Aug 20 China May Have New Shipping Shortcut Thanks to Melting Arctic Ice By Elizabeth Shell The Chinese commercial cargo ship Yong Sheng makes its way from east Asia to western Europe through the new northern "shortcut" above Russia. The Northeast Passage is made possible for a few weeks to months this summer due to melting… Continue reading
Aug 14 Is Poison Ivy Getting Nastier? The shiny three leaves of poison ivy. Photo by Susan Biddle/The Washington Post/Getty Images. Ahh, summertime. A long wilderness hike followed by a refreshing swim in the river followed by -- music screeches to halt -- a… Continue reading
Jul 29 Oceans Rise With Every Liter of Fuel Burned, Study Warns A new analysis released today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences includes these mind-numbing statistics: One single liter of petroleum gas burned may add 647 liters of sea volume. One ton of coal… Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch News Wrap: Egypt's Political Crisis Causes Spike in Oil Price News Wrap: Egypt's Political Crisis Causes Spike in Oil Price… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch Reactions to the White House Proposal to Curb Climate Change President Barack Obama announced a sweeping proposal to curb climate change and cut emissions. Gwen Ifill gets two reactions on the plan and its potential impact from Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council and attorney Scott Segal,… Continue watching
Jun 25 Obama on Climate Change: Don't Fear the Future, Seize It EmbedVideo(6783, 482, 304); Watch President Barack Obama's announcement of his new climate plan. Update: 2:30 p.m. ET | With sweat glistening on his forehead in the balmy Washington, D.C., heat, President Obama outlined a sweeping new climate plan… Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch Obama Moves to Limit Greenhouse Gases Emissions Through Executive Order In an address at Georgetown University, President Barack Obama announced a new climate change plan aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The president zeroed in on new and existing power plants that burn coal, and called for public lands to… Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch News Wrap: Deadly Car Bombings Continue Wave of Sectarian Violence in Iraq News Wrap: Deadly Car Bombings Continue Wave of Sectarian Violence in Iraq… Continue watching
May 16 Latest Forecast Shows the U.S. Drought Moving West By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Last year's drought scorched over half of country last year. Now that drought is shifting towards the Southwest and western Plains, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which held a meeting on summer drought outlook Thursday in… Continue reading
May 15 How Cities Are Preparing for the Next Big Disaster By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Homes in the Rockaways, N.Y., were severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. Photo by Spencer Platt/ Getty Images. Last fall Hurricane Sandy crippled sections of the East Coast of North America. It left New York City and cities… Continue reading