Faith and fears in Wendell Berry’s Kentucky
Mon 1:35pm By Darby Minow Smith
Wendell Berry’s mind is preoccupied with four dead sheep. I join the 80-year-old food movement…Is there hope for West Virginia as it moves away from coal?
Mon 1:11pm By David Roberts
After I published a piece about the prospect of a federal bailout for Central Appalachian coal…Instead of trying to feed the world, we should be ending poverty
Mon 8:02am By Nathanael Johnson
Every expert on the global food supply that I’ve talked to has told me that if you want to end…What’s the best solar charger for my cellphone?
Mon 7:03am By Ask Umbra®
Q. I’d like to get a good cellphone solar charger. I just got a fairly inexpensive one, and to be…The best recipes for your endless supply of butternut squash
Oct 19, 2014, 10:00 am By Alexandra Stafford
Winter is coming and we’re serious about keeping farmers market produce on the menu. Alexandra…The Anthropocene is here, whether geologists make it official or not
Oct 18, 2014, 7:00 am By Sam Bliss
Humans rule the world, for worse or for worse. This week, a 30-strong team of geologists,…We could talk about the environmental impact of toast, or we could not hate life
Oct 17, 2014, 7:58 pm By Eve Andrews
Today was Alexis Madrigal’s last day with The Atlantic. Today, not coincidentally, was also the…So long, Soylent. World remembers that eating rules
Oct 17, 2014, 7:28 pm By Madeleine Thomas
It’s here, it’s finally here! The dawn of the “Great Soylent Disillusionment,” writes…Now your smartphone can be fair trade, too
Oct 17, 2014, 5:44 pm By Liz Core
You know how the iPhone 6 came out a few weeks ago? And everyone was all “YES, finally, a newer…Our favorite Pope still needs to address one major issue
Oct 17, 2014, 5:30 pm By Eve Andrews
Pope Francis, a.k.a. the Ultimate Chill Dude Pope of All Time (UCDPAT), has been a publicity dream…Republican scandal-mongering is now a perpetual motion machine
Oct 17, 2014, 3:55 pm By David Roberts
As you may have heard, members of Congress have launched an investigation into EPA’s…The Chinese people care more about the environment than Americans do
Oct 17, 2014, 2:21 pm By John Light
Those who oppose action on climate change in America are fond of complaining about how futile our…How to get Republicans to stop using the “I’m not a scientist” dodge
Oct 17, 2014, 1:35 pm By Ben Adler
In 2012, when Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was asked by GQ how old the Earth is, he demurred, “I’m…This graphic novelist tells the true story of climate change
Oct 17, 2014, 8:00 am By Sara Bernard
If Philippe Squarzoni knows one thing, it’s that a book can’t change the world. When the French…Meet the man who re-energized NYC parks — and wants to do the same for yours
Oct 17, 2014, 6:56 am By Greg Hanscom
Adrian Benepe is a one-time New York City park ranger who went on to lead the Big Apple’s parks…Sorry, California — winter isn’t going to fix your drought
Oct 17, 2014, 6:05 am By Tim McDonnell
California’s crippling drought is not expected to improve over the winter, according to new…An old railroad in Queens could become the coolest park in NYC
Oct 16, 2014, 4:33 pm By Sara Bernard
A rusty, abandoned railway choked with vines and trash may soon become a greenway in…We don’t, and can’t, know how much it will cost to tackle climate change
Oct 16, 2014, 4:20 pm By David Roberts
How much will it cost humanity to avoid dangerous climate change? Debates over this contentious…Watch Neil Young and Stephen Colbert battle over the Earth — through song
Oct 16, 2014, 3:59 pm By Liz Core
Neil Young — the planet-loving rock ‘n’ roll hall-of-famer — made a memorable guest…Here’s Obama’s latest strategy for a global climate deal
Oct 16, 2014, 3:29 pm By John Light
Obama’s chief climate negotiator, Todd Stern, has outlined the kind of global deal he might press…
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