Climate Lawsuits Against Big Oil Are Likely a Useless Distraction
Funny: These cities didn't disclose any concerns about climate change in their bond issues.
Energy & Environment
FERC Shuts Down Trump's Coal Cronyism
How an independent regulatory agency is supposed to work
Donald Trump: Energy Crony
Nearly a year into his term, it's clear the president intends to flood the bog with energy mandates and subsidies.
2017 Was the Costliest Year Ever for Disasters in the U.S.
NOAA finds that hurricanes, fires, floods, and droughts caused $306 billion in losses last year.
Trump Seeks to Open Up Most U.S. Coastal Waters to Oil Drilling
Activists decry plan as a "shameful giveaway" to Big Oil.
Upstate N.Y. Town Defeats Anti-Farming Bill
A dispute with neighbor spurred a measure to crack down on smaller properties. But the town's large agricultural community fought back.
Will Opening Up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Spark Another Alaska Oil Boom?
And would that mean driving a stake through its "biological heart"?
Fossil Fuel Divestment Is Not Going to Go the Way Bill McKibben Thinks
But doesn't mean ruling out disruptive new energy technologies.
Final GOP Tax Bill Retains Tax Credits for Wind Energy, Electric Cars
Some subsidies never die.
States Partner to Sue Massachusetts, California Over Costly Livestock Bans
Two states attempt to dictate how farmers outside their boundaries treat their animals.
Butterflies, Border Walls, and Property Rights
The North American Butterfly Association says Border Patrol agents have harassed employees and damaged property at the National Butterfly Center.
Trump Just Made Two National Monuments Smaller. How Big a Deal Is That?
The feds still own the land.
Global Temperature Increases Are Lower and Slower, Says New Study
"We calculated that value as 1.1 C (almost 2° Fahrenheit), while climate models estimate that value as 2.3 C (about 4.1° F)"
GMO Virus Could Save Florida's Orange Groves
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will reportedly approve a GMO virus to fight citrus greening disease.
Destroy Capitalism to Save the Climate, Argues New York Times Op-Ed
Centrally planning the climate will work about as well as centrally planning economies did.
Nebraska Regulators Approve Keystone XL Pipeline
A big defeat for anti-pipeline activists.
Finally Fake Meat that Tastes Deliciously Like the Real Thing
Tasty Impossible Burger uses 95 percent less land, uses 74 percent less water, and emits 87 percent less greenhouse gas.
Merchants of Environmentalist Doubt*
Contrary to activist claims, the popular herbicide glyphosate does not cause cancer in people, says a new study.
Florida Appeals Court Upholds City's Veggie-Garden Ban
A court says a city can squash your property rights because it thinks vegetables are ugly.
New Farm Subsidy Programs Were Supposed to Save Money; Instead They've Cost Billions More Than Predicted
Most of the money has gone to a small collection of well-off farms.
23rd U.N. Climate Change Conference Opens in Bonn
The Trump administration sends low-level bureaucrats as delegates to the climate negotiations.
Trump Did Not 'Suppress' the New National Climate Science Special Report
It says "human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, are the dominant cause of the observed warming."
Republicans' Tax Plan Crashes Jerry Brown's Electric Car Fantasies
The new tax reform bill eliminates a huge tax credit for electric vehicle purchases.
The Deceptive Art of Confirmation-Biased 'Science': Condemning Glyphosate
With a little conflict of interest thrown in
Super Hacker George Hotz: I Can Make Your Car Drive Itself for Under $1,000
Comma.ai aims to bring plug-and-play autonomy to the masses.
Nova Offers an Unusual Environmental Whodunnit Starring Volcanoes
In this documentary murder mystery, the suspects all belch smoke and lava.
Technological Advances Offer Optimism For The Future
Genetically-engineered hens, embryo surgeries, and robot farmers.
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Will Reportedly Revoke Obama's Clean Power Plan
Is the plan actually necessary for bringing emissions down?
Does the Colorado River Have Rights?
The river doesn't need rights if people have strong property rights to its water.
Climate Models Run Too Hot: Settled Science Again
A Nature Geoscience study finds that humanity has more time to avert dangerous man-made warming.
Unions Battle Environmentalists for a Cut of California's Electric Vehicle Subsidies
Fighting for a piece of the action
Climate Change Will Reduce Incomes in 2100 from $97,000 to $95,000
Global per capita income now is $10,000. How much should we spend to prevent climate change losses in 2100?
In Australia, as Renewables Surge the Price of Electricity Doubles
Activist happy talk that transitioning to renewables will be cheap is entirely specious.
Calm People vs. the Apocalypse [Podcast]
Reason editors discuss the debt ceiling, Hurricane Irma, and the 9/11 anniversary.
'So Far There Is No Particular Evidence That Says Harvey or Katrina or Sandy Were Exacerbated by Climate Change'
As Hurricane Irma pummels Florida, and armchair scientists blame global warming, a reminder from Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey that data does not yet support the hypothesis of stronger hurricanes.
Europe's Anti-GMO Stance Is Killing Africans
The cost of Africa's refusal to grow GMO crops are incredible in human health and economic terms.
Hurricane Harvey Isn't About Climate Change, It's About Bad Federal Policy (Podcast)
As greens rush to blame Harvey's devastation on global warming, the real culprit - subsidizing coastal development - goes unmentioned.
Hurricane Harvey and Climate Change
Extreme weather events attribution science yields murky results
Hurricane Harvey and the National Flood Insurance Fiasco
Don't build in flood plains, and especially don't rebuild in flood plains
Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians React to Solar Eclipse
Denial and panic aren't the only responses, folks. (Works for climate change, too.)
Unconstitutional State Food, Agriculture Crackdowns Spur Congress to Act
States like Massachusetts attempt to control how farms outside their borders operate.
