by Jaclyn Skurie | Jan 18, 2012 | Environment, Politics
House Republicans expressed their disapproval of President Barack Obama’s decision to reject the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline. (Mattias Gugel/Medill)Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, said, “The president is selling out American jobs for...
by Chris Kirk | Jan 17, 2012 | Environment, Health & Science
WASHINGTON —IBM Chief Financial Officer Jeff Katz said Tuesday that the country is undergoing a “leap” forward in smart grid technology, but cautioned that this leap would introduce new security challenges. At a smart grid technologies conference at a Washington...
by Jaclyn Skurie | Jan 11, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON- Chinese development officials Wednesday joined with an environmental think tank backed by the U.S. and other governments to commit their groups to developing environmentally sustainable cities. The members of the National Development and Reform Commission...
by Medill News Service | Jan 10, 2012 | Environment
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its Doomsday Clock one minute closer to midnight. The clock, which now stands at five minutes until midnight, was changed due to concerns over the threats ofexpanded nuclear power and grave environmental dangers due to...
by Jaclyn Skurie | Jan 10, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON — The global think tank World Resources Institute hosted its ninth annual “Stories to Watch” event at the National Press Club on Tuesday, connecting trends and observations from last year to predict the key environmental issues of 2012. Manish Bapna,...
by Chris Kirk | Jan 10, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Policymakers who ignore or trivialize global climate change are pushing humanity closer to extinction, according to an organization of scientists and diplomats. Lamenting the failure of policymakers worldwide to ease nuclear tensions and curb...
by Ben Kamisar | Jan 10, 2012 | Environment
WASHINGTON— It may not be time to head for the fallout shelters, but the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists thinks it’s at least time to pre-emptively sound an apocalyptic alarm. The Bulletin on Tuesday moved its Doomsday Clock, a symbolic measure of the world’s...
by Chris Kirk | Jan 10, 2012 | Business, Environment
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday it is taking a diverse approach to energy development in Alaska where it is pushing for natural gas drilling, offshore oil drilling and alternative energy. Several cabinet agencies are cooperating with energy...
by Chris Kirk | Jan 9, 2012 | Environment
Washington — Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar placed a 20-year ban Monday on new uranium mining claims around the Grand Canyon. “We have been entrusted to care for and protect our precious environmental and cultural resources, and we have chosen a...
by Nina Lincoff | Mar 9, 2011 | Environment
WASHINGTON—The world economy’s transition toward a global green economy “is not only possible, but it is already on the way,” Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), said Wednesday. But Steiner said that unless nations...
by Nina Lincoff | Mar 2, 2011 | Environment, Politics
WASHINGTON—Peter Meier, an independent energy economist and consultant, spoke Wednesday about renewable energies in developing countries at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. According to Meier, the future of wind power as a cost-effective...
