The Chinese history is a history of battling with water, especially the battle to tame the fierce Yellow River. Hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of people would perish each time when the angry river overflowed, destroying vast area of crops.

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Researchers at Brigham Young University examined changes in life expectancy in 51 metropolitan areas, comparing those figures with improvements in air quality in each region from the early 1980s to the late 1990s.

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Tidal power doesn't get the attention — or the venture capital — that higher-profile renewable energy sources such as solar or biofuels do, but there's a lot of energy waiting to be tapped in the motion of the ocean.

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A US airline has completed the first test flight of a plane partly powered by biofuel derived from algae. More Articles

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An independent commission has concluded that terrorists will most likely carry out an attack with biological, nuclear or other unconventional weapons somewhere in the world in the next five years unless the United States and its allies act urgently to prevent that.

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A light-transmitting compound that could one day be used in high-efficiency fiber optics and sensors that detect biological and chemical weapons at long distance almost went undiscovered by scientists because its structure was too difficult to examine. More Articles

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Dangerous levels of toxic lead were emitted by a Southern California battery recycling facility for months, until regulators ordered the facility to cut production by almost half, officials said.

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"Hydrogen Fuel Injection (HFI): Produces hydrogen during vehicle operation through electrolysis of water using the power generated from the vehicles electrical system.

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Have you seen your local gas station being set on fire and then flown over your head? No? Unknown to yourself, you might have seen it. No kidding.

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Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin, a persistent advocate of increased oil and gas drilling, doesn't want the polar bear protected under the Endangered Species Act.

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Big Coal: Why Are You Picking on Arkansas?

By Jack Blackstone

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the choice of the means of transportation does severely influence the amount of CO2 emitted for the transportation of goods. The following table shows the amount of CO2 (in grams) emitted per metric ton of freight and per km of transportation:

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Science Daily — Lowering fuel emission levels is a topic facing constant scrutiny by the global public.

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Well with all of the coverage going to Live Earth, and the ensuing media circus surrounding it, I'll take a break from my routine here to discuss something closely related, but yet not receiving the kind of attention that it should.

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Bush calls for global emissions standards... hmm is it an act or not.

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Phil Lampert, Executive Director of the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition, responds to a recent health report about the potential health and pollution risks of e85 ethanol.

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Industrial pollution coming from Asia is having a wider effect on global weather and climate than previously realised, research suggests. The "Asian haze" of soot is boosting storms in the Pacific, scientists find.

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Better than a hybrid

The world burns oil and coal and fouls up the environment and thereafter hopes to make up for it by planting forests that recapture the emitted carbons. It won't, but at least it is better than doing nothing, especially if it does it right.

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