Turns out Daylight Saving Time really does suck
Nov 5, 2015, 6:00 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Dear Umbra, Having just suffered through the circadian disruption of another Daylight Saving time…Can something called the cleanweb help fight climate change?
Nov 5, 2015, 5:01 am By Suzanne Jacobs
Two hundred years from now, if humanity hasn’t succumbed to climate change, nuclear war, the…Obama says “no” to TransCanada’s latest Keystone gambit
Nov 5, 2015, 4:28 am By Lisa Hymas
On Monday, TransCanada tried a desperate move to salvage its plan to build the Keystone XL…“Punk archaeologists” study the human side of the oil industry in the Bakken shale
Nov 4, 2015, 8:19 pm By Kate Yoder
The temporary housing settlements of Williston, N.D., might seem like an unlikely haunt for…Special lane addresses the bane of sidewalks everywhere: Slow walkers
Nov 4, 2015, 7:22 pm By Katie Herzog
I’m a fast walker. I don’t know if it’s my impossibly long legs or my hummingbird-like…Proposed natural gas pipeline raises major social justice concerns
Nov 4, 2015, 6:30 pm By Raven Rakia
Spectra Energy and partners want to build a 516-mile natural gas pipeline, called the “Sabal…This McDonald’s shill is preaching diet tips in schools
Nov 4, 2015, 6:15 pm By Katie Herzog
A Big Mac washed down with some McNuggets isn’t generally considered diet food. But when former…No bones about it: Climate change could wreck your sex life
Nov 4, 2015, 2:44 pm By Katie Herzog
Uh oh. Climate change is coming for your sex life. In an upcoming report from the National Bureau of…Watch and learn what “organic” actually tells you about food and sustainability
Nov 4, 2015, 2:30 pm By Nathanael JohnsonThe rules that determine whether your weekly grocery haul gets a snazzy “organic” sticker on…China might be an even bigger coal user than previously reported
Nov 4, 2015, 2:29 pm By Tom Phillips
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…New leaders in Canada and Australia offer new hope for Paris climate talks
Nov 4, 2015, 2:20 pm By Ben Adler
For the last several years, as the U.S. has grown more serious about addressing climate change, two…What does “organic” actually mean?
Nov 4, 2015, 2:16 pm By Nathanael Johnson
What does organic actually mean? It’s tricky, because the word “organic” has at least two…Breaking: Bernie Sanders wants to ban new offshore drilling and fossil fuel development on federal land
Nov 4, 2015, 1:41 pm By James West
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…This philosopher has a new definition of “nature,” and it includes traffic jams
Nov 4, 2015, 5:04 am By Suzanne Jacobs
It’s Aug. 27, 2028 — my 39th birthday — and I have a reservation for six at the the newly…Most Americans accept that climate change is real, they just don’t care that much about it
Nov 4, 2015, 4:12 am By Katie Herzog
There’s a lot to worry about in the U.S. these days. There are the Chipotle closures in Washington…Move over, Honeycrisp: There’s a race to create America’s next big apple
Nov 3, 2015, 7:56 pm By Kate Yoder
Apples have inspired some of the most notable eureka moments in history, from Newton’s law…Taco, burrito, what’s coming out of Chipotle’s Speedo? It’s troubles
Nov 3, 2015, 6:50 pm By Katie Herzog
Chipotle is having a very bad week. The slow-food-fast-food company was sued Monday in federal court…What you need to know about Antarctica, climate change, and ice levels
Nov 3, 2015, 6:19 pm By Zoë Schlanger
This story was originally published by Newsweek and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…What you should know about the new Justin Bieber video
Nov 3, 2015, 4:50 pm By James WestThis story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Are microbes about to remake manufacturing? This synthetic biologist thinks so
Nov 3, 2015, 4:11 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Microbes are everywhere. They’re too small for the eye to see, but these bacteria, yeast, and…
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