Koalas don’t need your mittens, thanks
Jan 13, 2015, 1:15 pm By James West
After record-breaking fires hit the Adelaide suburbs in South Australia last week, an emergency call…“Biking while black” is a thing, too
Jan 13, 2015, 10:45 am By Heather Smith
I stopped driving for many reasons, and this is one of them: Not being in a car meant that I spent a…Some Republican voters actually do want climate action
Jan 13, 2015, 10:07 am By John Light
The Republican electorate has more nuanced views on climate policy than many of the politicians it…Why reproductive rights in the U.S. are a lot like your high school ex
Jan 13, 2015, 6:06 am By Eve Andrews
This just in: Reproductive rights in the U.S. are a lot like your high school ex — not terrible,…America sucks at recycling, so we’re burning trash again
Jan 12, 2015, 8:23 pm By Sara Bernard
Americans produce a whopping 4.4 pounds of waste per person per day, more than any other nation in…This water lawsuit could be huge and it’s happening in … Iowa?
Jan 12, 2015, 7:13 pm By Liz Core
Ah, Iowa. Frequently confused with heaven, the Hawkeye State is a place of simple yet profound…72 percent of GOP senators deny climate change
Jan 12, 2015, 2:28 pm By Jeremy Schulman
On Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) offered a simple amendment to the controversial bill that…Scientists dig up a new weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Jan 12, 2015, 2:20 pm By Amelia Urry
Kids, forget everything your pre-school teachers told you: Go play in the dirt all you like! This…Clean energy rebounds big time in 2014
Jan 12, 2015, 2:19 pm By James West
Clean energy investment around the world is rebounding after a three-year decline, according to new…South Korea now has the world’s second largest cap-and-trade market
Jan 12, 2015, 12:59 pm By John Light
Monday was the inaugural day of trading for South Korea’s new cap-and-trade market, the second…The U.S. and India keep pushing toward a climate deal
Jan 12, 2015, 12:40 pm By John Light
Preparations are well underway for President Obama’s visit to India later this month. New Delhi…Change 100 businesses, and the world’s food system will change with them
Jan 12, 2015, 8:08 am By Nathanael Johnson
It’s become clear to me, as I’ve worked my way through this series, that we’re going to have…Can I just dump old beauty products down the drain?
Jan 12, 2015, 7:10 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. It is time to purge all the toxic beauty products that I quickly accumulated but slowly phased…This 14-year-old will fix the planet before she graduates
Jan 12, 2015, 6:00 am By Sara Bernard
In a dream world, every kid’s resume would look a lot like Maya Penn’s. Her dizzying fount of…Hateful little cannibal squirrels could help California drought
Jan 11, 2015, 9:02 am By Nancy Shulins
Among alfalfa farmers in Northern California, Public Enemy No. 1 is a promiscuous, photogenic fur…Carrots get a makeover with these awesome recipes
Jan 11, 2015, 6:00 am By Alexandra Stafford
I did not need another monstrosity of a gadget cluttering my countertop. I had no interest in a…How much fracking is happening in the Gulf of Mexico?
Jan 10, 2015, 4:36 pm By John Light
We don’t know nearly enough about the fracking that’s already going on in the U.S. — that’s…ExxonMobil claims it’s the savior of the world’s poor
Jan 10, 2015, 8:05 am By Michael T. Klare
Around the world, carbon-based fuels are under attack. Increasingly grim economic pressures, growing…I went on TV and told the world about my creepy green habit
7:48pm By Katie Herzog
I was recently invited on to the new MSNBC show Greenhouse to talk about a piece I wrote for Grist…Tired of worrying about climate change? Vote Pit for president!
4:54pm By David Roberts
I spend a lot of time worrying about climate change and lamenting the inadequacy of most proposed…
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