Coal use is down in the U.S. and China — and it’s not a blip
Feb 29, 2016, 6:07 pm By Rebecca Leber
China and the U.S. — the world’s two largest economies — are finally breaking up with coal.…Plastic-filled plankton poop threatens the oceans
Feb 29, 2016, 5:40 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Few things in this world are more terrifying than free-floating poop. It ranks just below…John Oliver takes on Donald Trump and it’s everything we hoped it would be
Feb 29, 2016, 4:59 pm By Katie HerzogAfter months of largely ignoring Donald Trump in the hopes that he would just go away, America’s…Don’t blame Obama — or his energy policies — for the rise of Trump
Feb 29, 2016, 2:36 pm By Ben Adler
In Sunday’s New York Times, op-ed columnist Ross Douthat argues that we should pin responsibility…Detergent pods are handy, but I can use them with a clean conscience?
Feb 29, 2016, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, Laundry and dishwasher pods are convenient, but every time I use one my mind explores…Important communal garden in Los Angeles faces a rocky future
Feb 29, 2016, 5:09 am By Aura Bogado
Try to find a patch of green in the Eastside Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights and you might…It’s easier and more fun than you think to eliminate waste from your cooking
Feb 28, 2016, 7:46 am By Kate Weiner
Last summer, I went to work for an urban farm in Portland, Ore. I’d wake at six to harvest Easter…Trump’s budget plan is completely insane — and of course it would screw over the environment
Feb 27, 2016, 7:43 pm By Ben Adler
Donald Trump has won the last three Republican presidential nominating contests and he holds a big…Americans are driving more, yet gas consumption is down thanks to fuel efficiency
Feb 27, 2016, 7:18 am By Bobby Magill
Gas is cheap — about $1.73 on average nationwide on Friday — and that means Americans are…Americans spend 30 billion hours a year commuting. And it’s killing them
Feb 26, 2016, 9:01 pm By Katie Herzog
Commuting can be one of the most frustrating parts of having a job — a dull, talk-radio-filled,…Exxon Mobil’s insane argument against action on climate change
Feb 26, 2016, 8:36 pm By Melissa Cronin
Exxon Mobil has devised a bizarre new argument to wriggle away from its shareholders’ demands:…4 charts that show electric cars’ bright future
Feb 26, 2016, 6:48 pm By Tim McDonnell
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Attacks on contraception, Trump on Planned Parenthood, and Gristers on our embarrassing first kisses
Feb 26, 2016, 5:37 pm By Eve Andrews
May I share a minor but significant personal belief? Leap Day (which falls on this coming Monday) is…House Science Chair takes his war on climate science one step further
Feb 26, 2016, 5:02 pm By Katie Herzog
Lamar Smith — a Texas congressman and climate change denier who, for some reason, is also the…This “ocean farmer” could make you hopeful about the future of the sea
Feb 26, 2016, 4:42 pm By Bren Smith
I’m a fisherman who dropped out of high school in 1986 at the age of 14. Over my lifetime, I’ve…Bill Nye should moderate the next GOP debate
Feb 26, 2016, 4:28 pm By Katie Herzog
If you’ve been paying attention to the 2016 presidential debates, you may have noticed one topic…Mass extinction threatens the world’s pollinators — and its crops
Feb 26, 2016, 3:22 pm By Melissa Cronin
Bees, butterflies, bats, and birds have three things in common: They all have names that start with…You don’t have to watch all the Oscar-nominated films — just these
Feb 26, 2016, 5:02 am By Amelia Urry
Oscar Time is here! Which means it’s the hour in which we discuss how some of our favorite topics…Ted Cruz holds Flint water crisis money hostage
Feb 25, 2016, 8:11 pm By Melissa Cronin
Stage fright is a real affliction that affects us all in different ways. For Ted Cruz, on the eve…U.S. methane problem is much worse than we thought
Feb 25, 2016, 7:57 pm By Tim McDonnell
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…
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