Environment and Energy
One Way Or Another, Carbon Regulations Are Coming
So it looks like either this week or next, the EPA will finally issue its long-awaited finding that greenhouse-gas emissions endanger public health. Not to keep parroting the same line, but this is a huge deal. The finding will clear the way for the agency to start regulating carbon under the Clean Air Act, although it's still unclear what rules will emerge. READ MORE >>
When Space Weather Attacks (Apocalypse Edition)
It's true, this blog hawks a lot of different apocalyptic scenarios. They help us get out of bed in the morning. Some of our doomsday worries are well-founded (rising global temperatures, say), while some are less worth obsessing about hourly (giant asteroids, supervolcanoes). But how should we rank this cataclysm-in-waiting? READ MORE >>
Coal Mines, Casinos, and Cocaine
Trading Up
Greenland Dispatch: Europe's Last Colony And The Big Melt
Alexander Zaitchik is a freelance journalist based in New York City. He visited Greenland in August as part of an official press delegation sponsored by the island's home-rule government. READ MORE >>
If You Green It...
The End Of Aviation
Cultural Devolution
Greening the City
This video marks the first of a TNR TV series that will take an issues approach to contemporary environmentalism. This episode deals with matters of class and race in the green movement, with particular focus on the South Bronx--incorporating the precepts of civil rights and social justice into a vision of a greener America. READ MORE >>
