Environment & Science

Sarah Palin: The view from Alaska

Amid "Troopergate" and other government scandals, including killing wolf pups, an Alaskan writer explains why the Palin phenomenon rings hollow in his home state.

By Nick Jans 2008-10-11 05:42:00-07

Bear facts about John McCain

Despite his lip service to science, the GOP candidate continues to ridicule a major study of America's grizzly bears.

By Katharine Mieszkowski October 7, 2008

Ask Pablo

How can I help save the bees?

By Pablo Päster October 6, 2008

There's gold in them melting glaciers

Is it wrong to make a buck on the end of the world?

By Elizabeth Svoboda October 6, 2008

A can't-lose debate strategy for Joe Biden

The Democratic V.P. candidate can put away Sarah Palin simply by prompting her to talk about energy and global warming.

By Joseph Romm October 2, 2008

Playing the doctor card

I was aggravated by the treatment my mother was receiving in the hospital -- until I spoke up.

By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. September 26, 2008

The fungible candidate

Fact-checking Sarah Palin, who "knows more about energy than probably anyone else in the United States of America."

By Joseph Romm September 24, 2008

Thomas Friedman wants a revolution

Only an uprising in green technology will revive America and promote world democracy, the New York Times columnist now argues.

By Nathalie Gorman September 24, 2008

My candidate, myself

Even when faced with new facts and insights, most voters don't change their minds about their favorite candidates. A neurologist explains how they might.

By Robert Burton September 22, 2008

Ask Pablo

I confess: I am addicted to the latest tech gadgets. Can I be green too?

By Pablo Päster September 22, 2008

John McCain's hot air

He may claim to be green, but McCain's environmental record is every bit as dirty as that of Sen. James "global warming is a hoax" Inhofe.

By Joseph Romm September 20, 2008

Sarah Palin's dead lake

By promoting runaway development in her hometown, say locals, Palin has "fouled her own nest" -- and that goes for the lake where she lives.

By David Talbot September 19, 2008

Do we need population control?

Notorious doomsayer Paul Ehrlich and other population experts debate the consequences of a crowded world, and how a McCain administration could set back decades of progress.

By Katharine Mieszkowski September 17, 2008

Now smell this

Savvy consumer marketers are proving that the way to your pocketbook is through your nose.

By Suzanne Bopp September 17, 2008

Born that gay

Do recent neurological studies prove once and for all that homosexuality is biological?

By Robert Burton September 12, 2008

Her deadly wolf program

With a disdain for science that alarms wildlife experts, Sarah Palin continues to promote Alaska's policy to gun down wolves from planes.

By Mark Benjamin September 8, 2008

Ask Pablo

I've heard reading online uses more energy than printing documents. Can that be true?

By Pablo Päster September 8, 2008

Sarah Palin's choice

I greatly admire her decision to have a child with Down syndrome. But she would likely deny other women the right to choose for themselves.

By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. September 5, 2008

The GOP gives up an inch on climate change

The 2008 Party Platform concedes humans could be messing up the weather. But the cost of fixing the mess won't be cheap. Just ask the Dutch

By Andrew Leonard September 3, 2008

Gustav, global warming and Sarah Palin

A leading environmentalist counsels progressives to censor themselves over hurricanes and climate change. But that plays into the hands of deniers like Palin.

By Joseph Romm September 2, 2008

This place is the bomb

Something wild is happening on Christmas Island, once ground zero for nuclear test explosions.

By David Wolman August 31, 2008

Sarah Palin and a melting Alaska

Global warming is nothing to joke about in the not-so-frozen North. Palin might be pro-drilling, but she can't ignore climate change

By Andrew Leonard August 29, 2008

Sarah Palin: Drill, drill, drill -- all the way

Offshore, onshore, in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- the Republican vice-presidential nominee makes no bones about it: Drill!

By Andrew Leonard August 29, 2008

Dr. Feelbad

Modern medical practice is burning out doctors. That's bad for our health and yours. We need a cure. But first I need a nap.

By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. August 29, 2008

Ain't no wind in T. Boone Pickens' sails

The oil tycoon's support of John McCain for president demonstrates that his heavily advertised plan for wind power is only hot air.

By Joseph Romm August 28, 2008