Energy & Environment
Some Really Inconvenient Truths
Bjørn Lomborg fights the forces of climate hysteria in the new documentary Cool It.
Can the Climate Be Fixed?
A new book offers a clear-eyed view of the technological and economic magnitude of addressing climate change.
Cultivating Independence
Farmers and government policy must both change if American agriculture is to escape the subsidy trap.
Will a Republican Congress Knock Science Back Into the Stone Age?
Predicting the effect of a victory for the G.O.P. "know-nothing flat-earthers" on science policy
Revving Up Electric Cars With Government Cash
We'll never know if the electric car industry would have been viable without subsidies.
Burning Money to Turn Coal into Gas
In which Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey confesses to his role as a petty Igor to Jimmy Carter's energy-regulating Dr. Frankenstein.
Fixing the Global Warming Establishment with New Lipstick
A review of the IPCC process is a huge missed opportunity
Is Gassing Wolf Pups Better Than Hunting Their Parents?
Environmentalists force a tough choice in the Northern Rockies.
Peak Everything
Forget peak oil. What about peak lithium, peak neodymium, and peak phosphorous?
Confronting Washington's Job Killers
How costly and unnecessary regulations cripple the American economy