China’s face mask industry grows rich as its air quality declines. But many of the masks are next to useless, says a consumer watchdog group. China must find other ways to save its citizens from the smog.

Sea level rise, like the warming of our planet’s surface temperatures, has slowed over the past decade, defying climate model predictions. Now, scientists say they think they know why: more rain is falling over land.

A Chinese oil firm says it will produce more shale gas sooner than expected. Beijing has to overcome a number of hurdles, both natural and otherwise, to reach its shale potential, but where there’s a will, there’s a way.

Researchers have produced new “living materials” by incorporating non-organic nanoparticles into cells. The potential applications for this kind of biotechnology are staggering.

Foreign firms are having trouble convincing top talent to settle down in smoggy Chinese cities. That spells big trouble for a country with global economic leadership ambitions.

Green pariah and insightful environmental thinker Bjorn Lomborg lays bare the hard truths of Germany’s turn towards renewable energy. Berlin’s failure will resonate for years, but there are still lessons to be learned from its mistakes.

Long-term trends pop the Malthusians’ overpopulation bubble. The population bomb is a dud.

China’s Yingli Solar has been operating in the red for more than two years, and it doesn’t expect to turn a profit any time soon. Selling panels below cost may help the firm gain market share, but it isn’t a sustainable way of doing business.

Democrats remain divided over the Keystone pipeline, giving President Obama yet another reason to kick the project’s approval past this year’s midterm elections.

Fusion is the Brazil of energy: full of promise, but whose day in the sun is perpetually 30 years away. However, a recent breakthrough at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has reignited hopes for the world’s grandest energy pipe dream.