Energy & Environment
Washington DC Washed Away by 2100 by Melting Antarctic Ice Cap?
Actually, no. The Capitol is in no danger.
Use Property Rights to Save Fisheries Around the Globe, Says New Study
Anything you think of as an environmental problem is occurring in an open-access commons.
Climate Campaigner Bill McKibben's Misleading Anti-Fracking Crusade
"We closed coal plants and opened methane leaks, and the result is that things have gotten worse."
The Case of the Catfish Cartel
Why Mississippi's catfish industry asked the government to regulate it more tightly
Meters of Sea Level Rise and MegaBoulder-Heaving Superstorms Thanks to Global Warming
Also carbon emissions rate highest in 66 million years
A U.S. Department of the Future Is a Really Bad Idea
Unfortunately, there is no shortage of would-be Secretaries of the Future.
Professor Defends Absurd Feminist Ice Study: 'The Good News Is People Are Talking About Glaciers!'
The bad news is taxpayers funded the study.
Assume 6 Feet of Sea Level Rise: Predict Catastrophe
Useful science or worst case scaremongering?
CRISPR Critters: Regulators and the New Gene Revolution in Agriculture
More, better, and safer food - but only if regulators will stay out of the way.
CRISPR Critters and the New Gene Revolution in Agriculture: New at Reason
"We are now at the dawn of the gene-editing age."
What Is Congress Hiding?
Legislators smuggled all kinds of questionable provisions into a last-minute, $1.1 trillion spending bill
Sanders and Clinton Both Against Fracking: Flint Democratic Debate
The candidates are either ignorant or pandering
Partisan Divide Over Global Warming Is Just a Big Misunderstanding, Says Study: New at Reason
There are good reasons to doubt that conclusion.
February Hottest Month Ever in the Satellite Temperature Record: Global Temperature Trend Update
Will February's warmth stand out as a singular spike or be part of an ongoing trend?
How Commerce, Not the Feds, Saved the Alligator
Hunting can do more good than the Endangered Species Act.
A New Central Plan for the Climate
Representatives of 195 countries hammer out an emissions accord in Paris.
Banning GMOs Would Hurt Nature
Farmers would have to plow down an area roughly equal to Connecticut.
Leonardo DiCaprio's Oscar Climate Change Grandstand
Climate change is not biggest problem facing indigenous and underprivileged people.
Global Warming Hiatus Is Real
The rate of temperature increase has been dramatically slower than predicted, says Nature Climate Change.
20th Century Sea Level Rise Fastest in 2,800 Years
Coastal flooding made worse by sea level rise linked to rising average temperatures
Bill Gates Expects an 'Energy Miracle' in Next 15 Years
"World will discover a clean energy breakthrough that will save our planet and power our world."
Tesla's Direct Sales Battle Comes to Connecticut
The electric car company might achieve victory in another state but the win should not be limited just to Tesla.
Oil Output Freeze by Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, and Qatar: So What?
Would-be oil cartelizers will fail in the long run
Donald Trump on Science
Comparing his scores on seven science policy topics to Cruz, Rubio, and Bush
Global Warming Fund a Slush Fund for World's Dictators
Third World tyrants salivate at the prospect of largesse from the green climate fund.
Obama's Carbon Rationing Clean Power Plan Stayed by Supreme Court
Greenhouse gas regulations will now be an even bigger issue in the U.S. presidential campaign
How Ted Cruz Defeated Iowa's Ethanol Cartel
His strategy wasn't lovely, but it was a blow to crony capitalism.
Apocalyptic Warnings About 'Water Wars' Too Pessimistic, Too Premature
Freshwater reserves are falling but access to drinking water is up.
The New Nuclear Energy Revolution
Throwing off excessive regulatory precaution will bend the nuclear cost curve down, argues new study
Ted Cruz's Stunning Victory Over Iowa's Ethanol Cartel
The Inigo impersonator devised a clever electoral strategy
Will Environmentalists Force California to Choose "Dirty" Energy Over Clean Nuclear?
Closing the state's last nuclear power plant is anti-environmental and just plain stupid.
Cruz's Victory Is a Welcome Sign That the End Is Near for Corny Crony Capitalism
The Texas senator is the first presidential candidate to win in Iowa while opposing federal support for ethanol.
Will Climate Change Ruin Your Sex Life?
Global warming could cool sexual passions and reduce birth rates.
Advanced Reactor Nuclear Power Resurgence in the U.S.
Privately funded, carbon-free, walk-away-safe, burns nuclear waste - what's not to like?
[Updated] State Agents Investigate Yoga Instructor Because She Was Accused of Giving Bird Feathers to Kids
Cultural appropriation: a crime against nature.
Corny Crony Capitalism in Iowa
Cruz and Paul stand on principle against the federal ethanol mandate while all the other candidates pander.
No, Eminent Domain Is Not an 'Obscure Legal Issue'
Credit Trump with bringing a common state and local flashpoint issue into the primaries.
How Long Could the U.S. Go Without Electricity?
Ted Koppel's latest book explores the effects of EMP weapons.
A Response To: Where Have All the Peak Oilers Gone?
Dancing on the grave of peak oil clearly annoys somebody.
Responsible Research and Innovation: A Concept Worse than the Precautionary Principle
A debate over biotechnology previews the regulatory innovation that could stop innovation
The Government Poisoned Flint's Water—So Stop Blaming Everyone Else
A failure of local government, brought on by public employee pensions.
The Twisted Politics of Police Violence in Chicago
Blame shifting and a lack of political accountability perpetuate problems with police, education, and even water.
2015 Warmest Year in Instrumental Record, Says NOAA, NASA, and the U.K.'s Met Office
2015 third warmest year since 1979 according to UAH satellite temperature data
Where Have All the Peak Oilers Gone?
Dancing on the grave of "peak oil" - will it stay buried?
