By Carolyn Woodruff Science Magazine published an article last month by a team of scientists and public policy researchers examining the economic costs of climate change on each of the 50 U.S. states. Their conclusion? States in the South will suffer more economic...
By Robert Hart Earlier this month, after President Donald Trump announced that he was pulling the United States out of the 2015 Paris Agreement on combating climate change, a crowd of some 200 supporters demonstrated outside the White House waving placards proclaiming...
By Sue Landau There are only two real surprises in Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement: the strength and immediacy of the global counter-reaction, and the prospect that damage to the environment may be outweighed by...
By Sue Landau Even as President Donald Trump sets the United States back on a fossil fuel path, updated road maps from environmentalist groups say industrial economies can be weaned off carbon dependence by 2050 using energy savings and existing technology. For at...
By Annabel Roth An ancient Central American civilization that collapsed amid deforestation, overpopulation, drought and conflict offers us a sobering lesson as we contemplate the future of our planet. Consider these facts: The world lost 129 million hectares of forest...