The long, sad decline of the United States’ alpacas
Oct 19, 2015, 7:39 pm By Katie Herzog
The fall 2015 cover of Modern Farmer features a svelte model with the hair of Lyle Lovett and the…Are India’s clean energy investments slowing the march of coal?
Oct 19, 2015, 7:09 pm By Clayton Aldern
Chinese investment in the Indian renewable energy sector has skyrocketed recently, and construction…There’s no moderation in Republicans’ dirty energy plans
Oct 19, 2015, 6:10 pm By Ben Adler
Leading Republican candidates have released plans in the last couple weeks to melt glaciers, raise…Popcorn, climate change, and crazy weather: Watch this neat science explanation
Oct 19, 2015, 5:53 pm By Kate YoderWhat do extreme weather events and popcorn have in common? For one, they tend to pop up more often…It’s election day! In Canada. John Oliver explains what you need to know
Oct 19, 2015, 3:18 pm By Katie HerzogHappy election day! No, you didn’t just wake up from a coma and discover that it’s November 2016…This California district brings tasty, local, affordable food to the cafeteria
Oct 19, 2015, 2:07 pm By Aura Bogado
If you grew up eating school lunches, you probably think of them as gross: soggy vegetables, canned…OF COURSE you want to plant a winter garden! Here’s how to get started
Oct 19, 2015, 1:53 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The western half of the U.S. has been a wee bit dry this year, as you may have heard. Rather than…What’s the deal with anti-odor exercise apparel?
Oct 19, 2015, 6:07 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. What’s the skinny on high-tech workout clothes that claim to eliminate the funk? Am I layering…6 cool food projects that are raising money on Kickstarter
Oct 18, 2015, 7:34 am By Gabi Benedit
Kickstarter is a wonderful platform where dreams can come true: Creators build campaigns to…California’s historic drought and wildfires could make for a rough winter
Oct 17, 2015, 8:11 am By Luke Whelan
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Victory! Obama just blocked two Arctic drilling developments
Oct 16, 2015, 7:45 pm By Katie Herzog
Hooray! President Obama put the “Thank Gaia” in TGIF by blocking two major drilling operations…Oil and gas execs deliver statement on climate action
Oct 16, 2015, 5:20 pm By Clayton Aldern
In what is either a sign of the apocalypse or of par-for-the-course PR witchcraft, 10 of the largest…Church threatens to sue D.C. over bike lane
Oct 16, 2015, 4:56 pm By Katie Herzog
Christianity is well-known for denouncing things like gay marriage, divorce, and dancing, and now,…We present incontrovertible proof that women are funnier than men
Oct 16, 2015, 4:38 pm By Eve Andrews
I really believe that women are funnier than men. Bear with me — it’s because we have to be.…Here’s a song about climate change that’s actually really good: Mizan’s “7 Billion”
Oct 16, 2015, 4:37 pm By Kate YoderThere are more than 7.3 billion people on Earth (and counting), but apparently only one of them can…3 reasons why Bernie Sanders is being overly pessimistic about climate action
Oct 16, 2015, 4:24 pm By Ben Adler
One doesn’t think of Bernie Sanders, with his ambitious proposals to provide free public college…You play a fungus in this video game, because the apocalypse happened and almost everything is dead
Oct 16, 2015, 3:17 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Finally, a realistic video game about the coming apocalypse. In Mushroom 11, the world is in ruins,…Plastic water bottle ban leads to unexpected results
Oct 16, 2015, 2:29 pm By Katie Herzog
The University of Vermont banned selling water bottles in 2013 after a student-led campaign to…In New York City’s black neighborhoods, poverty, housing issues, and asthma go together
Oct 16, 2015, 2:00 pm By Raven Rakia
It’s a tale of two cities. New data from the New York City Department of Health shows the health…How do you make conservatives care about climate change? An expert shares tips.
Oct 16, 2015, 6:00 am By Heather Smith
Ed Maibach spends a lot of time trying to figure out how to persuade people to do what’s best for…
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