No, privatization is not the way to prevent the next Flint
Feb 19, 2016, 8:13 pm By Katie Herzog
Nearly nine in 10 Americans get their water from a publicly owned utility. This means that when the…How an “ugly food” champion is changing the world’s food system
Feb 19, 2016, 6:33 pm By Melissa Cronin
Call that carrot what you want: hideous, grotesque, disfigured, deformed. But whatever you do, just…It’s not just what Exxon did — it’s what the oil company is still doing
Feb 19, 2016, 6:15 pm By Bill McKibben
Here’s the story so far. We have the chief legal representatives of the eighth and 16th largest…In Pennsylvania, oil trains are more likely to run through communities of color
Feb 19, 2016, 5:59 pm By Raven Rakia
You’d think, given the track record of our country’s terrible…Want to make your farmers market more accessible? Move it
Feb 19, 2016, 5:48 pm By Katie Herzog
Picture the farmers market. You may think of mounds of garlic cloves still covered in dirt,…Koch brother praises Bernie Sanders; hell begins freezing over
Feb 19, 2016, 2:52 pm By Katie Herzog
In a new op-ed published in The Washington Post, Charles Koch — the billionaire industrialist who…Incredible glacier art pays homage to our disappearing ice
Feb 19, 2016, 2:33 pm By Kate Yoder
Diane Burko has a penchant for glaciers. Her paintings and photographs of frozen landscapes evoke…Pope shifts, Scalia dies, and GOP continues assault on abortions
Feb 19, 2016, 1:48 pm By Eve Andrews
It’s the most miserable time of the year, so let’s partake in everyone’s favorite pick-me-up:…Want to fight climate change? Here are the 7 critical life changes you should make
Feb 19, 2016, 6:03 am By Heather Smith
A few months ago, the U.S. and 195 other countries signed this thing in Paris in which all parties…Obama may have the power to compel more climate action — and that has Republicans worried
Feb 18, 2016, 9:02 pm By Ben Adler
Last week, Rep. Scott Perry (R-Penn.) introduced the Energy Sovereignty Act. The text is unusually…Oil industry donors flock to Cruz. Sorry, Bush
Feb 18, 2016, 8:45 pm By Katie Herzog
Bad news for Jeb Bush: He may be the son and brother of oilmen-turned-presidents and a one-time…Waka Flocka Flame is our generation’s vegan Martha Stewart
Feb 18, 2016, 8:24 pm By Melissa Cronin“You really eat fucking broccoli all day?” ignorant people ask Waka Flocka Flame all the time,…Mysterious goop falls out of the sky in suburban Michigan
Feb 18, 2016, 8:15 pm By Melissa CroninOvernight, a small town in Michigan was blanketed with a layer of viscous black goo. It came down…Prisoners draw corporate evil-doers who should be in jail but aren’t
Feb 18, 2016, 7:59 pm By Katie Herzog
Gary Southern was the president of Freedom Industries in January 2014, when the company was…Food stamps change would make convenience stores stock actual food
Feb 18, 2016, 6:28 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Here’s a modest proposal: Stores that accept food stamps should have to sell food. Not just…Artist creates exquisite, hand-crafted coral to send a message about climate change
Feb 18, 2016, 5:08 pm By Melissa Cronin
It can take over 10,000 years for a coral reef to grow from tiny larvae into a massive, vibrant…Apple issues $1.5 billion in “green bonds” for clean energy projects
Feb 18, 2016, 4:40 pm By Tim McDonnell
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Meet the most overpaid CEOs in America
Feb 18, 2016, 3:39 pm By Katie Herzog
Damn, it feels good to be a CEO. Unlike everyone else in the world, executives have seen pay…Republican governors happily halt compliance with Obama’s climate rules after Supreme Court order
Feb 18, 2016, 2:40 pm By Clayton Aldern
Last week, in a 5–4 order, the Supreme Court dealt a blow to President Obama’s climate legacy by…Putting corn in your car isn’t as crazy as it sounds
Feb 18, 2016, 12:37 pm By Nathanael Johnson
When I first looked at the environmental impact of corn ethanol I thought it was simple: Grow an…
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