Study Warns of Threat to Coasts From Rising Sea Levels
By CORNELIA DEAN
Sea level rise fueled by global warming threatens the barrier islands and coastal wetlands of the Middle Atlantic States, a federal report warned.
Sea level rise fueled by global warming threatens the barrier islands and coastal wetlands of the Middle Atlantic States, a federal report warned.
A federal agency said Friday that the nation’s first offshore wind farm, proposed for the waters off Cape Cod, posed no serious environmental threat.
Long Island Green Homes initiative helps provide energy-efficient improvements at little or no upfront cost to homeowners.
Included in the shift toward environmentally friendly construction is legislation proposing a greener building code.
In Washington, the giants of the environment and conservation movements will gather to celebrate the inauguration, but they will do it at two very different galas — with very different philosophies.
Businesses that use plastic bags will now be required to have a recycling bin on the premises.
Lisa P. Jackson, chosen to head the Environmental Protection Agency, said at her confirmation hearing that her first task would be to restore scientific and legal integrity to the agency.
Former Gov. Tom Vilsack of Iowa acknowledged the struggles of the corn-based ethanol industry but stopped short of endorsing new federal help.
Physics met politics at the confirmation hearing Tuesday for Steven Chu, the Nobel laureate scientist chosen by President-elect Obama to head the Department of Energy.
Mr. Naess’s ideas about promoting an intimate and all-embracing relationship between the earth and the human species inspired people around the world.
There are big differences in emissions between companies, and from state to state, that may make it harder to reach agreements on cuts.
Articles, resources and multimedia about species at risk.
Images from “Ocean: An Illustrated Atlas,” which catalogs the mysteries of the oceans.
A billion gallons of coal ash breached a holding pond at a Tennessee power plant, reigniting a debate over the safety of the byproduct of clean coal technology.
Carol M. Browner was named to the new position of White House coordinator for energy and environment. Barack Obama also said that he was nominating Steven Chu as Energy secretary.
The mountain pine beetle, an insect pest, is destroying massive swaths of American lodgepole pine.
Alexandra Morton, a self-trained biologist, has been battling fish farms in British Columbia that she says are endangering wild salmon runs.
For Beijing’s 12 million residents, air pollution is a serious problem.