After 25 years, states are doing more, while facing familiar issues from the past.
Environmentalists are battling against the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
The dangers of climate change are not usually couched in terms of national security, but awareness of the issue is growing rapidly. What could be more basic to security than a climate conducive for agriculture, abundant water supplies, ecosystem health, industrial production, biodiversity, and human comfort? What could be more threatening than extreme weather events or mass migrations because of rising seas and crop failures? The annual ELI-Miriam Hamilton Keare Policy Forum brought together top experts on the topic.
The vast bay and watershed include the largest estuary in the country. Efforts to restore its vastly degraded water quality involve a commensurately large response by the Bay States, the federal Environmental Protection Agency, local governments, and the public.
It’s not the material injected underground to release shale gas — it’s the dangerous fluid and gases that come back to the surface. The lost opportunity to perform a thorough evaluation of the potential adverse health consequences of fracking has hurt the industry.
Scott Fulton on the need for a neutral, creative presence.
100 years old, Einstein's revolution in gravity traces to the upcoming climate accord.
A protective measure can potentially have anti-environmental consequences.
Greater ambition is more easily realized when costs are low.
