As the Fracking Boom Spreads, One Watershed Draws the Line
By Bruce Stutz, Yale Environment 360
After spreading across Pennsylvania, fracking for natural gas has run into government bans in the Delaware River watershed.
Natural Filters: Mussels Deployed To Clean Up Polluted Waterways
By Bruce Stutz, Yale Environment 360
When it comes to ecosystem services, freshwater mussels have much to recommend them:
Why Restoring Wetlands Is More Critical Than Ever
By Bruce Stutz, Yale Environment 360
With sea levels rising, coastal communities...in the U.S. and Europe are realizing the value of wetlands as important buffers against flooding and tidal surges.
Too big to flood? Megacities face future of major storm risk
By Bruce Stutz, Yale Environment 360
As economic activity and populations continue to expand in coastal urban areas, particularly in Asia, hundreds of trillions of dollars of infrastructure, industrial and office buildings, and homes are increasingly at risk from intensifying storms and rising sea levels.
Green roofs are starting to sprout in American cities
By Bruce Stutz, Yale Environment 360
Long a proven technology in Europe, green roofs are becoming increasingly common in U.S. cities, with major initiatives in Chicago, Portland, and Washington, D.C. While initially more expensive than standard coverings, green roofs offer some major environmental — and economic — benefits.
Companies put restrictions on research into GM crops
Yale Environment 360
A battle is quietly being waged between the industry that produces genetically modified seeds and scientists trying to investigate the environmental impacts of engineered crops. Although companies such as Monsanto have recently given ground, researchers say these firms are still loath to allow independent analyses of their patented — and profitable — seeds.