Pulse of the Planet: Does Climate Change Go Slow Before Going Fast?

Carbon Markets and Environmentalism: Is Market-Based the New Dirty Word(s)?

Understanding Oil (Note the corrected oil graphic here - ed)

Counting All the Carbon: A Waxman-Markey Wart
To love something means accepting it, “warts and all.” Well, here’s one Waxman-Markey wart I don’t even like: its failure to count all the carbon.

Climate Legislation: Countdown to the House Showdown

Statistically Speaking: Quoth the Raven
<img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/birds/image_thumb/> In 1921, American ornithologist Edward Forbush wrote that thanks to birds, “forest and agricultural pests were reduced by 28 percent." The birds, he went on, helped prevent "$444,000,000 in crop and timber losses.” Let's take a look at some birds stats today.

To Geo-engineer or Not to Geo-engineer
<img src=http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/geo-engineering/image_thumb/> Imagine tinkering with the climate system to cancel out global warming — the stuff of mad scientists or global saviors?

Is There Enough Water to ‘Grow’ Ethanol?
A recent study points out that when it comes to water usage, where your ethanol is brewed really matters.