One writer observes:
China added more coal-burning power plants in 2007 than Britain has built in its history, said Gerard McCloskey, a coal market specialist with Cambridge Energy Research Associates in London.

America’s no slouch, though. Already, the US gets almost half its power from coal, with a rise expected in the next few decades. We’re […]

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220 square miles of the Arctic ice shelf broke off and fell into the ocean today. A larger piece equivalent in size to half of Scotland is “hanging by a thread”:

“Even though they seem far away, changes in the polar regions could have an impact on both hemispheres, with sea level rise and changes […]

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