This salad brought to you by … a vegetable factory?
Oct 6, 2015, 7:39 pm By Katie Herzog
Japan almost specializes in reminding us that a sci-fi future is actually happening right now…Watch Stephen Colbert apologize for Whole Foods’ future missteps
Oct 6, 2015, 6:48 pm By Kate YoderWhole Foods has faced a lot of criticism lately, but The Late Show host Stephen Colbert is coming to…Some of the biggest banks are cutting how much they lend to coal companies
Oct 6, 2015, 6:02 pm By Clayton Aldern
Follow the money: Citigroup and ANZ are the latest banks to play a climate hand in the run-up to the…Study confirms the Republican Party is alone in its crazy climate denial
Oct 6, 2015, 5:03 pm By Katie Herzog
Today in No Shit News, a paper in the journal Politics and Policy analyzed conservative parties…Is recycling as awful as the New York Times claims? Not remotely
Oct 6, 2015, 3:01 pm By Ben Adler
Former New York Times op-ed columnist John Tierney took to the front page of the Times’ Sunday…To save chocolate, big food companies have started collaborating
Oct 6, 2015, 1:32 pm By Tove Danovich
Colonel Sanders’ original document for KFC’s secret recipe is reportedly guarded in a safe…Robots could make recycling cheaper and safer
Oct 5, 2015, 8:09 pm By Katie HerzogIt makes sense to be wary of technologies designed to eliminate human labor. We’re humans…Who are the rich Californians using millions of gallons of water a year? It’s a secret
Oct 5, 2015, 6:49 pm By Lance Williams
This story was originally published by Reveal and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Fossil fuels may be causing some serious damage on “The Leftovers” — just like in real life!
Oct 5, 2015, 6:29 pm By Eve Andrews
We’re back with a second season of The Leftovers, the HBO series that titularly compares a…This genius wants to make fuel from poop — no butts about it
Oct 5, 2015, 5:43 pm By Katie Herzog
What if you could power your car with something you flush down the toilet? It may seem like a dream…The TPP agreement: Will it save the rhinos? Or will it destroy everything we love and hold dear?
Oct 5, 2015, 4:47 pm By Heather Smith
Last night, the United States and 11 other countries (Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico,…Mealworms are better at recycling Styrofoam than we are
Oct 5, 2015, 3:53 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Polystyrene foam, aka the devil’s clamshell, aka the indestructible insulator, aka green public…Retirement homes open up to college students. Everybody wins
Oct 5, 2015, 2:23 pm By Katie Herzog
You might not think college students and old folks would make the best housemates. But, faced…What should I do with my old bathtub?
Oct 5, 2015, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, After six years of rough use by tenants, the bottom of our bathtub is peeling and…From the Christian Coalition to climate change: One conservative activist’s story
Oct 5, 2015, 5:05 am By Amanda Little
Think Al Gore, but a lot more charismatic, and a lot more Republican, and female — with curling,…Too many apples? Here’s what to do with them (Hint: It’s not pie)
Oct 4, 2015, 8:00 am By Alexandra Stafford
Every fall, I look forward to the reopening of the local orchards and country shops selling seasonal…Retired miners screwed over in coal bankruptcy plan
Oct 3, 2015, 8:00 am By Alec MacGillis
There was plenty in the complex deal to benefit bankers, lawyers, executives, and hedge fund…Congress just missed a chance to help hungry kids. Here’s what happened
Oct 2, 2015, 8:11 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Sept. 30 was the deadline for Congress to reauthorize the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act — the…Whole Foods will stop selling food made by prisoners
Oct 2, 2015, 7:39 pm By Raven Rakia
Earlier this week, Whole Foods announced plans to stop selling food products that use prison labor…Tar-sands oil mining has now come to the U.S.
Oct 2, 2015, 5:21 pm By Bobby Magill
The Canadian tar sands, or oil sands, are much more carbon-laden than most other fossil fuels…
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