A California environmentalist is in hot water after dumping over a hundred tons of iron sulfate into the cold currents of the Pacific.
Today a new nationwide poll of over two thousand people by the University of Texas at Austin provides a glimpse into what voters feel about the policies of both candidates.
The University of Texas at Austin is wrapping up the final stages of a new study that looks at how much methane is released during the drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” Understanding how much methane is released is important to decreasing emissions overall, as methane is a known ‘greenhouse gas’ that contributes to […]
We caught up with the climate scientist before his appearance at SXSW Eco and talked drought, fires, climate and whether Texas could be facing a new normal.
If vampire bats do make it to Texas, it will be because of something more terrifying than tales of the undead: climate change.
Wildfire season across the American West is getting longer, and more destructive year by year, according to a new report from the research organization Climate Central. Noting that the total area burned in the American West this year is 30 percent larger than average, the report blames recent ferociously destructive fire seasons on a variety […]
You may have been encouraged to read a widely-circulated story last week that declared “CO2 Emissions in U.S. Drop to 20-year Low.” The report from the Associated Press largely credits cheap natural gas for the change, and says that “many of the world’s leading climate scientists didn’t see the drop coming, in large part because it […]
Today a federal appeals court upheld the first ever federal regulations aimed at reducing emissions of gases blamed for global warming. The unanimous ruling came over challenges from industry groups and around a dozen states, including Texas. Environmental groups lauded the decision. In a statement released early this afternoon, the Environmental Defense Fund singled out […]
Carbon emission is one of the scientific issues of our time. While an overwhelming majority of scientists see a link between man-made emissions and global climate change, the rate at which emissions are entering the atmosphere and their precise impact continues to be hotly debated. The findings of a new study written up in Science […]
Americans will likely take their views on energy issues to the voting booth this November, according to a new national poll by The University of Texas.
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