http://dir.salon.com/topics/env/?source=rss&aim=env en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT Articles on science and the enviroment By Dana Scarton Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/08/17/vick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/08/17/vick/index.html?source=rss Science says we'll be healthier if we do, but some argue there's room in a healthy life for a good grudge By Andrew Leonard Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/02/the_doomed_prius/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/02/the_doomed_prius/index.html?source=rss Hybrid technology depends on rare minerals currently produced mostly in China. The Saudi oil sheiks must be pleased By Robert Burton Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/mind_reader/2009/08/13/philosophical_baby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/mind_reader/2009/08/13/philosophical_baby/index.html?source=rss Toddlers have amazing philosophical minds that work like computers and can teach us a world about ourselves By Bill Bunn Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/good_life/2009/08/13/shampoo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/good_life/2009/08/13/shampoo/index.html?source=rss Sure, a couple ingredients clean your hair. But the rest are a veritable toxic dump on your head By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/vital_signs/2009/08/12/ezekiel_emanuel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/vital_signs/2009/08/12/ezekiel_emanuel/index.html?source=rss Right-wing boogeyman Ezekiel Emanuel is a persuasive advocate for humane reform. Doctors like me need his wisdom By Andrew Leonard Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/01/steven_chu_the_radical/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/01/steven_chu_the_radical/index.html?source=rss The Energy Secretary is a "radical global warming activist." Not that there's anything wrong with that By Kevin Berger Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/08/10/age_of_wonder/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/08/10/age_of_wonder/index.html?source=rss Romantic poets and scientists tapped the marvels of nature and sounded a clarion alarm that can transform us today By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/08/07/the_cove_dolphins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/08/07/the_cove_dolphins/index.html?source=rss SeaWorld and aquariums, implicated in the shocking new documentary about dolphin slaughter, "The Cove," strike back By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/vital_signs/2009/07/30/huffington_post/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/vital_signs/2009/07/30/huffington_post/index.html?source=rss Why bogus treatments and crackpot medical theories dominate "The Internet Newspaper" By Sarah Karnasiewicz Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2009/07/29/catching_fire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2009/07/29/catching_fire/index.html?source=rss Anthropologist Richard Wrangham has a provocative theory on human evolution. It starts with food and an open flame By Ford Vox Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/29/obama_health_plan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/29/obama_health_plan/index.html?source=rss A physician who treats the disabled and injured explains why the reform bill gets America on its feet By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/27/bluefin_tuna/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/27/bluefin_tuna/index.html?source=rss Will bluefin tuna survive our insatiable appetite for status and taste? By Andrew Leonard Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/22/steven_chus_facebook_page/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/22/steven_chus_facebook_page/index.html?source=rss Can adept social networking and an interview with Jon Stewart stop global warming? By Joseph Romm Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/20/apollo_11/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/20/apollo_11/index.html?source=rss It's time to save planet Earth. And our inspiration, once again, comes from JFK By Jacoba Charles Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/14/jon_jarvis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/14/jon_jarvis/index.html?source=rss Obama says politics will no longer cloud science. But his choice for national parks director is facing that charge By Abrahm Lustgarten Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/14/gas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/14/gas/index.html?source=rss Are Democrats going wobbly as energy companies resist curbs on the natural gas drilling practice known as fracking? By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/vital_signs/2009/07/13/dr_arnold_klein/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/vital_signs/2009/07/13/dr_arnold_klein/index.html?source=rss The dermatologist who exposed the singer's medical history on "Larry King Live" committed a fundamental violation By Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/13/science_illiteracy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/13/science_illiteracy/index.html?source=rss Don't just blame poor education for our nation's scientific illiteracy -- but our politics and pop culture By Charles Siebert Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/11/wauchula_woods_accord/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/11/wauchula_woods_accord/index.html?source=rss How I learned about my own animality (and "humanzees," Stalin and scary creationists) by living with a chimp By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/10/robert_stavins_interview/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/10/robert_stavins_interview/index.html?source=rss As the debate over the Waxman-Markey climate bill rages on, Harvard's top environmental economist sheds some light By Andrew Leonard Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/08/cows_of_the_sea/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/08/cows_of_the_sea/index.html?source=rss Sustainably farmed bluefin tuna? Come on -- what's the catch? By Andrew Leonard Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/07/wild_salmon_cause_global_warming/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/07/wild_salmon_cause_global_warming/index.html?source=rss Every dam removed in favor of a fish run subtracts more renewable energy from the grid By Jonathon Keats Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/07/balance_of_nature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/07/balance_of_nature/index.html?source=rss It may drive ecologists crazy to talk about a balance in nature. But it's more necessary than ever By Andrew Leonard Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/01/the_baby_steps_approach_to_saving_the_world/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/01/the_baby_steps_approach_to_saving_the_world/index.html?source=rss History teaches us that strong environmental legislation takes years of effort to perfect By Katharine Mieszkowski Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/01/overfishing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/07/01/overfishing/index.html?source=rss Overfishing continues at a shocking rate, as countries break one environmental promise after another