48 hours that changed the future of rainforests
Apr 2, 2015, 6:07 am By Nathanael Johnson
Glenn Hurowitz sat down for his Thanksgiving meal discouraged. He’d spent 2013 flying halfway…Now you can listen to the world’s largest collection of whale sounds
8:33pm By Ana Sofia Knauf
HEEEEeellLLOOoo thEEEERe. Translation: Hello there! Oh, that? I was just speaking whale. I know,…Are your reusable grocery bags making you fat?
8:09pm By Eve Andrews
As an insane 19-year-old, I worked the late-night shift at the Vassar College coffee shop. Included…Hello, state lawmakers: Want to ignore climate change? Prepare to lose FEMA funding
7:36pm By Luke Whelan
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…New U.S.-Canada bridge will carve through one of Detroit’s loneliest neighborhoods
5:44pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Like much of Detroit, the Delray neighborhood has fallen hard. Its blighted buildings, quiet…USDA kicks in $31 million to help poor people eat better
5:43pm By Nathanael Johnson
The Department of Agriculture has come to the shocking conclusion that poor people should be able…Climate warning labels could be coming to a gas pump near you
4:50pm By John Metcalfe
This story was originally published by CityLab and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk…Shell inches closer to spilling oil all over the Arctic
2:44pm By John Light
Shell has passed another hurdle in its push to resume Arctic drilling operations this summer. On…A bishop, a sex-ed trailblazer, and the Notorious RBG herself: It’s Woman Crush Wednesday
6:00am By Madeleine Thomas
For those of you who have pretended not to notice the bountiful Cadbury offerings at Rite Aid for…10 crazy things Republicans said that are not April Fools’ jokes
3:16am By Katie Herzog
Happy April Fools’ Day! Ready to get depressed?! Great! Here are 10 things Republican…Even without Keystone, tar-sands oil will likely come down the pipeline
Tue 6:52pm By Bobby Magill
A decision on whether to allow the Keystone XL pipeline to be built in the U.S. could come at any…Knight Foundation gives cities $5M for floating farms and fuzzy hats
Tue 5:55pm By Ana Sofia Knauf
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation held its first-ever Cities Challenge this year. The goal:…THEESatisfaction makes music about the planet that actually sounds good
Tue 4:27pm By Madeleine Thomas
Catherine “Cat” Harris-White and Stasia “Stas” Irons, the duo behind soulful hip-hop…Agribusiness giant tells suppliers to stop cutting down forests
Tue 3:59pm By Nathanael Johnson
Today, the state of New York announced that, after negotiations with the global agribusiness…After Cesar Chavez: The fight for farmworker rights isn’t over
Tue 3:49pm By Brentin Mock
The irony of nonviolent resistance is that it needs violence to be effective. The spectacle of mobs,…This bloody whaling documentary could teach you something about sustainable food
Tue 3:23pm By Amelia UrryFirst off, a warning: This is probably going to be hard to watch. But if you eat meat — even the…Even climate villain Australia might be thinking about cleaning up its act
Tue 2:22pm By Tim McDonnell
This story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There was a somewhat…Obama makes climate pledge to world, Republicans snipe in background
Tue 2:00pm By John Light
The Obama administration today unveiled its proposal for how it intends to reduce climate-changing…Turns out the world’s first “clean coal” plant is a backdoor subsidy to oil producers
Tue 6:00am By David Roberts
The world’s first “clean coal” plant — that is, the first full-size coal-fired power plant…Ted Cruz and the GOP have a big climate problem
Mar 30, 2015, 7:08 pm By Sabrina Siddiqui
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate…
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