Climate change will cost millennials more than student debt or the Great Recession
Aug 23, 2016, 6:34 pm By Kate YoderIt costs a lot to be young in the era of climate change — $187,000 per college-educated…Soda tax might be working better than expected
Aug 23, 2016, 4:10 pm By Nathanael JohnsonCan soda taxes actually get people to cut back on an unhealthy habit, or do they just keep on…The uncertain, hopeful future of the National Park Service
Aug 23, 2016, 5:02 am By Brian KahnJonathan Jarvis is a National Park Service lifer. Starting 40 years ago as a seasonal interpretive…From Glacierless National Park to the Neverglades: Meet your future national parks
Aug 23, 2016, 5:01 am By Kate YoderThe famous landscapes we love are changing in mostly imperceptible ways, except to the scientists…Stop a selfie, save a life: Words of advice for the modern wilderness tourist
Aug 23, 2016, 5:01 am By Samantha LeeThat poet of America’s parks, John Muir, penned numerous lines at the start of the last century…The nearest national park could be just a city block away
Aug 23, 2016, 5:00 am By Nathanael JohnsonFor its first one hundred years, the National Park Service had a pretty clear agenda: preserve…Texas, keystone of the pro-life movement, sure is seeing a lot of maternal deaths
Aug 22, 2016, 6:47 pm By Eve AndrewsTexas’ maternal mortality rate nearly doubled between 2010 and 2014 — from 18.6 deaths per…Police are finally catching cars that veer too close to bicyclists
Aug 22, 2016, 6:14 pm By Kate YoderThere’s nothing quite as alarming as an SUV veering into your personal space as you bike down a…Louisiana’s flood couldn’t have been stopped, but it didn’t have to be so devastating
Aug 22, 2016, 5:17 pm By Heather SmithLouisiana’s Amite river basin, which flooded and destroyed 60,000 homes earlier this month, is…After 525 years, it’s time to actually listen to Native Americans
Aug 22, 2016, 3:54 pm By Bill McKibbenThe center of the fight for our planet’s future shifts. But this week it’s on the Standing Rock…Teens remind NYC drivers: It’s illegal to idle your car for more than three minutes
Aug 22, 2016, 12:12 pm By Ben AdlerNew York City is miserably hot and humid in August, so who can blame a driver for wanting to leave…Is my sparkling-water maker terrible for the environment?
Aug 22, 2016, 3:07 am By Ask Umbra®Q. Dear Umbra, My family and I are enamored of our seltzer maker. We drink copious amounts of the…“Smoke waves” from wildfires are getting worse — and getting more people sick
Aug 21, 2016, 8:44 am By John UptonShrouded by smoke from a fire in California’s parched San Bernardino Mountains, schools in the…This California couple uses more water than all of the homes in Los Angeles
5:05am By Josh HarkinsonThis story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Harley-Davidson is officially a clear air outlaw
Fri 6:53pm By Heather SmithIf you’ve ever wondered why a flock of motorcycles smells like a smog bomb made love to a…EPA scolded for failing to turn in its very important ethanol homework
Fri 6:14pm By Nathanael JohnsonThe Environmental Protection Agency is supposed to recalculate the environmental effects of ethanol…What happens to Rio’s stadiums after the Olympics end?
Fri 4:36pm By Katie HerzogLong after the athletes have packed up their Speedos and the torch has gone out, the structures that…Exxon is looking for ways to slash carbon emissions
Fri 3:57pm By Katie HerzogA new breakthrough in climate-change-fighting technology may come from, of all places … Exxon?…With a lot of money and time on your hands, you too can disturb the Arctic for fun
Fri 10:49am By Ben AdlerMelting ice in the Arctic Ocean has plenty of drawbacks, from rising sea levels to the polar vortex…McDonald’s feeble attempt to encourage walking is short-lived
Aug 18, 2016, 6:29 pm By Katie HerzogMcDonald’s recent attempt to encourage kids to get exercise beyond lifting fries to their mouths…
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