Endangered humpback whales have converged on the Central Coast of California just as the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant prepares for seismic testing that has been accused of frightening, deafening, and killing sea life.
The nuclear plant was built…
2012
When news broke last week that radioactive material had been found outside of the inner containment wall of a double-hulled tank at the nuclear waste cleanup site in Hanford, Wa, most reports characterized the contents of the tank as "radioactive…
Even those who don't believe humans are causing climate change have a hard time rebuffing the national-security argument—which contends that a diverse domestic energy portfolio makes the United States less vulnerable to disruptions of its energy…
Faced with a tight budget and timeline to resurface storied Michigan Avenue, Chicago developed a new kind of pavement last year made with recycled car tires, asphalt roof shingles, and reclaimed pavement from other streets.
The new, recycled North…
The mayors of Milwaukee and Gary came to Chicago Wednesday for their first public appearance with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and to vow collaboration on a regional alliance for technology and transportation—but Rahm didn't show.
Organizer MarySue…
Car sharing will continue to grow in cities, and may become as individual as couch hopping, thanks to technology that enables private car owners to rent their personal vehicles to other drivers, three transportation experts agreed Friday.
General…
More people take public transit when they can access bus and train arrival times on their cell phones and computers, according to a study of Chicago’s Bus Tracker and Train Tracker system.
Since the Chicago Transit Authority implemented its Bus…
It wasn’t the great science fiction novels, “Fahrenheit 451” or “The Martian Chronicles,” that most reflected Ray Bradbury’s life, but a play he wrote—”Something Wicked This Way Comes”—
“It’s a metaphor for all of life,” Bradbury said of his play,…
A haunted train steams into a small town on an October midnight, carrying a dark carnival. It rumbles past the graveyard, accompanied by music from a calliope with no one at the keyboard. Light streams from the windows of empty passenger cars. The…
Adding wind power to the existing electric grid may not have the effect of reducing carbon emissions as much as expected, according to a new study published by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory.
Because the wind blows inconsistently, power…
