Like most natural disasters, the tragic tornadoes in the Southeast and Midwest have triggered a veritable storm of media attention. One question that has come up repeatedly in both mainstream and environmental outlets is this: Could global warming be making tornadoes stronger and more frequent?
Joe Romm, one of the Web’s most thorough climate bloggers, published [...]

This time of year, many of us find ourselves fantasizing about warm weather, white-sand beaches, palm trees and clear blue water.  In December, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) got to fulfill that fantasy, although it wasn’t supposed to be for fun…. From November 29 through December 10, the UNFCCC, which is [...]

Cross-posted from Through a Green Lens.

Over the past week, thousands of people in thirteen countries staged the world’s first art show visible from space. Coordinated by 350.org, the project included aerial installations from Los Angeles to Egypt to Iceland. Like October’s Global Work Party, this event highlighted our species’ vulnerability to climate change–and our ability [...]

It will soon have been five months since the Deepwater Horizon exploded and the ensuing disaster spilled across headlines. Being particularly awful, the Gulf oil spill occupied the spotlight longer than many catastrophes do. But now the leak is under control; the oil is being cleaned up. Heck, 74 percent just disappeared, according to the [...]

“Comprehensive climate change legislation.”  How many times have we heard that phrase in the last few years?  It has been used by environmental groups to describe what they think we need.  And it’s been used by Congress to label several of its bills.
The American Clean Energy and Security Act, a.k.a. the Waxman-Markey bill, was called [...]