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Protected Habitat Shrunk for U.S. Endangered Species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) consistently disregarded scientific advice when determining how much land to protect for...
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Nine Percent of Today’s Warming Caused By Preindustrial People
Humans started causing climate change long before the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of the fossil fuel era. A...
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Health Apps Bump Up Against FDA
Health apps are hot, but until now the field has been unregulated. It is hard to know which apps...
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How Will Obamacare Affect Scientific Research?
The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Barack Obama’s health care reform law has an impact in the form...
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Appeals Court Upholds EPA Pollution Limits
A U.S. federal court of appeals upheld the right of environmental regulators to curb harmful carbon emissions via clean...
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Beyond Rio: Pursuing ‘Ecological Citizenship’
Andrew Revkin reflects on the end of the “Rio+20” United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in his Dot Earth...
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Scientists Criticize Lack of Urgency in Rio+20 Accord
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) ended with an international agreement on the need for all countries...
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A Fortnight of Facts About Religious Liberty
A ‘set-the-record-straight’ post from the Washington Post’s Figuring Faith blog: U.S. Catholic bishops have launched the “Fortnight for Freedom,”...
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Science Can Do More for Sustainable Development
The message from Rio+20 is for practical action to deliver existing targets. Scientists must identify and overcome barriers to...
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Rio Environment Meeting Focuses On ‘Energy For All’
Diplomats and activists from around the world are meeting in Rio de Janeiro to talk about how the planet’s...