Big Federal Subsidies for Batteries
The federal government is doling out lots of dough so that private companies don't have to spend their own on battery research
Energy & Environment
Protestor Intrusion Shuts Down Tenn. Nuclear Complex
Three protestors trespassed on uranium storage and processing facility.
Red Tape Barrier to Philippine Oil
Oil producers say byzantine regulations pose a bigger barrier than the Chinese navy when it comes to exploiting oil in disputed waters off the Philippines
Farmers: EPA Regulations Driving Food Prices Up
Subsidizing the production of ethanol would raise the price of food? Can you even call that an unintended consequence?
Judge Rules EPA Overstepped Bounds on Mining Regs
EPA infringed on the authority given to state regulators by federal clean water and surface mining acts.
Everyone Freaks Out About Two New Climate Change Studies
New reports on global temperature trends cause a predictable media uproar
Greenland Thaw Could Prompt Mining Rush
Rare minerals could provide a boost to the local economy as China's reserves drop.
Government Can Speed Up Approval For Keystone XL Pipeline
The American Petroleum Institute has said that there's "no reason" the government cannot approve the pipeline sooner than expected.
Farmers: We're in a Drought. Stop with the Ethanol Quota
Forecasts predict a 4 percent rise in food prices.
The Paradox of Energy Efficiency
How more efficient cars and appliances often lead to more energy use.
Rio +20 Earth Summit: The End of International Environmentalism
Watching green ideology crash and burn
Rio +20 Earth Summit: Slouching Toward Pointlessness
Reason's Science Correspondent sends his sixth and final dispatch from the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Rio +20 Earth Summit: Greens Fail to Get The Future They Want
Reason's Science Correspondent sends his fifth dispatch from the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Rio +20 Earth Summit: Wandering Through the People's Summit
Reason's Science Correspondent sends his fourth dispatch from the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Rio +20 Earth Summit: Down with Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Up with Food Sovereignty
Reason's Science Correspondent sends his third dispatch from the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro.
Rio +20 Earth Summit: 436 Visions of Sustainability, At Least
Reason's science correspondent reports from the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.
Top 5 Pieces of Good News in the Bad News
Tired of bad news? Maybe you're just taking it the wrong way.
Rio +20 Earth Summit: Is Sustainable Development Still Sexy?
Reason's Science Correspondent previews the U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro
Union of Concerned Scientists Cooks the Books, Media Swallow It*
An environmentalist lobbying group claims corporations pay vast sums to misrepresent climate science.
