Bjorn Lomborg: skeptic or too much an optimist?Bjorn Lomborg: Skeptic or too much the optimist?
‘Friendly’ push for Facebook to dump coalHalf-a-million "friends" are calling for Facebook to cut its ties to coal-fired power. Will the Greenpeace-led initiative leave a black mark on the world of cloud-computing?
The World Bank’s $6 billion man on climate changeAs the special envoy on climate change for the World Bank, Andrew Steer might be thought of as the $6 billion man of environmental finance.
Genetically engineered fish, anyone?Would you eat a genetically modified fish? What about pork from a pig with mouse genes? Beef from cattle with genes spliced to resist "mad cow" disease?
SF activists mark Katrina anniversary with Big Oil protestAfter playing dead on top of oil-black plastic sheets outside a Chevron office, protesters marched through downtown San Francisco on Monday to denounce “oil addiction” on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, as the U.S. Gulf Coast recovers from its more recent disaster.
Could wind push energy bill to fruition?Add up the scorecard and the advantages of wind far outweigh the negatives. What will it take for Congress to accept this and pass a serious energy bill and a national renewable-electricity standard? writes Andris Cukurs, CEO of North American operations of Suzlon Energy.
Tiger among fluffy toys shows extreme smuggling tricksA drugged tiger cub hidden among cuddly toys in a bag at Bangkok airport ranks as one of the most bizarre smuggling tricks. A 31-year-old Thai woman was about to board a flight to Iran when airport workers found the cub in her oversized bag. It highlights how smugglers find extreme ways of packing away live creatures.
Norway: recovering ‘petroholic’ or prudent saver?Norway has become one of the world's richest nations thanks to oil. An environmental group is proposing a 12-point "rehab plan" to break its addiction.
Hemp car sparks a buzzIs hemp the next ultimate material for cars? Electric vehicle developers in Canada think so - and designed a car to prove it.
UN panel once exaggerated costs of climate fight — by 1,000 timesThe U.N. panel of climate scientists once exaggerated the cost of fighting global warming by 1,000 times. That mistake is at odds with suggestions this year that it has a bias to select evidence that will add to pressure on governments to act.