Hey, Burning Man: Your desert party sucks for the rest of us
Aug 21, 2015, 3:00 pm By Katie Herzog
Get ready, folks! The most magical time of year is almost upon us. That’s right: Burning Man. Lest…Lawns are dumb. Arresting people for poor lawn care is dumber
Aug 21, 2015, 1:24 pm By Katie Herzog
In 2008, Joe Prudente, a 66-year-old man from Hudson, Fla., turned himself into the Pasco County…Spending time in a controversial camp that’s blocking tar-sands pipelines
Aug 21, 2015, 6:00 am By Sam Bliss
It’s his partner Erin’s birthday tonight, and so Ambrose Williams, a member of the Gitxsan…This surfer is committed to saving sharks — even though he lost his leg to one of them
Aug 21, 2015, 5:08 am By Samantha Larson
On an early October morning in 1997, on the west side of the island of Kauai, 18-year-old Mike Coots…Hate to be a broken record, but we’re on track for the hottest year on record
Aug 20, 2015, 6:32 pm By Andrea Thompson
If you’re a betting person, it would be close to a sure bet to go all-in on 2015 taking the title…Which method of raising cows is the most climate-friendly?
Aug 20, 2015, 6:21 pm By Clayton Aldern
Many people assume grass-fed beef is better for the environment. Instead of feeding cattle…This company has 400 people hyped to build Elon Musk’s hyperloop
Aug 20, 2015, 4:33 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
It’s unclear whether Elon Musk is a comic book character come to life, or whether we’re…Costa Rica’s green plans: Sustainable coffee, bikes, and clean energy
Aug 20, 2015, 4:01 pm By Eve AndrewsCosta Rica has set an ambitious goal for itself: To be entirely carbon neutral by 2021. But it’s…Paranoid Republicans think EPA contaminated river on purpose
Aug 20, 2015, 2:56 pm By Katie Herzog
Today in Utah news, two state lawmakers accused the EPA — yes, the agency tasked with protecting…Yet another land mine for GMO Golden Rice
Aug 20, 2015, 2:20 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Good God, what a mess: That’s what I kept thinking as, face in palm, I read the latest updates on…California is sinking. Blame the drought.
Aug 20, 2015, 1:13 pm By Katie Herzog
California is sinking. New data released by NASA reveals that parts of the the Central Valley are…U.S. taxpayers are getting ripped off by fossil fuel extraction
Aug 20, 2015, 12:38 pm By Ben Adler
President Obama, having failed to get a bill to address climate change through Congress when…Your organic fruits and veggies might have been irrigated with fracking wastewater
Aug 20, 2015, 12:04 pm By Josh Harkinson
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…Balloon releases at college football games? Sack that custom
Aug 20, 2015, 6:06 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. I work at Clemson University, which has a tradition of releasing latex balloons at football games…This scuba diver wants everyone — black, white, or brown — to feel at home in the ocean
Aug 20, 2015, 5:04 am By Amelia Urry
Kramer Wimberley is lying on the bottom of the sea. Thirty feet under, facedown against the white…Thomas Friedman: The world is hot
Aug 19, 2015, 7:52 pm By Clayton Aldern
In his New York Times column on Wednesday, Thomas Friedman began with a bet: Here’s my bet about…Could the solution to climate change come from this castle?
Aug 19, 2015, 7:18 pm By Katie Herzog
For six weeks, over 100 entrepreneurs will be living communally in a 16th-century castle outside…Turns out, Americans love their nanny-state lunches
Aug 19, 2015, 6:17 pm By Justin Carroll
Watch any cartoon or kid-centered sitcom long enough and you’ll come across a lunchroom scene…How to make people care about climate change? Tell it one story at a time
Aug 19, 2015, 5:22 pm By Heather Smith
I first met Christine Cordero at a conference several years ago. She was leading a workshop for…Latino voters care a whole lot about climate change
Aug 19, 2015, 5:10 pm By Eve Andrews
This just in, from the “we’re really goddamn tired of people saying that people of color don’t…
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