Greening the clothing industry isn’t just about cotton and water. The message counts, too
5:06am By Clayton Aldern
For a quick explainer on how to buy better, watch our video; and for a look into life as a “slow…Watch us explain why your $8 shirt is a huge problem
5:05am By Eve AndrewsFor an examination of the role that sustainable clothing initiatives really play in changing the…California Democrats are raising the bar on climate action
Feb 29, 2016, 9:13 pm By Clayton Aldern
In a presidential election season that has already managed to run the gamut from mildly…Milan wants to pay people to bicycle to work
Feb 29, 2016, 8:40 pm By Kate Yoder
As the Starbucks empire makes humble plans to open its first shop in Italy, the city it’s moving…There’s a proposed natural gas pipeline next to a nuclear power plant. What could go wrong?
Feb 29, 2016, 7:56 pm By Katie Herzog
What’s scarier than an aging nuclear power plant? An aging nuclear power plant next to a natural…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…
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