Energy & Environment
Ventriloquists for the Powerless
Translating the revolutionary consciousness of voiceless animals is no more silly than doing the same for human beings.
Charging Ahead
To speed along the success of the electric car, improvements in battery chemistry will matter as much as the price of oil.
A Better Way to Frack?
A new technique for natural gas extraction eliminates fears about contaminated water and stops opponents in their tracks.
The Future of American Energy Policy
Finding middle ground in the battle between drillers and renewers
Environmentalists Were For Fracking Before They Were Against It
Shale gas is still the bridge fuel to a low-carbon energy future.
A Grandstanding Attorney General
Why Ken Cuccinelli should drop his misguided case against climatologist Michael Mann
Why Isn't Obama Celebrating High Oil Prices?
Understanding the president's environmental inconsistency
It's Hard to Make Predictions, Especially About the Future
The new book Future Babble explains why dart-throwing monkeys are better at predicting the future than most pundits.
Nuclear News Meltdown
What the media has gotten right-and wrong-about the Japanese nuclear disaster
Radiation Non-Alert
Japan's broken nuclear reactors will have no detectable effect on the health of Americans.
Carbon Rationing by Other Means
After Congress fails to regulate greenhouse gases, the president hands the job to the EPA.
An Overreaching Attorney General
ObamaCare foe Ken Cuccinelli's misguided fight to expand state power in Virginia
