Alberta wildfire was the costliest natural disaster in Canadian history
Jul 7, 2016, 5:50 pm By Xian Chiang-Waren
The wildfire that ripped through Alberta, Canada’s Fort McMurray area in June devastated homes,…Rising seas are lapping at the doors of Trump’s real estate empire
Jul 7, 2016, 5:14 pm By Suzanne Goldenberg
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…GOP lawmaker says EPA is absurd, irresponsible, and “un-American”
Jul 7, 2016, 4:49 pm By Katie Herzog
A Congressional hearing regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)…Congress pledges billions to the world’s small farmers
Jul 7, 2016, 4:23 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Everyone in my Twitter feed has been yelling about the GMO-labeling bill that passed the Senate on…Ocean acidification is eating into mussels
Jul 7, 2016, 11:55 am By Katie Herzog
Ocean acidification is bad for mussels. You may think you’ve heard this story before (cf. clams,…I just got new glasses. Should I recycle my old ones?
Jul 7, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, I recently purchased new glasses with a new prescription. So I now have two sets of…Explosive oil trains are feeling some serious heat this week
Jul 6, 2016, 6:29 pm By Melissa Cronin
Exactly three years ago from this Wednesday, a 74-car freight train carrying 30,000 gallons of…Congress passes GMO-labeling bill
Jul 6, 2016, 5:10 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The Senate just voted to usher in nationwide mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods. The…Senate passes GMO-labeling bill
Jul 6, 2016, 5:10 pm By Nathanael JohnsonThe Senate just voted to usher in nationwide mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods. The…New York City hopes a 10-foot wall can save it from rising seas
Jul 6, 2016, 4:56 pm By Katie Herzog
New York City is in trouble. Location, population, and a massive underground infrastructure…Obama gets riled up about Trump and climate change
Jul 6, 2016, 1:47 pm By Katie Herzog
President Obama and Hillary Clinton looked more like old friends than old rivals at their first…The key to fighting climate change and mortality? Walkable cities
Jul 6, 2016, 5:05 am By Eve Andrewsoriginal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IrL0S-x674 American cities are pretty much made for…Advertising to kids isn’t good, it’s grrreat!
Jul 6, 2016, 4:15 am By Nathanael Johnson
Advertising works even when we know someone is trying to manipulate us into buying commemorative…Carbon prices are way down, thanks to the Supreme Court’s hold on Clean Power Plan
Jul 5, 2016, 8:19 pm By Bobby Magill
A temporary halt to the federal government’s plan to cut electric power plant emissions has caused…Why is a ton of trash washing up on beaches in Hong Kong? It’s a mystery!
Jul 5, 2016, 7:10 pm By Kate Yoder
Listen up, beach-goers who delight in swimming amongst plastic bags, deflated balloons, and lonely…Canada just shut down another major pipeline proposal
Jul 5, 2016, 6:02 pm By Xian Chiang-Waren
In what looks like the final death blow to another tar sands pipeline, a Canadian court has…After 71 million trips, bike shares see their first fatality
Jul 5, 2016, 4:34 pm By Katie Herzog
An unfortunate milestone was reached last weekend in Chicago when a woman was hit by a truck and…Coal baron is trying to elect Trump with old tricks
Jul 5, 2016, 2:18 pm By Katie Herzog
The owner of the nation’s largest private coal company backs the GOP presidential nominee,…The crazy true story of how George W. Bush secretly tried to raise the gas tax
Jul 5, 2016, 5:59 am By Nathanael Johnson
Remember that time the George W. Bush administration tried to sneak a new gas tax onto the books and…Taking down a wooden playset? Don’t make this mistake.
Jul 4, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, We are tearing down an old children’s play set and we are wondering what to do with…
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