Benjamin CarlsonApril 1, 2013 06:00

HONG KONG — Nearly a decade after Chinese environmentalists achieved one of their greatest successes by stalling plans to build 13 dams on the Nujiang, one of China’s two remaining free-flowing rivers, the “angry river” is under threat again. Earlier this year, the government announced it would help power the country’s densely populated, industry-heavy eastern seaboard by re-instating a project to build five new mega-dams along the Nujiang and several other waterways in China’s biologically rich southwest.

5 fracking facts that are beyond question

Rob Wile, Business InsiderJuly 23, 2012 16:06

The debate over the safety of fracking reached a new, bizarre dimension last night, when the AP published a story with the headline, "Experts: Some fracking critics use bad science."

Emily JudemJune 28, 2012 16:10

Can't we all just work together?: Q&A with Ecoagriculture Partners

Sara Scherr, president and CEO of Ecoagriculture Partners, explains “the whole landscape approach,” which she says is a way to improve biodiversity, ecosystems, and livelihoods simultaneously.

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An employee at Saudi Star rice farm working in Gambella, Ethiopia. (Jenny Vaughan/AFP/Getty Images)

Sara Scherr is president and CEO of Ecoagriculture Partners, an organization that promotes “the whole landscape approach” as a way to improve biodiversity, ecosystems, and livelihoods simultaneously. A report released earlier this month in advance of the Rio+20 conference analyzes the effectiveness and sustainability of this approach.

Oil rig leaks, causing explosive natural gas cloud above North Sea

Amy SilversteinMarch 28, 2012 14:54

The clean-up process may last for months.

EPA sets limits on coal plant emissions

Alexander BesantMarch 27, 2012 20:53

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed new regulations on Tuesday to curb carbon emissions from new US coal plants.

EADS accuses China of blocking Airbus sales over EU carbon tax

Luke BrowneMarch 8, 2012 09:39

Louis Gallois’s comments come a month after Airbus chief executive Thomas Enders warned that the EU's controversial emissions scheme could lead to a trade war.

In Peru, one of the world's worst polluters is set to reopen

Simeon TegelFebruary 28, 2012 07:00

LIMA — For almost 90 years, the smelter at La Oroya, high in the Peruvian Andes, spewed out a toxic cocktail of heavy metals that slowly poisoned the town’s people.

Ioan GrilloNovember 9, 2011 21:06Updated November 9, 2011 21:06

Mexico's not so green Green Party

Mexican green party gets ensnared in new scandal

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Mexico's "Nino Verde" or "Green Boy" (Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)

While green parties around the world are known for alternative ethical politics in favor of the environment, Mexico's own green party has gained a rather different reputation. Following a new scandal over the lavish lifestyles of Mexican green party leaders, critics are accusing them of being political mercenaries with corrupt and cynical policies. The scandal centers around a luxury apartment complex in the center of the Caribbean resort of Cancun.

Powerland Lisbon: A Greener Education

Lucija StojevicNovember 2, 2011 14:36

With a visionary pilot project in three high schools, Lisbon hopes to be one of the first cities in the world to create carbon neutral schools.

The Smart Urban Energies for Schools project began in 2008 when Parque Escolar, in of the Portuguese Ministry of Education, noticed that recently renovated schools were using a lot of energy. So the government enlisted the help of international companies to try to make them more efficient.

Powerland Issaquah: Sustainable Suburbs

Tim MatsuiOctober 25, 2011 11:31

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — At first glance, the neat rows of houses in Issaquah Highlands seem like those in any other suburb. But look closer, and the differences become clear.

Homes and stores are sandwiched tightly together near a mass transit hub. A newly opened medical center has brought hundreds of jobs to the community. And more than half of the development’s 2,200 acres have been maintained as parks and open space.