Global warming's silver lining? Northern countries will thrive and grow, researcher predicts

Move over, Sunbelt. The New North is coming through, a geographer predicts in a new book. As worldwide population increases by 40 percent over the next 40 years, sparsely populated Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States will become formidable economic powers and migration magnets, Laurence C. Smith writes.

6 global warming skeptics who changed their minds

Climate change doubters have just lost one of their leading lights, as writer Bjorn Lomborg calls for a worldwide carbon tax. But he's not the first high-profile defector

Most new farmland in tropics comes from slashing forests, research shows

A new study shows that more than 80 percent of the new farmland created in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came from felling forests, which sends carbon into the atmosphere and drives global warming. But the research team also noted that big agribusiness has largely replaced small farmers in doing most of the tree cutting in Brazil and Indonesia, which may make it easier to rein in the trend.

A conversation with Steve Lonegan

Steve Lonegan ran in the Republican primary for governor in 2009, losing to Chris Christie. In this interview, Lonegan minces no words about what he thinks about Gov. Christie, the nation's economic problems and the need to scale back government programs.

Coal a 'driving factor' in U.S. Senate race

The landscapes of Eastern and Western Kentucky have little in common, but the areas share at least t