EPA’s new rules on river pollution outrage the usual suspects
May 27, 2015, 6:30 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday released a long-awaited and long-debated rule for…How one NY museum is already prepping for the next big flood
May 27, 2015, 5:52 pm By Heather Smith
The architecture of the future is going to be a lot of bunkers and shacks. The bunkers will be for…Amy’s Kitchen moves to fast food
May 27, 2015, 4:51 pm By Madeleine Thomas
The gluten-free, dairy-free, frozen pizzas from Amy’s Kitchen have a bit of a cult following.…Why are all the badass women getting left out of the Mad Max video game?
May 27, 2015, 4:01 pm By Suzanne JacobsMad Max: Fury Road, the latest dystopian flick about how gangs, anarchy, and super-fast driving…A Seattle high school is taking birth control access to the next level
May 27, 2015, 5:05 am By Eve Andrews
This is part 2 of our first-hand look at reproductive health access for teen girls in our home state…It’s Woman Crush Wednesday! Let’s celebrate our new college grads
May 27, 2015, 4:04 am By Madeleine Thomas
Welcome back to Woman Crush Wednesday, our weekly roundup of badass ladies making the news. This…Bill Nye, Amy Schumer, and Broad City team up to explain the universe in 3 minutes
May 26, 2015, 9:43 pm By Eve AndrewsBill Nye is great for many, many things: Getting kids into science, putting deflated balls in…2 cool maps that show how wind power is poised to go big — really big
May 26, 2015, 6:51 pm By Bobby Magill
Wind turbines have only a tenuous link to most Americans’ daily lives because wind farms generate…Five ways to tackle the mess that bees are in
May 26, 2015, 5:13 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The news about bees’ woes has been circulating for so long that you may have tuned it out. But…5 ways to tackle the mess that bees are in
May 26, 2015, 5:13 pm By Nathanael Johnson
The news about bees’ woes has been circulating for so long that you may have tuned it out. But…Can the ‘whitest city in America’ deliver green living for all?
May 26, 2015, 3:56 pm By Sara Bernard
Portland, Ore., has been ahead of the crowd on climate change for a long time. It was the first…You can’t talk about the future of the Democratic Party without talking about climate change
May 26, 2015, 11:56 am By Ben Adler
There has been a lot of internet chatter about the recent New York Times Magazine feature on “The…Surprise — teens are having sex. How can we make it safer?
May 26, 2015, 6:04 am By Eve Andrews
This is a story about teens having sex, which is something I know you don’t want to think about.…In which I feed my children “land shrimp”
May 25, 2015, 6:11 am By Nathanael Johnson
I was completely unprepared for Andrew Middleton when he showed up at my front door with a bag full…What happens if I flush leftover drugs down the toilet?
May 25, 2015, 5:10 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. What is the best way to dispose of liquid antibiotics once treatment is done? Do pharmacists…The Navy gears up for huge war games in Alaska — wildlife and environment be damned
May 24, 2015, 8:02 am By Dahr Jamail
This essay is a joint TomDispatch/Truthout report. I lived in Anchorage for 10 years and spent much…Go diving for sea urchins with a hilarious 73-year-old
May 23, 2015, 8:01 am By Liz CorePete Halmay has been diving for sea urchins off the coast of San Diego for over 30 years. He’s 73,…Is Tomorrowland the the most dystopian movie of 2015?
May 22, 2015, 7:39 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
The basics: A girl genius who just doesn’t want the world to stop dreaming, Casey Newton (Britt…Climate change is messing with gravity again
May 22, 2015, 7:20 pm By Ana Sofia Knauf
The Southern Antarctic Peninsula has dropped the ice equivalent of 350,000 Empire State buildings…Diverse cities don’t always have diverse neighborhoods
May 22, 2015, 7:08 pm By Sara Bernard
It’s not a new idea, perhaps, but it bears repeating: Even if you live in a city that is…
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