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AIR POLLUTION: $500 shirts change color with exposure

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New York City designer Nikolas Gregory Bentel has released a line of shirts that change colors based on pollution levels in the air.

AIR POLLUTION: Pro-diesel policies caused London's smog

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London's reliance on diesel-powered vehicles has led to pollution woes on the city streets as smog impairs public health.

ARMY CORPS: Breakdowns, bad weather halt Cuyahoga River dredging

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Mechanical breakdowns and inclement weather have postponed dredging in the Cuyahoga River.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA overhauls emission rules for uranium plants

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U.S. EPA has finished a long-awaited rewriting of standards for radon emissions from uranium processing facilities that appears to take some steps to allaying watchdog groups' objections to the original proposal.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: A $499 Tesla — for sale in time for the holidays

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It won't cost you nearly as much as an adult-sized version, but the Tesla Model S for Kids will still be the talk of the playground.

AVIATION: Erupting volcano in Alaska could disrupt air traffic

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An Aleutian volcano erupted yesterday, sending ash into the air and causing scientists to raise alert levels.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Western governors team up to expand charging network

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Three Western states are making it easier to drive electric vehicles in their part of the country by putting up charging stations along major highways.

BIOFUELS: EPA extends comment period on RFS blending requirements

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U.S. EPA has extended for a month the public comment period on potential changes to who's responsible to meet the renewable fuel standard's blending requirements.

CARBON CAPTURE: DOE commits $2B loan guarantee for CCS methanol plant

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The Department of Energy announced a $2 billion commitment today for a loan guarantee to construct the world's first methanol facility using carbon capture technology.

WHITE HOUSE: Obama admin, insurers partner on climate risk initiative

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The Obama administration announced commitments from the insurance industry today to share risk data and support resilient design.

FORESTS: Judge stops logging in Ore. woods

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A federal judge has sided with conservation groups over a bid to clear-cut 49 acres of the Oregon Coast Range.

CLIMATE: CCS experts defend EPA's new-source rule

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A group of scientists who study carbon capture and sequestration is backing U.S. EPA in litigation over the agency's carbon dioxide limits for new power plants.

CLEAN WATER RULE: Industry asks Supreme Court to step in due to Trump win

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Opponents of the Obama administration's Clean Water Rule are asking the Supreme Court to get involved in litigation in light of Republican businessman Donald Trump's election as president.

COAL: Lawsuit, resolution aim to push stream rule to 'dumpster'

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Critics this week opened up two new fronts in their campaign to take down the Obama administration's controversial new restrictions on coal mining pollution.

INVASIVES: Fishing app tracks species in Fla.

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U.S. and Florida wildlife officials are trying a new technique to combat invasive species: an app.

OCEANS: Scientists name Papahānaumokuākea fish after Obama

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In June, marine biologist Richard Pyle saw a tiny fish with a splotch of bluish red on its dorsal fin along the Pacific Ocean's deep-sea coral reefs.

WESTERN WATER: USDA announces $225M for drought, wildlife projects

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The federal government is pouring $225 million into 88 projects addressing drought in the West and watershed restoration across the nation.

PUBLIC LANDS: BLM finalizes much-debated management plan for Utah red rocks

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The Bureau of Land Management has finalized management plans for two Utah national conservation areas that sparked criticism from congressional and local leaders about potential impacts to the regional economy.

DEFENSE: McCain rips Navy use of biofuels in annual waste report

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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) this week criticized Navy efforts to use alternative fuels in a report that detailed what he called wasteful defense spending.

CLIMATE: Key Democrat fears GOP intimidation of federal scientists

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The top Democrat on a Republican-led House Science Committee at the center of several climate investigations and at least one Twitter spat is warning against the widespread intimidation of federal scientists under the incoming Trump administration.
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