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Environmental Economics
Environmental economics is a term developed in the 1960s that encompasses the economic impacts of environmental changes such as air pollution and global warming. Among the concepts covered in environmental economics is market failure, or the scenario where markets do not allocate scarce resources strategically to generate the greatest social welfare impact.
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FEB 07, 2017Earth & The Environment
Thee Environmental Protection Agency, created in 1970 by President Richard Nixon for the purpose of protecting human and ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 31, 2017Earth & The Environment
News about President Trump’s executive orders encouraging the advancement of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pip ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 21, 2016Earth & The Environment
Last Friday the Obama administration put a block on drilling in the Arctic and along the West Coast through 2022. The pr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 18, 2016Earth & The Environment
In a plea addressed to Mr. Trump — as well as President Obama and members of Congress — 365 companies and ma ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 10, 2016Earth & The Environment
This article has been republished from Mongabay News. It has been edited for publication purposes. The developers behind ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 09, 2016Videos
In many states there is ongoing debate about the legalization of marijuana. While some studies show it has medicinal pro ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 19, 2016Microbiology
Drought is not an unusual phenomenon. California experienced years of drought conditions and many places in the American ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 16, 2016Earth & The Environment
The Mariana Islands are a string of fifteen limestone islands that compose the a U.S. commonwealth in the northwestern P ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 17, 2016Videos
Earth Overshoot Day (EOD), or as it used to be known, Ecological Debt Day is the point on the calendar where the consump ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 10, 2016Earth & The Environment
Winner of the Young Entrepreneur Awards,34 year old Oscar Andres Mendez Gerardino is a go-getter Colombian out to make a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 07, 2016Chemistry & Physics
The United States could soon decrease its dependence on importing valuable rare earth elements by extracting it from coa ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 08, 2016Health & Medicine
In 1985 China’s foreign fishing industry was just a little dot on the radar. Today it covers the entire map. With ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 21, 2016Earth & The Environment
Enacted in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is the most comprehensive law any nation has enacted to protect imperi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 23, 2016Earth & The Environment
Already known as the happiest country in the world, Bhutan continues to impress with the latest news that the country re ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 19, 2016Earth & The Environment
There’s a wonderful sense of connection that comes from the grasp of a baby monkey’s hand in your hand. Clin ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 11, 2016Genetics & Genomics
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — In the past, good science has been used for unethical purposes, like eugeni ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA has wanted to design some higher-tech airplanes for commercial use for years, although budget constraints have limi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 24, 2016Health & Medicine
Scientists in the U.S. and Bangladesh claim to have found a link between excessive bacterial growth in the small intesti ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 16, 2015Microbiology
An epidemic of coffee rust, caused by a pathogenic fungus, has ravaged Latin American plantations over the past couple o ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 06, 2015Earth & The Environment
Australia’s economy is currently quite healthy. It’s experiencing significant economic growth. It may surpri ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopOCT 31, 2015Earth & The Environment
Michigan is considering whether or not to allow commercial fish farming in the Great Lakes. Two operators have exp ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopSEP 20, 2015Cancer
The risk of acute leukemia in children living close to heavily used roads has been the focus of a recent study by Inserm ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 10, 2015Earth & The Environment
When it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, carbon taxes work. Many policy makers who are working on reducing gre ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAUG 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
While there is a theory that RNA, instead of DNA, is the original building block of all life, many RNA molecules remain ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
FEB 07, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Thee Environmental Protection Agency, created in 1970 by President Richard Nixon for the purpose of protecting human and
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
News about President Trump’s executive orders encouraging the advancement of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pip
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 21, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Last Friday the Obama administration put a block on drilling in the Arctic and along the West Coast through 2022. The pr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 18, 2016
Earth & The Environment
In a plea addressed to Mr. Trump — as well as President Obama and members of Congress — 365 companies and ma
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 10, 2016
Earth & The Environment
This article has been republished from Mongabay News. It has been edited for publication purposes. The developers behind
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 09, 2016
Videos
In many states there is ongoing debate about the legalization of marijuana. While some studies show it has medicinal pro
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 19, 2016
Microbiology
Drought is not an unusual phenomenon. California experienced years of drought conditions and many places in the American
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 16, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The Mariana Islands are a string of fifteen limestone islands that compose the a U.S. commonwealth in the northwestern P
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 17, 2016
Videos
Earth Overshoot Day (EOD), or as it used to be known, Ecological Debt Day is the point on the calendar where the consump
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 10, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Winner of the Young Entrepreneur Awards,34 year old Oscar Andres Mendez Gerardino is a go-getter Colombian out to make a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 07, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
The United States could soon decrease its dependence on importing valuable rare earth elements by extracting it from coa
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 08, 2016
Health & Medicine
In 1985 China’s foreign fishing industry was just a little dot on the radar. Today it covers the entire map. With
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 21, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Enacted in 1973, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is the most comprehensive law any nation has enacted to protect imperi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 23, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Already known as the happiest country in the world, Bhutan continues to impress with the latest news that the country re
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 19, 2016
Earth & The Environment
There’s a wonderful sense of connection that comes from the grasp of a baby monkey’s hand in your hand. Clin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 11, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — In the past, good science has been used for unethical purposes, like eugeni
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA has wanted to design some higher-tech airplanes for commercial use for years, although budget constraints have limi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2016
Health & Medicine
Scientists in the U.S. and Bangladesh claim to have found a link between excessive bacterial growth in the small intesti
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 16, 2015
Microbiology
An epidemic of coffee rust, caused by a pathogenic fungus, has ravaged Latin American plantations over the past couple o
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 06, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Australia’s economy is currently quite healthy. It’s experiencing significant economic growth. It may surpri
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
OCT 31, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Michigan is considering whether or not to allow commercial fish farming in the Great Lakes. Two operators have exp
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
SEP 20, 2015
Cancer
The risk of acute leukemia in children living close to heavily used roads has been the focus of a recent study by Inserm
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 10, 2015
Earth & The Environment
When it comes to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, carbon taxes work. Many policy makers who are working on reducing gre
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
AUG 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
While there is a theory that RNA, instead of DNA, is the original building block of all life, many RNA molecules remain
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider