Turns out meat-eaters are craving … meatless burgers?
Jul 19, 2019, 7:03 am By Kate YoderHamburger-chomping Americans have proven to be stubborn defenders of their meaty diets. But…Trump’s EPA just gave a controversial pesticide the green light
Jul 18, 2019, 7:04 pm By Zoya TeirsteinWhen the pesticide DDT was finally banned in 1972 (thanks, Rachel Carson!), chlorpyrifos took its…Scientists: Let’s just spray trillions of tons of snow on Antarctica?
Jul 18, 2019, 6:54 pm By Molly EnkingHuman-made snow isn’t just good for allowing mediocre skiing conditions to continue well into May.…Are progressives working on a climate plan for 2021? You bet.
Jul 18, 2019, 4:15 pm By Zoya TeirsteinWe’ve heard the 2020 Democratic candidates talk about how bad Donald Trump is for the environment:…One of the biggest climate threats is the most familiar: rain
Jul 18, 2019, 4:01 pm By Paola Rosa-AquinoAt least it wasn’t another Katrina. That’s the silver lining many people seemed to cling to in…How do I get my husband to care?
Jul 18, 2019, 6:06 am By Eve AndrewsQ. Dear Umbra, How do you get someone — say, an apathetic husband — to care about and…Berkeley bans: straws, plastic bags — and now gas pipelines too
Jul 17, 2019, 7:27 pm By Nathanael JohnsonEnvironmentalists have cheered “valve turners” who illegally cut off oil and gas flows through…In Costa Rica, a startup builds a model ship for a cleaner future
Jul 17, 2019, 6:01 am By Maria GallucciIn a remote stretch of Costa Rica, where towering trees give way to spindly mangroves, mornings…Representatives just debated drilling on federal lands and things got … strange
Jul 16, 2019, 7:49 pm By Zoya TeirsteinIn April, Senator Elizabeth Warren was the first 2020 presidential candidate to propose banning oil…A new study predicts just how hot your hometown will feel by midcentury
Jul 16, 2019, 6:54 pm By Justine CalmaResidents of Harris County, Texas are no stranger to heat. The swampy Houston metro area averages…California’s fires are getting worse, and it isn’t just the lack of rakes
Jul 16, 2019, 4:17 pm By Nathanael JohnsonPresident Donald Trump recently doubled down on his idea that climate change played no part in…The first generation of electric airplanes is almost here
Jul 16, 2019, 7:00 am By Claire Elise ThompsonIt’s no secret that the air travel industry has got some major problems. Aviation entrepreneur…As Amazon Prime Day orders roll in, U.S. workers walk out
Jul 15, 2019, 8:03 pm By Justine CalmaIt’s Amazon Prime Day, but there’s a lot more to pay attention to than the deals. On the first…These scientists found 2,500 years of economic history frozen in ice
Jul 15, 2019, 4:10 pm By Miyo McGinnYou don’t have to be a rocket scientist to guess that the Black Death — the plague that killed…The big blue gap in the Green New Deal
Jul 15, 2019, 7:00 am By Ayana Elizabeth JohnsonIn February, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey introduced a resolution…Mind the gap: Lead, mercury, asbestos, and differences in IQ
Jul 15, 2019, 5:54 am By Naveena SadasivamDecades before Freddie Gray died in police custody in 2015, he lived in a dilapidated house in the…Meet the guy swimming through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Jul 14, 2019, 7:20 am By Catharine SmithThis story was originally published by HuffPost and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Massive toxic algae blooms predicted in Lake Erie and Gulf of Mexico
Jul 13, 2019, 7:50 am By Tom PhilpottThis story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Binge-watching and porn are draining the planet’s battery
Jul 13, 2019, 6:00 am By Molly EnkingWhen it comes to climate change, there can be a lot of hand-wringing and confusion on the part of…Your city probably won’t feel like itself in 30 years
Jul 12, 2019, 2:49 pm By Justine CalmaEven brief variations in a city’s seasonal weather can totally throw entire metro areas into…
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