Search
The Westside Story logo
  • Innovation
    Featured
    • Scientists stumble on mutant enzymes that can digest plastic waste

      West Side Story
      Apr 18, 2018
      Environment, Innovation, Science
    Recent
    • Part-jet, part-rocket Sabre engine wins new investments from aerospace giants

      West Side Story
      Apr 17, 2018
    • World’s first 3D printed home will start housing tenants in June

      West Side Story
      Apr 11, 2018
    • China’s Tiangong-1 space lab falls to Earth, into the South Pacific

      West Side Story
      Apr 3, 2018
    • USDA says it won’t regulate CRISPR gene-edited plants

      West Side Story
      Mar 31, 2018
    • Uber self-driving car fatally injures pedestrian in Arizona

      West Side Story
      Mar 20, 2018
    • Fitbit to debut the Versa, a smartwatch to compete with Apple’s

      West Side Story
      Mar 18, 2018
  • Policy
    Featured
    • Trump administration takes first steps toward Arctic refuge drilling

      West Side Story
      Apr 20, 2018
      Environment, Policy, Science
    Recent
    • The European Citizen Initiative: between populism and reform

      Editorial Board
      Apr 9, 2018
    • Scott Pruitt’s links to the fossil fuel industry should come as no surprise

      West Side Story
      Apr 7, 2018
    • Zuckerberg says Facebook will put stringent EU privacy protections in place globally

      West Side Story
      Apr 6, 2018
    • USDA says it won’t regulate CRISPR gene-edited plants

      West Side Story
      Mar 31, 2018
    • Expulsion of diplomats is not enough to deter Russian antagonism

      West Side Story
      Mar 27, 2018
      1
    • The Cambridge Analytica breach shows the need for new data and privacy regulations

      West Side Story
      Mar 21, 2018
      1
  • Health
    Featured
    • New research suggests that the brain keeps producing neurons throughout life

      West Side Story
      Apr 9, 2018
      Health, Science
    Recent
    • New study encourages regular, temporary breaks from social media

      West Side Story
      Apr 5, 2018
    • California judge rules coffee companies must provide cancer warnings

      West Side Story
      Mar 30, 2018
    • Research shows 4 of 10 UK cancer cases could be avoided with lifestyle changes

      West Side Story
      Mar 23, 2018
    • Ambitious NIH data collection program has little to show for its massive budget, critics say

      West Side Story
      Mar 20, 2018
    • FDA proposes broad, unprecedented move to limit nicotine content in cigarettes

      West Side Story
      Mar 17, 2018
    • Lead contamination may be causing ten times as many deaths as previously believed

      West Side Story
      Mar 16, 2018
  • Environment
    Featured
    • Trump administration takes first steps toward Arctic refuge drilling

      West Side Story
      Apr 20, 2018
      Environment, Policy, Science
    Recent
    • New pollution report shows 95 percent of the world is breathing unsafe air

      West Side Story
      Apr 19, 2018
    • Scientists stumble on mutant enzymes that can digest plastic waste

      West Side Story
      Apr 18, 2018
    • Scott Pruitt’s links to the fossil fuel industry should come as no surprise

      West Side Story
      Apr 7, 2018
    • Investors offer lukewarm response to Trump’s Gulf oil lease sale

      West Side Story
      Mar 29, 2018
    • UK report warns that plastic pollution is set to triple within a decade

      West Side Story
      Mar 25, 2018
    • New study links warming Arctic temperatures to extreme winter weather elsewhere

      West Side Story
      Mar 15, 2018
  • Business
    Featured
    • Zuckerberg says Facebook will put stringent EU privacy protections in place globally

      West Side Story
      Apr 6, 2018
      Business, Policy, Science
    Recent
    • Under Armour says a February data breach affected 150 million fitness app users

      West Side Story
      Apr 2, 2018
    • Investors offer lukewarm response to Trump’s Gulf oil lease sale

      West Side Story
      Mar 29, 2018
    • The Cambridge Analytica breach shows the need for new data and privacy regulations

      West Side Story
      Mar 21, 2018
      1
    • Fitbit to debut the Versa, a smartwatch to compete with Apple’s

      West Side Story
      Mar 18, 2018
    • From Autonomous Vehicles To Blockchain, Regulatory Sandboxes Are Taking Off

      Editorial Board
      Mar 5, 2018
    • Uber to hold conference on “flying car” project in May

      West Side Story
      Feb 26, 2018
  • World
    Featured
    • Expulsion of diplomats is not enough to deter Russian antagonism

      West Side Story
      Mar 27, 2018
      Opinion, Policy, Science, World
      1
    Recent
    • MPs warn Britain risks its science leadership role by not committing to EU research program

      West Side Story
      Mar 24, 2018
    • Italian election yields victories for populist, euroskeptic parties

      West Side Story
      Mar 6, 2018
    • Maps show substantial, if uneven, progress towards Africa’s malnutrition goals

      West Side Story
      Mar 4, 2018
    • Former Catalan president forgoes efforts to reclaim his office

      West Side Story
      Mar 1, 2018
    • Strava fitness app inadvertently reveals US military installations, personnel habits

      West Side Story
      Feb 1, 2018
    • UK government details plans for phasing out coal power

      West Side Story
      Jan 7, 2018
  • Opinion
    Featured
    • Scott Pruitt's links to the fossil fuel industry should come as no surprise

      West Side Story
      Apr 7, 2018
      Environment, Opinion, Policy, Science
    Recent
    • The European Citizen Initiative: between populism and reform

      Editorial Board
      Apr 9, 2018
    • Expulsion of diplomats is not enough to deter Russian antagonism

      West Side Story
      Mar 27, 2018
      1
    • The Cambridge Analytica breach shows the need for new data and privacy regulations

      West Side Story
      Mar 21, 2018
      1
    • The global decline of coral reefs threatens far more than just a pretty tourist attraction

      West Side Story
      Mar 13, 2018
    • Trump’s assertion that video games are to blame for mass shootings is built on unproven science

      West Side Story
      Mar 9, 2018
    • From Autonomous Vehicles To Blockchain, Regulatory Sandboxes Are Taking Off

      Editorial Board
      Mar 5, 2018
Breaking
  • Trump administration takes first steps toward Arctic refuge drilling
  • New pollution report shows 95 percent of the world is breathing unsafe air
  • Scientists stumble on mutant enzymes that can digest plastic waste
  • Part-jet, part-rocket Sabre engine wins new investments from aerospace giants
  • Contact
  • About

Environment

Home
Science
Environment

170 nations agree on measure to limit HFC greenhouse gases, leaving experts optimistic about effect on rising temperatures

West Side Story
Oct 18, 2016
Environment, Science
On Saturday, representatives of more than 170 nations met in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, and successfully negotiated a legally binding measure to limit the use of hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, a coolant used in...

Article mourning death of Great Barrier Reef goes viral, scientists clarify that the reef is alive and still in need of protection

West Side Story
Oct 17, 2016
Environment, Science, World
A sensationalized obituary for the Great Barrier Reef, written by Rowan Jacobsen, went viral after its publication in Outside Magazine last Tuesday, leading scientists to clarify that the massive coral reef is ...

UK company unveils affordable and efficient kite-based wind power

West Side Story
Oct 11, 2016
Business, Environment, Science
UK based company Kite Power Solutions is planning to use giant kites to supply renewable energy as soon as March of 2017. The company expects to open the UK’s first kite-based power plant next spring, in Stranr...

First bee species declared endangered in US

West Side Story
Oct 10, 2016
Environment, Science
On Friday, seven yellow-face bee species native to the Hawaiian Islands were declared endangered, marking the first time any bees in the US have received this designation. These species will fall under the prot...

Nations agree on program to offset aviation emissions

West Side Story
Oct 8, 2016
Environment, Science
On Thursday, 190 national governments adopted a plan to offset emissions of greenhouse gases from jet travel. The measure was approved at a Montreal meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization, or ...

Hurricane Matthew threatens to make Florida landfall as Category 4 hurricane, climate scientists predict increasingly destructive storms

West Side Story
Oct 6, 2016
Environment, Science, World
Evacuations began throughout the southeastern coast of the US on Wednesday, under the threat of a direct hit from a massive hurricane, the first to make landfall there in a decade. Hurricane Matthew is already ...

Research shows that Earth is moving towards highest temperatures in 115,000 years

West Side Story
Oct 5, 2016
Environment, Science
A new paper submitted by former NASA climate scientist James Hansen, along with a team of 11 other experts, asserts that 2016 temperatures may be 1.25 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial temperatures. Th...

Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan has day in court, supporters optimistic

West Side Story
Sep 29, 2016
Environment, Policy, Science
In February of this year, the US Supreme Court halted President Obama’s centerpiece Clean Power Plan, until a legal challenge from 27 states, utility companies, and business groups could be heard by the courts....

US unlikely to meet Paris Agreement emissions targets, study finds

West Side Story
Sep 28, 2016
Environment, Science
New research has found that the US is on course to miss the emissions reductions targets agreed to just nine months prior in the Paris climate accord. The US is projected to fall short of its 2025 target for em...

Air pollution report from WHO reveals sobering extent of global health effects

West Side Story
Sep 28, 2016
Environment, Health, Science
92 percent of the world’s population are breathing dangerously polluted air, according to a recent report by the World Health Organization. The report details the latest findings of air monitoring efforts throu...
  • 1
  • …
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27

LATEST POSTS

  • Trump administration takes first steps toward Arctic refuge drilling

    West Side Story
    Apr 20, 2018
  • New pollution report shows 95 percent of the world is breathing unsafe air

    West Side Story
    Apr 19, 2018
  • Scientists stumble on mutant enzymes that can digest plastic waste

    West Side Story
    Apr 18, 2018
  • Part-jet, part-rocket Sabre engine wins new investments from aerospace giants

    West Side Story
    Apr 17, 2018
  • World’s first 3D printed home will start housing tenants in June

    West Side Story
    Apr 11, 2018

TOP STORIES

  • Science fiction author develops ‘mind-reading’ interactive story

    West Side Story
    Sep 11, 2016
  • Science based policies, now under threat, are crucial to protect vulnerable communities

    West Side Story
    Apr 23, 2017
  • Protesters in South Carolina demand Confederate flag be removed

    West Side Story
    Jun 8, 2016
  • article placeholder

    Researchers discover Majorana Fermion particle, posses both matter and antimatter properties

    Platonium
    Oct 6, 2014
    3
  • NASA to launch new 4K TV channel this November

    West Side Story
    Jun 8, 2016

ABOUT

FOLLOW US

PAGES

  • Contact
  • Give us a News Tip
  • Privacy Policy

Newsletter

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok