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 West
Here’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 Gottesdiener
At 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 Urry
Perhaps 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 Andrews
There 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 McDonnell
In 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 Adler
Last 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 Roberts
Energy 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 Smith
I 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 Mock
It’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 Johnson
Let’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
Oct 12, 2014, 10:10 am By Alexandra Stafford
Winter 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
Oct 11, 2014, 10:00 am By Yessenia Funes
Goalie 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 Thomas
California 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 Core
Ben & 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 McDonnell
Remember that jaw-dropping photo from last week that showed 35,000 walruses crammed onto a narrow…Why climate hawks should still vote for fossil-fuel-loving Democrats
Oct 10, 2014, 5:23 pm By Ben Adler
According a poll released this week by Kentucky’s major news organizations, Democrat Alison…What methane and Harrison Ford have in common
Oct 10, 2014, 5:15 am By Jack Lienke
I’ve got some good news about methane, some bad news about methane, and some worse news about…
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