Wood That Reaches New Heights
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
Cross-laminated timber, a sort of supersize plywood, is already popular in Europe in ever taller buildings that can be a cheaper and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional buildings.
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Tree of Life Project Aims for Every Twig and Leaf
By CARL ZIMMER
A group of scientists is trying to graft existing smaller trees into one huge tree of life that includes every known species, a tree with two million branches and counting.
June 4, 2012
Emissions Fell Under Cap and Trade Program, Report Says
The decline in the nine participating Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states can be attributed not just to the carbon market, but to the cheap price of natural gas, improved energy efficiency programs and an economic decline.
June 4, 2012
On Our Radar: Greece's Energy Uncertainties
Greece's natural gas company threatens to cut supplies to electricity producers if they fail to settle their arrears, raising the possibility of rotating power cuts by grid operators.
June 4, 2012
Climate Change Threatens Power Output, Study Says
As rivers and lakes warm, plants are expected to fall short of the cooling water they need to generate power.
June 1, 2012
On Our Radar: Cuts in the Firefighting Budget
Critics say that federal agencies for preventing and putting out wildfires are underfunded - especially given climate projections suggesting a rise in wildfires over the next 20 years.
In Land of Gas Drilling, Battle for Water That Doesn’t Reek or Fizz
By DAN FROSCH
In a rural pocket of Wyoming, residents have long complained of unsafe water, and as they await definitive scientific testing, many blame nearby hydraulic fracturing.
U.S. Imposes Duties on Chinese Wind Tower Makers
By MATTHEW L. WALD
A preliminary decision by the Commerce Department found that Chinese manufacturers of towers for wind turbines got unfair subsidies, and sets duties of 13.7 to 26 percent.
The Enigma 1,800 Miles Below Us
By NATALIE ANGIER
New research suggests the existing models of Earth’s core may not explain its complexities.
Graphic: Deep EarthQ & A
The Mighty Tick
By C. CLAIBORNE RAY
Ticks do not have a significant role in the food chain, but they are agents of disease and as such may help keep the deer population in check.
Observatory
A Butterfly Takes Wing on Climate Change
By SINDYA N. BHANOO
The brown argus butterfly in England has spread north as the warmer climate allows its caterpillars to feed off a new host plant, wild geraniums, researchers say.
A Tiny Florida Outpost Divides Over Getting on the Power Grid
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Some residents of No Name Key, Fla., have joined together to get public electricity to the island, but not everyone is happy about it.
Spent Fuel Rods Drive Growing Fear Over Plant in Japan
By HIROKO TABUCHI and MATTHEW L. WALD
A storage pool for used nuclear fuel may have the most potential for causing a new disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Along a Utah Range, a New Skirmish Over Development or Conservation
By SALLIE DEAN SHATZ
Two Congressional bills take opposite sides on SkiLink, a proposed gondola between two ski areas in the Wasatch Range.
Off-the-Grid Living in Brooklyn
By RONDA KAYSEN
A Brooklyn developer is renovating a Park Slope brownstone so that it generates as much energy as it uses.
Brazil: President Vetoes Major Parts of Bill to Open Up Forests
By SIMON ROMERO
President Dilma Rousseff on Friday vetoed portions of Brazil’s new Forest Code, a bill drafted to open big areas of protected forests to large-scale agriculture.
Spring Valley Journal
At a Wildfire Base Camp, Logistics and Pop-Tarts
By FERNANDA SANTOS
In Arizona, a makeshift camp at a high school sustains 1,160 firefighters spread across three outposts in the mountains and 498 other workers.
Geologist Is Nominated to Lead Nuclear Agency
By JOHN M. BRODER
President Obama on Thursday nominated Allison M. Macfarlane, a professor at George Mason University, to serve as chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The Energy Rush
New and Frozen Frontier Awaits Offshore Oil Drilling
By JOHN M. BRODER and CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Despite lively opposition, Shell will start testing wells in northern Alaska, in a moment of major promise and considerable danger.
Dam’s Flow Limit Loosened to Feed Grand Canyon
By FELICITY BARRINGER
The Interior Department will allow periodic flow increases at the Glen Canyon Dam to help the Colorado River replenish sediment in downstream ecosystems.
Indiana: In Deal, BP Will Install Pollution Controls at Oil Refinery
By REUTERS
The deal ends years of opposition that might have left BP unable to use $4 billion worth of new processing units being installed at Whiting that will allow it to run Canadian tar sands crude as early as next year.
U.S. Agency Approves New Gas Line to Run Under Hudson
By MIREYA NAVARRO
The widely expected approval of a gas pipeline from New Jersey to Manhattan by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission came in a 4-to-0 decision.
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Relics With Much to Tell About Bird Diets May Be Lost to Time
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An Entrepreneur Bankrolls a Genetically Engineered Salmon
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Chairman of N.R.C. to Resign Under Fire
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Observatory: A Tidal Wave of Data on Elephant Seals
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California: Tribe Wins Ruling Against Gold Mining
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Washington: Seattle Votes Against Coal Terminals
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Insurance Firm Is Set Up for Land Trusts, Which See Legal Costs Soaring
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With Natural Gas Plentiful and Cheap, Carbon Capture Projects Stumble
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Legislation Is Proposed to Extend Helium Sales Deadline
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Brazil’s Leader Faces Defining Decision on Bill Relaxing Protection of Forests
From the Sunday Magazine
Craig Venter’s Bugs Might Save the World
By WIL S. HYLTON
The controversial scientist is convinced that the planet’s biggest problems can be solved by its tiniest organisms. It’s just a matter of creating the right ones.
Opinion
Sunday Review
Protecting Many Species to Help Our Own
By RICHARD PEARSON
Ecosystems of multiple species that interact with one another and their physical environments are essential for human societies.
Interactive: Are We in the MidstThe Energy Rush
Even in Coal Country, the Fight for an Industry
By ERIC LIPTON
With the coal industry under siege across the country, an announcement that the operator of the Big Sandy power plant near Louisa, Ky., planned to switch to natural gas prompted an uproar.
The Animal Lifeboat
To Save Some Species, Zoos Must Let Others Die
By LESLIE KAUFMAN
As the number of species at risk of extinction soars, zoos are being called upon to rescue and sustain some animals in favor of others.
Opinion
Warming Arctic Tundra Producing Pop-Up Forests
June 3, 2012
Winning Entry in 'What is a Flame' Contest
June 2, 2012
Efforts to Save Endangered Hawaiian Birds
May 30, 2012
The Extinction of Hawaiian Birds
May 29, 2012
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Lens Blog
Thousands of Species, Each a Work of Art
By KERRI MACDONALD
Even 20 years photographing animals couldn't have prepared Joel Sartore for some of the creatures he has encountered working on a series that aims to showcase biodiversity in the United States.
Damming the Amazon
Brazil is planning to build at least 20 hydroelectric dams in the Amazon region by 2020, but indigenous residents say they are threatened and so is the rain forest.
In the Wake of Disaster
A year after the tsunami, communities in Japan are still grappling with how to assess the risk of radiation exposure.
In Borneo, a Safe Place for Orangutans
By ANDY ISAACSON
At Camp Leakey, one of three research outposts in Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesia, semiwild orangutans living in the surrounding forest often drop by for bananas and company.
Timeline: 70 Years of Environmental Change
Environmental milestones over 13 presidential administrations.
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