E.U. weakened climate proposals after BP threatened oil company exodus
Apr 20, 2016, 4:32 pm By Arthur Neslen
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Why we almost always underestimate the size of oil spills
Apr 20, 2016, 3:37 pm By Clayton Aldern
In early April, TransCanada reported that a leg of the Keystone pipeline, running from Alberta,…Officials face criminal charges for the first time in Flint water crisis
Apr 20, 2016, 1:50 pm By Melissa Cronin
Three city and state officials are now facing felony and misdemeanor charges in the wake of the…Store-bought weed brownies? What a time to be alive!
Apr 20, 2016, 12:21 pm By Katie Herzoghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eIjnON--LI&feature=youtu.be Just a few years after the first states…The crazy, complicated world of “organic” weed
Apr 20, 2016, 11:14 am By Heather Smith
Now that the weed business is getting respectable, Chris Van Hook gets a certain kind of phone call.…Extreme heat? Check. Ice loss? Check. Any other records we can shatter?
Apr 20, 2016, 11:08 am By Rebecca Leber
The world has been breaking climate records left and right. Here’s the short list: 2015 was by far…Can we actually make a difference by changing the way we eat?
Apr 20, 2016, 12:01 am By Nathanael Johnson
You’ve probably seen the statistic: According to the United Nations, we’ll need to produce 70…Soy boom threatens Brazil’s climate goals
Apr 19, 2016, 8:19 pm By Jeffrey Hoelle
Brazil’s economy is teetering on the edge of collapse. The country’s political regime has been…This week’s deadly flooding in Houston is just the beginning
Apr 19, 2016, 7:34 pm By Xian Chiang-Waren
Houston is in the throes of a flood that is, according to recent headlines, “historic,”…The EPA met its match: Amateur race car drivers
Apr 19, 2016, 6:18 pm By Melissa Cronin
The Environmental Protection Agency is used to hysteria whenever it rolls out a new regulation or…Michigan governor attacks PR crisis by drinking Flint water for a month
Apr 19, 2016, 5:42 pm By Katie Herzog
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has faced scathing criticism over his response to the Flint water…The incredible history of fossil-fuel beauty pageants
Apr 19, 2016, 1:37 pm By Katharine Wroth
Spend a little time in Morgan City, La., and you’re bound to run into someone connected to oil.…Everything you need to know about pot’s environmental impact
Apr 19, 2016, 6:02 am By Clayton Aldern
Americans smoke a lot of weed. It’s a little tricky to get a handle on the actual numbers…The legal marijuana biz is sky high. We’ve got some burning questions.
Apr 19, 2016, 6:00 am By Katie Herzog
First, a confession. I, Catherine Ronan Herzog, 32 years old, a resident of Seattle, Wash.,…Want to support indigenous land rights? Keep talking about the people fighting for them.
Apr 18, 2016, 7:52 pm By Eve Andrews
Today, a 47-year-old indigenous farmer from Peru won the Goldman Environmental Prize for repeatedly…Keurig’s new green move is as mediocre as K-Cups coffee
Apr 18, 2016, 6:20 pm By Katie Herzog
After literally a decade of trying, Keurig has finally found a way to address complaints…Meet the black activist who derailed a big polluting project before graduating college
Apr 18, 2016, 6:12 pm By Aura Bogado
Destiny Watford was a 17-year-old student at a south Baltimore high school when she asked a roomful…Congress passed around the blame for Flint’s lead crisis. John Oliver gives it right back to them.
Apr 18, 2016, 3:02 pm By Katie Herzoghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUizvEjR-0U America’s best Brit John Oliver took a brief pause…How much has drought screwed the West Coast?
Apr 18, 2016, 1:53 pm By Nathanael Johnson
It was only a year ago that Californians were marching into another relentless summer, having…What the subway adventures of Clinton and Sanders really show us
Apr 18, 2016, 1:26 pm By Ben Adler
If you run for president, you have to demonstrate fluency in local culture on the campaign trail:…
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