Should the feds bail out coal miners?
Oct 14, 2014, 1:35 pm By David RobertsI wrote yesterday that coal country is largely lost to Democrats, and that’s fine; they don’t…Why clean energy might be cheaper than you think
Oct 14, 2014, 1:15 pm By Sam BlissWind and solar power often get a bad rap for being more expensive than energy produced from fossil…A place with the population of West Virginia just powered a work day entirely on clean energy
Oct 14, 2014, 12:44 pm By James WestHere’s one for the naysayers who insist renewable energy can’t keep the lights on and power our…Drop a brick, feel better about the California drought
Oct 14, 2014, 8:06 am By Sara BernardIf every Californian dropped a brick in the toilet, according to founders of the Drop-A-Brick…Money, death, and danger in North Dakota’s fracking capital
Oct 14, 2014, 7:09 am By Laura GottesdienerAt 9 p.m. on that August night, when I arrived for my first shift as a cocktail waitress at…Watch Cascadian Farm’s dramatic effort to save the bees
Oct 13, 2014, 8:07 pm By Liz CoreCascadian Farm just got reeaal dramatic in its new campaign to save the bees. The organic food…How deforestation helped unleash Ebola
Oct 13, 2014, 5:38 pm By Amelia UrryPerhaps you have heard about Ebola, otherwise known as The Most Terrifying Disease Of Our Modern…Meet the mailman who mapped Rio’s slums before Google could
Oct 13, 2014, 5:24 pm By Eve AndrewsThere are a lot of potential negative impacts of rapid and expansive urbanization: Stress on limited…Pentagon says we could soon be fighting climate wars
Oct 13, 2014, 4:38 pm By Tim McDonnellIn one of its strongest statements yet on the need to prepare for climate change, the Defense…New York is about to get safer for walkers — if the NYPD does its job
Oct 13, 2014, 4:12 pm By Ben AdlerLast week, the New York City Council passed a bill lowering the default city speed limit from 30…Democrats: Coal country is just not that into you
Oct 13, 2014, 11:47 am By David RobertsEnergy and climate have always been tricky issues for the Democratic Party, which…Today, “Made in Detroit” is a label in search of a story
Oct 13, 2014, 9:00 am By Heather SmithI am never going to leave this building. This day began with a promise of a tour of small-scale…Here’s how Dirty Energy is co-opting black lawmakers
Oct 13, 2014, 7:54 am By Brentin MockIt’s worth taking a hard look right now at the National Policy Alliance , a coalition of…Should big business get out of the food business?
Oct 13, 2014, 7:30 am By Nathanael JohnsonLet’s pretend we are the members of a committee with broad power to reshape the food system…What’s the most energy-efficient way to charge my cellphone?
Oct 13, 2014, 6:48 am By Ask Umbra®Q. I wanted to know if it saves electricity to charge a phone or music player from the USB port of a…What to do with an overload of cauliflower
10:10am By Alexandra StaffordWinter is coming and we’re serious about keeping farmers market produce on the menu. Alexandra…This hockey legend wants to put dirty energy in the penalty box
Sat 10:00am By Yessenia FunesGoalie Mike Richter played in the National Hockey League for 14 seasons and, in 1994, led the New…Frackers are dumping toxic waste into California’s groundwater
Oct 10, 2014, 7:18 pm By Madeleine ThomasCalifornia can officially add one more disaster to its rapidly growing list of water woes: The EPA…Ben & Jerry’s is fighting GMOs with fudge brownie ice cream
Oct 10, 2014, 5:54 pm By Liz CoreBen & Jerry’s co-founder and the man to thank for satisfying all your late-night sugar cravings,…Alaska’s stranded walruses face a new threat: oil drillers
Oct 10, 2014, 5:24 pm By Tim McDonnellRemember that jaw-dropping photo from last week that showed 35,000 walruses crammed onto a narrow…
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