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The Fiscal 2009 Budget & Appropriations Special Report is a one-stop resource for tracking the fiscal 2009 spending process for environmental and energy accounts. The report includes budget tables for DOE, EPA, Interior, NOAA, and USDA, and links to stories that relate to the issues surrounding each bill. The tables and stories will be updated throughout the year. |
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E&E explores the science, politics and policy of climate change in this ongoing special report. The report is broken into three distinct sections: domestic policy, international action, and science and technology. |
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Beijing, China, host to this year's summer Olympics, has faced a tremendous amount of international pressure to improve its air quality since it was named host city. With all eyes on Beijing, has the city made the necessary improvements to address air quality issues? In this Special Report, E&E explores the measures being taken to "green" the Olympic venues and Beijing as a whole. |
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The Sustainable Design special report looks at environmental, economic and social forces driving the burgeoning green building movement. From Wall Street to Main Street, sustainable design is reshaping how we make homes, high-rises and buildings in between. |
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Greenwire reporter Michael Burnham and E&ETV explore the emerging offshore hydropower industry. Spurred by volatile fossil fuel prices and climate change pressures, entrepreneurs are developing technologies aimed at tapping the power of waves and tides to generate clean, renewable energy. |
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E&E explores financial, environmental and political hurdles facing promoters of coal-to-liquids refineries. |
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The U.S. ethanol industry's hunger for corn has focused attention on agriculture's growing role in helping wean the nation from imported fuels. Greenwire explores the phenomenon in this series. |
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Spilling across southern Florida, the Everglades is a ecosystem unlike any other in the world. Agriculture and development have cut it in half. E&E explores how new global market forces and growth are affecting the Everglades. |
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Wild orangutans are only found on the Indonesian islands of Borneo and Sumatra. But their habitat is increasingly being threatened by deforestation and the production of palm oil, a key ingredient in biofuels. Researchers estimate orangutans could be extinct in 10 to 20 years if nothing is done to protect them and their habitat. Greenwire senior reporter Darren Samuelsohn takes viewers behind the scenes of a story he covered during a recent trip to Indonesia. Along the way, Samuelsohn meets orangutan expert Biruté Galdikas and tours her famous orangutan care center in the Central Kalimantan region of Indonesia. |
