Lots of crazy claims about soda taxes. Which panned out?
Tue 1:54pm By Nathanael Johnson
Everyone knows that obesity, type 2 diabetes, and the other diet-related diseases are shortening…Think Detroit has it rough now? Just wait ‘til climate change gets ahold of it
Tue 11:39am By Ben Adler
You could be forgiven for thinking Detroit’s current situation couldn’t get much more grim:…Somehow, Seattle musicians are still killing it
Tue 5:05am By Eve AndrewsThere are few things more obnoxious than the declaration that your city’s music scene is just…Could pesky children be the solution to climate change?
Jun 8, 2015, 6:45 pm By Heather Smith
When I was a kid, a strange woman showed up at school and taught us about recycling. I’m not sure…This is crazy, but we actually have good news about climate change
Jun 8, 2015, 6:07 pm By James West
This story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Here’s something rare in…RIP, obsolete gadget you once thought would change your life
Jun 8, 2015, 5:22 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Today, the great and powerful god of tech and neutral colors, Appleus, descends from the heavens…California drought’s latest victim? Pro sports
Jun 8, 2015, 4:29 pm By Madeleine Thomas
Is there such a thing as drought-tolerant baseball, football, or golf? In California, maintaining…Farms are growing more vegetables, but Americans still want to skip straight to dessert
Jun 8, 2015, 3:42 pm By Nathanael Johnson
U.S. farmers are growing a lot more healthy stuff — veggies and beans — but they can’t seem…Some big, important countries are promising to cut out fossil fuels by 2100
Jun 8, 2015, 2:01 pm By John Light
The global economy must be completely fossil fuel–free by the end of the century. That point of…Think we can end California’s drought by eating differently? Think again
Jun 8, 2015, 6:20 am By Nathanael Johnson
There’s so much confusion about California’s drought, and a lot of my colleagues in the media,…Should I replace my brown lawn with artificial turf?
Jun 8, 2015, 5:35 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. I haven’t watered my lawn since 2009. Though we have drought here in California, I still get…Is Amazon’s new Seattle HQ the ultimate tech utopia?
Jun 8, 2015, 5:01 am By Heather Smith
South Lake Union is convinced that it is Seattle’s future. It’s easy to see why: Signs…Can we get people to move back to Detroit?
Jun 8, 2015, 2:30 am By Ben Adler
There are few sights as eerie as an abandoned high-rise. Walk around the neighborhoods adjacent to…Texans should brace for more rainstorms, more drought, and more headaches
Jun 6, 2015, 6:00 am By Andrea Thompson
The seemingly endless and often torrential rains that deluged Texas and Oklahoma in May are in some…Bunge rejects deforestation promise, NC ag-gag law passes
Jun 5, 2015, 5:41 pm By Nathanael Johnson
And now a pair of anticlimactic updates: Last week North Carolina’s Republican governor vetoed a…These cafes are turning garbage into culinary gold
Jun 5, 2015, 5:38 pm By Madeleine Thomas
Last year the popular British grocery chain Tesco threw away more than 60,000 short tons of food.…Ever heard of a self-healing building? Just wait
Jun 5, 2015, 4:24 pm By Ana Sofia Knauf
Some potentially good news for green architecture: Dutch scientists have designed a new type of…Could one of these robots save you in a climate disaster?
Jun 5, 2015, 4:12 pm By Amelia UrryWe spend a lot of time worrying about how robots are out to get us. I get it — it’s good to…Who is climate change killing this week?
Jun 5, 2015, 3:54 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
California sea lion pups and New England moose — that’s who! Let’s start with the moose.…Even Shell’s former chair says some fossil fuel divestment would make sense
Jun 5, 2015, 2:20 pm By John Light
The former chair of Shell is bummed about how the fight against climate change is going. But he’s…
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