Balmy or blizzards? U.S. coasts are experiencing opposite winters
Feb 22, 2015, 6:00 am By Brian Kahn
Snow, snow, and more snow. The overabundance of it has dominated the headlines the past few weeks.…Here’s why climate advocates should love Obama’s community college plan
Feb 21, 2015, 7:29 am By Denise Fairchild
We already know that President Obama’s proposed federal budget is full of goodies to fight climate…Scientists want to turn your old sandwich into an indestructible wonder material
8:08pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Hold on to your food scraps, people! Anaerobic digestion is very in right now, and you know what…We just had a very hot January
7:36pm By Andrea Thompson
The warmth that led 2014 to become the hottest year on record has continued into 2015, with last…How Michele Bachman’s lies inspired Factcheck.org
6:54pm By Kishore HariThis story is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Inquiring Minds is a…Meet the latest threat to your community: Miniature libraries
5:03pm By Liz Core
As soon as I finish the last season of Parks and Rec, I’m hoping to turn a pile of dusty…TransCanada has big new plans for moving oil around, and you won’t like them
4:32pm By John Light
TransCanada, the company pushing the Keystone XL plan, is cooking up some new projects. Watch out.…Auto-flush toilets just don’t know when to quit
4:15pm By Katie Herzog
It’s a common scene: You’re hovering above the toilet in some airport or rest stop, when,…Watch Minnesota’s food scene grow. Danger: This will make you want to become a farmer
3:42pm By Darby Minow SmithMinnesota might be freezing right now, but this The Victory Garden’s Edible Feast episode will…Why are we yelling at utilities and not their regulators?
1:10pm By David Roberts
A few weeks ago, the Edison Electric Institute, the trade group for investor-owned power utilities…6 reasons why cargo bikes are the next big thing
11:09am By Chris Bruntlett
After (quite literally) walking away from car-ownership five years ago, we experimented with many…Meet the last 3 millennials who don’t have smartphones
Thu 9:07pm By Suzanne JacobsThe smartphone-less millennial is a dying breed. If you’re lucky, you might spot them in their…Alaskan tribes given tiny amount of cash for climate change resilience
Thu 7:26pm By Liz Core
Alaskan Native American communities are soon to be the happy(ish?) recipients of $8 million from…URGENT: MUSCLED TORSOS ACROSS AMERICA IN DANGER
Thu 6:52pm By Eve AndrewsLet it be known: I don’t hate bros. I really don’t! Bro culture is a living nightmare of…Natural gas drilling is causing earthquakes in Europe too
Thu 5:58pm By John Light
Shell and ExxonMobil, as well as the Dutch government, ignored for decades that drilling in…Happy birthday, Papa Climate Change!
Thu 5:53pm By Amelia Urry
Today, February 19th, is a very special day. Today is the birthday of Svante Arrhenius. Who, you…Gentrification might be real, but it’s the least of Chicago’s worries
Thu 11:15am By Natalie Y. Moore
When we talk about gentrification, it’s usually in terms of comical caricatures: white hipsters…Understanding Obama’s suckiness on climate
Thu 8:00am By David Roberts
Our own Ben Adler recently published a piece called “8 ways Obama sucks on climate.” It prompted…Are all K-Cup-style coffeemakers totally terrible?
Thu 7:09am By Ask Umbra®
Q. I saw the #killthekcup video. Do all single-serving coffeemakers cause the same waste problem?…All the best science experiments involve dynamite
Feb 18, 2015, 8:17 pm By Suzanne Jacobs
Picture a scientist. Good. Now make that scientist a geologist who studies tectonic plate movement.…
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