Obama’s potential Supreme Court pick has a shady history with ExxonMobil
Feb 17, 2016, 6:20 pm By Melissa Cronin
Deaths, like wildfires, can sometimes provide an opening for new life to grow. The passing of…The world’s first zero-carbon city is a big failure
Feb 17, 2016, 5:10 pm By Katie Herzog
Masdar was supposed to be the world’s first zero-carbon city. Developers envisioned a modest-sized…California’s drought led to less hydropower and more carbon emissions
Feb 17, 2016, 4:28 pm By Laura Bliss
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Here’s what we should be asking Clinton, Sanders, Trump, and Cruz about food
Feb 17, 2016, 2:57 pm By Donald Carr
Let’s assume the nascent “good food” movement had its collective shit together enough to…Obama blasts GOP candidates for denying climate change — and says Trump won’t be president
Feb 17, 2016, 2:10 pm By Jeremy SchulmanThis story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…We might just have something in common
Feb 17, 2016, 6:07 am By Clayton Aldern
Apart from neuroscientists, no one makes more use of the first person plural than the authors of…Can climate change cause wars?
Feb 17, 2016, 6:06 am By Clayton AldernFor decades, psychologists have studied the links between temperature and aggression. Whatever the…Meet the scientist connecting the dots between air pollution and dementia
Feb 17, 2016, 6:05 am By Clayton Aldern
At first blush, you might not think air quality is related to brain health. But what if the two are…Examination: Heat, carbon dioxide, cognition, and productivity
Feb 17, 2016, 6:04 am By Clayton Aldern
GRST107: Climate on the MindCh. 3: Heat, Carbon Dioxide, Cognition, and ProductivityExamination…Here’s yet another way that Amazon sucks
Feb 16, 2016, 7:51 pm By Katie Herzog
There’s no denying that the e-commerce revolution has done wonderful things for convenience.…This database could help end animal testing — if only scientists had access to it
Feb 16, 2016, 7:38 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Chances are you don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the potential health impacts of the…Climate activists and pipeline protesters turn to civil disobedience in the Northeast
Feb 16, 2016, 7:00 pm By Ben Adler
Nine climate activists are facing charges in New York state for an act of civil disobedience. One…Huge spike in methane emissions tied to the U.S.
Feb 16, 2016, 6:36 pm By Bobby Magill
There was a huge global spike in one of the most potent greenhouse gases driving climate change over…150,000 penguins have disappeared in Antarctica. Thanks, climate change!
Feb 16, 2016, 6:20 pm By Katie Herzog
Penguin haters, rejoice! According to a new study published in the journal Antarctic Science, the…A bogus theory connecting Zika virus to Monsanto could give mosquitoes a boost
Feb 16, 2016, 6:18 pm By Nathanael Johnson
You may have seen the theory that the increase in microcephaly in South America is caused not by the…There are now tiny Teslas for the tiny rich kid in your life
Feb 16, 2016, 5:34 pm By Kate Yoder
The newest Tesla on the block isn’t a toy for billionaires. Instead, it’s a toy for their…Malls, power plants, and zoos all count as “critical infrastructure” vulnerable to cyberattack
Feb 16, 2016, 4:01 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
The definition of “critical infrastructure” depends a lot on who’s defining it. For…John Oliver explains how voter fraud is a problem — but only among politicians
Feb 16, 2016, 2:39 pm By Katie HerzogJohn Oliver — the British host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight — focused on voter ID laws during…The untested limits — and wonderful naps — of self-driving cars
Feb 16, 2016, 7:23 am By Heather Smith
Once, when the economy had tanked (again) and the only work my dad could find was working the late…How Obama went from coal’s top cheerleader to its No. 1 enemy
Feb 15, 2016, 6:57 am By Richard L. Revesz
This excerpt is adapted from the new book Struggling for Air: Power Plants and the “War on…
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