Night-proof your bike by turning it into a giant reflector
Dec 10, 2014, 6:00 am By Madeleine Thomas
Hub Powderworks There are plenty of ways to gear up for a safe bike ride after dark, from pulsing…No one sucks on climate change like Australia, mate
Dec 10, 2014, 5:05 am By Graham Readfearn
Australia has been named the worst-performing industrial country in the world on climate change in a…What would it mean for the environment if Hillary targeted pickup-driving country fans?
6:44pm By Ben Adler
In the 2008 Democratic primary, the two leading candidates — Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama —…These crazy maps show just how much ground roads cover
5:24pm By Amelia Urry
Turns out you can learn a lot about a state by ignoring everything in it except the roads.…USDA dumps millions in lunch money on local food
5:20pm By Nathanael Johnson
For the past couple years, kids around the U.S. have been sharing pictures of their gross school…Here’s why the Freedom Tower isn’t the greenest building in America after all
4:17pm By James West
One World Trade Center, or the “Freedom Tower,” as it was formerly known, soars above New York…Sea swallows the last house in doomed Virginia beach town
4:04pm By Greg Hanscom
Richard F. Hall will land in the history books, if he makes it at all, alongside dreamers and…Updates on things I’m obsessed with
3:57pm By David Roberts
I’ve run across several items lately that are germane to recent blog posts, but not worth a post…Don’t blame climate change for California’s terrible drought
3:39pm By Tim McDonnell
California is in the middle of a really bad three-year drought that stretches across nearly the…The world is actually making some progress on fighting climate change
3:19pm By John Light
Depending on your frame of mind, this might be good news or bad news. Ready? A new projection…Obama disses Keystone XL on the Colbert Report
12:45pm By Darby Minow SmithPresident Obama appeared on The Colbert Report last night to talk health care, jaded young voters,…A green utopia deep in Mississippi? This guy has a game plan
7:01am By Sara Bernard
Jackson, Miss.: Not exactly the eco-capital of the world. The city’s wastewater disposal has the…Lousiana has a crazy plan to save its sinking coastline
6:40am By Bob Marshall
This story is second in a two-part series on Louisiana’s rapidly disappearing coastline. Read part…Coal giant exploits the global poor to save its own hide
Mon 5:44pm By David Roberts
The outlook for coal — especially thermal coal, the kind used to make electricity — is…The Supreme Court has no time for BP’s BS
Mon 5:26pm By Sam Bliss
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court denied BP’s request to take another look at the…Paris plans to ban cars from its city center
Mon 5:09pm By Liz Core
Paris is surging toward the front of the peloton of European cities racing for more bike and…Why environmentalists should support the Black Lives Matter protests
Mon 2:58pm By Brentin Mock
I arrived in the emergency room the morning of Wednesday, December 3, with the singular mission of…Adapting to climate change will cost much more than we thought
Mon 1:40pm By John Light
Poor countries will need at least twice as much money as we thought in order to successfully adapt…A Republican rep calls for his party to “recognize the reality” of climate change
Mon 11:48am By John Light
One lonely House Republican is taking a stand, saying his party needs to get its head out of the…Is there such thing as a “green” poinsettia?
Mon 6:58am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Our church orders Eco-Palms for Easter. Is there an Eco-Poinsettia? This plant has such…
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