Brian Palmer
Brian Palmer covers daily environmental news for OnEarth. His science writing has appeared in Slate, The Washington Post, the New York Times, and many other publications.
Brian Palmer covers daily environmental news for OnEarth. His science writing has appeared in Slate, The Washington Post, the New York Times, and many other publications.
By Brian Palmer, Onearth
TransCanada announced on Thursday a two-year delay in the completion of its proposed Energy East pipeline.
By Brian Palmer, Onearth
The leaders of the world’s two largest greenhouse gas emitters promised to cap carbon pollution in 15 to 20 years.
By Brian Palmer, Onearth
Without KXL, tar sands are a bad investment. By fighting the pipeline, activists have disrupted the industry’s bottom line.
By Brian Palmer, Onearth
The EPA’s new oil refinery rules are another half-step toward environmental justice.
By Brian Palmer, Onearth
The authors ran their observations through a mathematical model and provided proof of an environmental maxim: a diverse ecological community is a strong ecological community.
By Brian Palmer, Onearth
The U.S. Forest Service is spending so much of its money fighting fires that it's struggling to keep our national forests healthy.
By Brian Palmer, Onearth
This is the year of obscure atmospheric phenomenon.
By Brian Palmer, Onearth
Toxicologists have a saying: “The dose makes the poison.”