After record hot summer, get ready for winter
This summer has been the second hottest on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported last week. And there's more.
Arizona faces largest wildfire in its history
Investigators were questioning "persons of interest" in regard to the origin of the blaze, but campfire mishaps aren't the only cause of the fires.
Why is the Mississippi River flooding?
The right-wing National Review is rushing to instruct us that global warming has nothing to do with the record-breaking Mississippi River flood. Are they right?
Michigan scientists urge support for EPA
More than 160 scientists from major universities across Michigan this week urged support for the Environmental Protection Agency, calling the federal agency's role essential to protecting the public health.
Americans support the EPA, oppose its dismantling
Two-thirds of all Americans support the Environmental Protection Agency, placing the Republican push for its dismantling at odds with the will of the people.
This is a heat wave, at least in the long term
Unfortunately, the Republican Party, especially its Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin / tea party section, either doesn't believe or refuses to believe the truth about climate change.
Blizzard blues? Relax: it’s hotter than ever
Guess what: this year is stacking up as one of the hottest since we humans started keeping thermometer-based temperature records 160 years ago.
Obama not waiting for Congress, curbs bus and truck emissions
The new plan will reduce by 20 percent heat-trapping emissions from truck and bus tailpipes.
Hot summer? It’s going to get worse
The sweltering heat has been off the charts this summer for much of the East Coast, but it's going to get worse, and we're very ill equipped to deal with what's coming.
