Retro Report

For Gray Wolves, a Success Story Not Without Detractors

By CLYDE HABERMAN

The restoration of the gray wolf population in several Western states has put various factions at odds, each claiming to carry the banner of equity.

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Hawaii: Lava Gawkers Arrested

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A man and a woman have been arrested in the town of Pahoa for trespassing to see lava, the police said Friday.

Hawaii: Guard Providing Volcano Security

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The National Guard is deploying 83 service members to help provide security to the rural town of Pahoa as lava makes a slow crawl toward a major road and threatens to further isolate the community.

Dennis Fuchs, a cotton farmer in Glasscock County, in August. A recent surge in oil drilling has transformed this area 40 miles southeast of Midland.

A County Resents Oil Drilling, Despite the Money It Brings In

By AMAN BATHEJA

Most Glasscock County farmers are powerless to stop energy developers from drilling wells, even as it destroys valuable crop land.

A biogas facility in Germany. Since 2000, the German government has offered guaranteed payments to facilities feeding clean power from biogas and other sources into the country’s electricity grids.

Biogas, a Low-Tech Fuel With a Big Payoff

By BETH GARDINER

Whether at household operations or at industrial facilities, a centuries-old technology is increasingly being used to extract energy from crop waste, kitchen scraps and sewage.

Thomas F. Steyer’s political action committee has contributed $1.25 million in Washington State.

Trying to Raise Profile of Climate Change for Washington Voters

By KIRK JOHNSON

The effort, by Thomas F. Steyer, has turned the battle over the State Senate into one of the most expensive legislative elections in state history.

A Conversation With Naomi Oreskes

Naomi Oreskes says that those fighting action on climate change are not focusing on science, but on economics.

A Chronicler of Warnings Denied

By CLAUDIA DREIFUS

A historian of science imagines what future generations will make of our current handling of climate change.

Representative Nick J. Rahall II at a Mercer County Democratic Party event in Princeton, W.Va., last weekend. He was first elected in 1976.

Race Tests Democrats’ Viability in West Virginia

By TRIP GABRIEL

Representative Nick J. Rahall II has defiantly held on to his seat in a district that faults White House policy for the area’s declining coal industry.

First Draft: Coal Country Candidates Agree: The E.P.A. Is the Enemy

Rick Piltz Dies at 71; Quit Bush White House Over Climate Policy

By DOUGLAS MARTIN

Mr. Piltz, a climate policy analyst, resigned from the administration of George W. Bush in 2005, accusing it of distorting scientific findings for political reasons and then releasing internal White House documents to support his contention.

For E.U. Climate Meeting, Deep Divisions and High Stakes

By JAMES KANTER

Curbing emissions has long been a popular cause in the European Union. But leaders have to agree on how to generate and distribute energy.

Cooling towers rise above two adjacent nuclear reactors, Watts Barr 1 and 2. Construction on the second was suspended in 1988 and resumed in 2007.

In Tennessee, Time Comes for a Nuclear Plant Four Decades in the Making

By MATTHEW L. WALD

Electricity demand has not met projections, but the cost of upgrading coal-burning plants makes this an opportune moment for the reactor to arrive.

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A refinery and wetlands near Myrtle Grove, La.

The Most Ambitious Environmental Lawsuit Ever

By NATHANIEL RICH

A quixotic historian tries to hold oil and gas companies responsible for Louisiana’s disappearing coast.

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Germany’s Grass-Roots Energy Revolution

A visit to the Aller-Leine-Tal, one of many energy cooperatives that have contributed to the success so far of Germany’s Energiewende, or energy transition.