Tag: News
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New Study Exposes Flood of Dark Money Feeding Climate Change Denial
By Robert J. Bruelle, PhD A new study conducted by Drexel University environmental sociologist Robert J. Brulle, PhD, exposes the organizational underpinnings and funding behind the powerful climate change countermovement. This study marks the first peer-reviewed, comprehensive analysis ever conducted of the sources of funding that maintain the denial effort. Through an analysis of the financial…
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U.S. Scientists Convert Algae to Crude Oil in Less Than an Hour
By Tim Radford U.S. scientists believe they may have cracked one of the great biofuel conundrums. They have turned a thick soup of algae into a mix of crude oil, gas, water and plant nutrients in less than an hour. That is, they have taken 60 minutes to do what Nature does—at great pressures and…
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Fracking Pipeline Stirs Controversy in Bluegrass State
By Natasha Khan The land agent first came knocking on Vivian and Dean House’s door in July. They sat on the patio of the retired couple’s 85-acre farm in this Central Kentucky town and chatted. The guy was friendly, the kind of guy Dean could talk to about fishing. He put the couple at ease…
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How Climate Change Threatens Christmas Trees
By Kelly Henderson As someone who celebrates Christmas, every year after Thanksgiving I look forward to the ever-tedious process of selecting the perfectly well-balanced Christmas tree to decorate and adore for weeks to come as we enter the holiday season. [caption id="attachment_316071" align="alignnone" width="500"] The “perfect” Christmas tree can take up to 10 years to…
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4 News Outlets Ban Climate Change Deniers
By Kevin Mathews If a climate change denier has no place to voice his opinion, does he still make a sound? Earlier this year, Care2 writer Beth Buczynski debated the merits of publications eliminating the opinions of climate skeptics from their pages. On the one hand, it never seems right to stifle discussion, but on the other…