Is President Trump a 'Climate Menace'?
None of his cabinet picks seem to think that man-made climate change is hoax.
Energy & Environment
Trump Cabinet Picks Acknowledge Man-Made Climate Change: New at Reason
They seek climate policies that won't 'compromise economic growth, the affordability of energy, or American jobs'
Senator Pushes a Ridiculous "Milk" Law That Treats Consumers Like Idiots
The "Dairy Pride Act" calls for the FDA to crack down on cow-dairy alternatives that use terms like "milk" or "yogurt."
Trump EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt Grilled on Climate Change at Senate Hearing
'I do not believe that climate change is a hoax.'
2016 Hottest Year Since Good Record Keeping Began in 1880, Says NOAA and NASA
16 of the 17 warmest years on record have occurred since 2001
Worst of Times
The New York Times' political and economic coverage is filled with deceit.
Climate Intervention Finally Discussed in Latest National Global Change Research Plan Update
Way past time to experiment with geoengineering as an emergency backup plan to cool the planet
Obama: Clean Energy Future Is Irreversible and Will Outlast Trump
Still, it is always good to have some idea of what tradeoffs proposed policies would impose.
No Global Warming Hiatus After All Redux?
Sometimes climate science just doesn't seem all that "settled."
Georgia Tech Climatologist Judith Curry Resigns over 'the CRAZINESS in the field of climate science.'
She is a prominent critic of the "consensus" that man-made climate change is an impending catastrophe
2016 Warmest Year in Satellite Record: Global Temperature Trend Update
Edges out 1998: Likely to be confirmed by thermometer data later this month.
Food Policy Experts Comment on Bests, Worsts, and What's to Come
The year that was and the year that will be.
Desalination Foes Privileging Tiny Critters Over People
California environmental regulations go too far.
Anthony Bourdain on Sichuan Peppers, Sex, Eating Dogs, and Political Correctness
An exclusive post-election interview with the culinary celebrity host of Parts Unknown.
An Epidemic of Bad Epidemiology
Getting Risk Right is a potent antidote to the toxic misinformation peddled by activist scaremongers
Climate Scientist Michael Mann's Defamation Lawsuit Against Critics Can Proceed, Rules Court
'Trump hasn't even taken office and it's already becoming easier to sue people for defamation.'
Lithium Mining, Formulaic Reporting, and The Washington Post
Missing the fact that governments, not mining companies, are the real villains
OPEC Production Cutbacks, Oil Prices and Fracking
The petro-autocracies attempt to get more cash to buy off their restive populations will fail
EPA's New Fracking Report and Regulatory Science
The new report appears to be a parting gift to anti-fracking activists from the Obama administration.
Bouncy Houses and American Idol: How Local Governments in Pennsylvania Blew Drilling Tax Revenue
The money is supposed to offset environmental consequences of natural gas drilling, but some localities used it as a slush fund for pet projects and parties.
Tomato Growers Lose Millions Thanks to False FDA Warning, Courts' Failure to Act
What happens when a food's link to salmonella is proven false? Nothing.
Why Don't People Who Are Stuck in Depressed Appalachian Towns Just Leave?
A Reason writer returns to his family's home to investigate
Trump Cannot Stop 'Irrevocable' Transition to Clean Energy, Say Activists: New at Reason
Trump will not stop 'irrevocable' transition to clean energy, say activists
Despite Trump, Is the Clean Energy Future Inevitable?
The momentum away from fossil fuels and toward renewables is 'undeniable and irresistible' assert activists.
Environmental Protection Agency
Trump EPA Nominee: Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt
Lots of teeth-gnashing and garment-rending by progressives soon to follow
The Successful Progressive Conspiracy to Burn a 'Climate Heretic'
Wikileaks reveals how activists orchestrated a campaign to silence climate researcher Roger Pielke Jr.
Army Corps of Engineers Halts Work on Dakota Access Pipeline
Standing Rock protesters succeed in blocking Bakken oil pipeline route
Can Egg Producers Recover from November's Great Fall?
Large farms have been stung by two recent setbacks. What's next?
Trump on Energy: 'The Best of Any President Since Reagan'? Q/A With Alex Epstein
The author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels on global warming, fracking, Ayn Rand, and the president-elect.
Nuclear Power Subsidies Adopted by Illinois State Government
Subsidies for Everybody! Nukes evidently need subsidies to compete with renewable subsidies.
China Burns More Coal: Climate Promises Broken or Just Deferred?
Predictions of Chinese peak coal consumption appear to have been premature
Guess Who Just Approved a Pipeline to Transport Canadian Oilsands Crude?
Liberal Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, that's who. Does this make Obama look like a chump for nixing Keystone XL?
California's New Cow Fart Regulations Totally Stink
New law aims to reduce bovine flatulance, but will the cows obey?
Record Temperatures and Record Grain Yields
Climate model projections of wheat yields are just stupid
Climate Policy Actually Slowed Decarbonization Trends
Paris climate agreement will reduce global warming by 0.2 degrees Celsius by 2100
Who Should Decide if 'Hydroponic' is 'Organic'?
A controversy highlights the need to get the USDA out of organic food altogether. (Even a major newspaper thinks so!)
Energy Poverty Is Much Worse for the Poor Than Climate Change
Forcing poor people to forego economic development in order to prevent climate change is 'morally dubious'
Ending Energy Poverty vs. Climate Change Mitigation: New at Reason
Ending energy poverty should be prioritized over efforts to prevent climate change
Brutal Police Actions, Tactics Reported from Dakota Pipeline Protest
Sophia Wilansky had her arm seriously damaged by what protesters say was police-tossed concussion grenade; police deny using any such weapon. Water has been sprayed on protesters in freezing temperature.
Trump Will 'Keep an Open Mind' About the Paris Climate Change Agreement
So says the president-elect in an interview this afternoon with the New York Times.
What Trump's Win Means for Food and Agricultural Policy
Should we expect a scaling back of regulations or even repeals?
Is Climate Change Already Solved?
"The market is clearly headed towards clean energy, and that trend will only become more pronounced."
Keep It In The Ground: A Global Carbon Budget
"Globally, a third of oil reserves, half of gas reserves and over 80 per cent of current coal reserves should remain unused."
