Mysterious goop falls out of the sky in suburban Michigan
8:15pm 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
7:59pm 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
6:28pm 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
5:08pm 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
4:40pm 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
3:39pm 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
2:40pm 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
12:37pm By Nathanael Johnson
When I first looked at the environmental impact of corn ethanol I thought it was simple: Grow an…A talking cure for climate-based depression? It worked for Renee Lertzman
7:31am By Heather Smith
In 1986, Renee Lertzman, an idealistic teenager starting college, signed up for a class in…Which type of fence material is greenest?
6:00am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, My girlfriend and I recently bought a house on a corner lot. The house is great, but…If Trump wins, this Canadian island will have you
Wed 8:39pm By Katie Herzog
If Trump wins I’m moving to Canada. It’s a phrase you’ll hear every time the presidential…Big Oil could be hit with a wave of oil company bankruptcies
Wed 7:19pm By Katie Herzog
The stock market giveth and the stock market taketh away. A new report by the auditing and…Obama’s potential Supreme Court pick has a shady history with ExxonMobil
Wed 6:20pm 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
Wed 5:10pm 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
Wed 4:28pm 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
Wed 2:57pm 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
Wed 2:10pm 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
Wed 6:07am 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?
Wed 6:06am 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
Wed 6:05am By Clayton Aldern
At first blush, you might not think air quality is related to brain health. But what if the two are…
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