Health Mar 12 African-Americans, Hispanics exposed to more air pollution than whites While other studies have shown minorities living with more pollution, this study is one of the first to combine buying habits and exposure into one calculation of inequity.
World Nov 05 Earth's ozone layer is healing, UN report says The upper ozone layer above the Northern Hemisphere should be completely repaired in the 2030s and the gaping Antarctic ozone hole should disappear in the 2060s, according to a scientific assessment released Monday at a conference in Quito, Ecuador.
Nation Apr 24 EPA chief Pruitt signs proposal limiting what kind of scientific studies can be used by federal regulators Pruitt said the change, long sought by chemical manufacturers and fossil fuel companies, would increase transparency in the agency's decision-making by requiring all underlying data used in scientific studies to be made publicly available. Critics said the policy shift is…
Politics Aug 29 Where do the presidential candidates stand on climate change? Clinton says climate change "threatens us all," while Trump tweets that global warming is "mythical" and repeatedly refers to it as a "hoax." Measurements and scientists say Clinton's Earth is much closer to reality.
Nation Apr 17 Getting at the truth behind lying in politics For more than two decades, researchers of different stripes have examined humanity's less-than-truthful underbelly. This is what they have found: We all stretch the truth, and politicians distort the truth more often, use more self-justifications and deceive in larger ways,…
Science Feb 26 Species of bees and other pollinators are shrinking, UN report warns WASHINGTON — Many species of wild bees, butterflies and other critters that pollinate plants are shrinking toward extinction, and the world needs to do something about it before our food supply suffers, a new United Nations scientific mega-report warns.
Nation Jan 06 EPA says pesticide harms bees in some cases WASHINGTON — A major pesticide harms honeybees when used on cotton and citrus but not on other big crops like corn, berries and tobacco, the Environmental Protection Agency found.
World Nov 29 Global warming seen as more concrete, urgent problem since Kyoto Eighteen years ago, the discussion was far more about average temperatures, not the freakish extremes. Now, scientists and others realize it is in the more frequent extremes that people are truly experiencing climate change.
Politics Nov 28 Obama tries to clinch global climate deal without Congress' support President Barack Obama is trying to negotiate a legacy-making climate change pact this coming week in Paris with one hand tied behind his back. Congress can't even agree whether global warming is real.
Science Nov 25 UN weather agency: 2015 hottest year on record Because of man-made global warming and a strong El Niño, Earth's wild weather this year is bursting the annual heat record, the World Meteorological Organization announced on Wednesday.