at the top is an organization less well known for its corporate acumen: China's Communist Party. More »
Information is Beautiful plots the daily carbon dioxide emissions from the European airline industry and the erupting volcano in Iceland against the emissions saved by canceled flights: More »
Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman will unveil their much-hyped climate bill this month. We break down the winners and losers. More »
Climate change is forcing coffee growers to higher elevations. How will buyers and sellers of the delicate crop adjust? More »
Back-to-back earthquakes prompt questions about the frequency and strength of seismic activity More »
Astronomers propose new theories of planetary evolution after discovering distant planets with retrograde orbits. More »
The son of a researcher in South Africa stumbled across a skeleton that sheds new light on human evolution. More »
The Nobel-Prize-winning economist swoops into the climate change debate with a persuasive argument for cutting emissions. More »
A new ballot initiative aims to stall the state's ambitious emissions reduction scheme until unemployment drops by half. More »
Don Blankenship, CEO of the company that owns the exploded mine, is notorious for his negligence on safety issues and his anti-environmental stance. More »
Ocean acidification gets less attention than global warming, but its threat is just as real when it comes to climate change More »
