Big countries are still waiting to ratify the Paris climate deal. What’s the holdup?
Jul 1, 2016, 5:05 am By Clayton Aldern
In the wake of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union, environmentalists have been in a bit…The group that was supposed to make palm oil sustainable just disappeared
Thu 5:19pm By Nathanael Johnson
The skyrocketing global demand for palm oil is devastating forests in Southeast Asia, and now a…Over half of Antarctica’s badass Adélie penguins could get wiped out by climate change
Thu 4:54pm By Samantha Lee
Adélie penguins are kind of the bad bitches of the Antarctic: They regularly fight turf wars with…Hey oceans: We need to talk about your odor problem
Thu 3:00pm By Katie Herzog
As if greenhouse gas emissions weren’t giving us enough to worry about already, here’s a new…Al Gore’s daughter arrested at climate protest
Thu 2:10pm By Katie Herzog
Karenna Gore, eldest daughter of Al Gore, was among 23 activists arrested in Boston on Wednesday…Smokey was wrong. You can’t prevent wildfires, and you shouldn’t try.
Thu 1:14pm By Aura Bogado
Richard Minnich, a professor of science at University of California at Riverside, likes to play a…Is it safe to use a soaker hose in my veggie garden?
Thu 6:00am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I found your old answer about the safety of garden hoses and the advice to use a…Oakland says no thanks to coal exports
Jun 29, 2016, 3:39 pm By Katie Herzog
A proposal to turn a former Army base into a coal export terminal was thwarted Monday by a vote of…There’s now a Tinder for National Parks
Jun 29, 2016, 3:16 pm By Katie Herzog
Finding the right match isn’t easy. Maybe he’s too short, too old, or covered in millions of…See how the Sierra Club’s leader is trolling Republicans
Jun 29, 2016, 11:22 am By Rebecca Leber
The head of the Sierra Club is having some fun trolling the GOP. The Republican National…The ocean is full of treasure — if you know where to look
Jun 29, 2016, 6:06 am By Samantha Lee
Finding money in the world’s oceans is a lot easier than finding Dory, at least according to NOAA.…Congress fails to pass Zika bill, and that’s an ominous sign of things to come
Jun 28, 2016, 6:06 pm By Ben Adler
The Zika virus epidemic in Latin America and the Caribbean threatens to spread throughout much of…North America pledges to deliver 50 percent zero-carbon energy in less than a decade
Jun 28, 2016, 5:53 pm By Katie Herzog
Climate change will be front and center at the North American Leaders’ Summit this week in…Arnold Schwarzenegger is here to terminate your hamburger addiction
Jun 28, 2016, 3:02 pm By Nathanael Johnson
A sweaty Arnold Schwarzenegger wanders across a barren wasteland before turning to the camera and…Americans are buying more gas guzzlers. Americans are stupid.
Jun 28, 2016, 2:42 pm By Katie Herzog
There’s a lot we can’t do about climate change. Industrial emissions are largely out of our…Sanders and Clinton teams fight over climate language in Democratic platform
Jun 28, 2016, 11:49 am By Ben Adler
The Democratic Party’s platform drafting committee has written a stronger climate change section…Heat waves could bring lots more deaths to NYC
Jun 28, 2016, 4:01 am By Ben Adler
Annual heat-related deaths in New York City could soar by more than 500 percent by the 2080s,…Why your poison ivy allergy is about to get worse
Jun 27, 2016, 5:30 pm By Katie Herzog
Summer: It’s the perfect time of year to get outside and enjoy some of that wilderness the U.S.…TransCanada’s latest move perfectly illustrates why so many people hate free-trade deals
Jun 27, 2016, 2:44 pm By Katie Herzog
TransCanada is demanding that the U.S. fork over $15 billion to make up for the fact that the…Even with the Supreme Court ruling on abortion clinics, there’s still a big mess in Texas
Jun 27, 2016, 2:28 pm By Eve Andrews
If you visit West Texas — a region defined as anything falling on the left side of a diagonal…
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