These conservatives make the case for vibrant cities. Most of their friends ignore them.
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Oct 20, 2014, 7:15 pm By Sam Bliss
This just in: We no longer have to choose between living in the city or the forest. A pair of new…You know it’s good when your biggest transportation problem is too many cyclists
Oct 20, 2014, 6:11 pm By Amelia Urry
It must be nice to be Dutch: While the rest of us are dealing with ensuring reasonable access to…Vegan because plants don’t have feelings? You’re going to need a new reason.
Oct 20, 2014, 4:57 pm By Madeleine Thomas
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Oct 20, 2014, 4:42 pm By Brentin Mock
Here’s a quick summary of last week’s series on the debate over “net metering” — allowing…Now congressional Republicans are digging through scientists’ grant proposals
Oct 20, 2014, 2:56 pm By Tim McDonnell
When scientists across the country need money for research projects, one place they often turn is…We can provide power to everyone without a huge leap in emissions, study finds
Oct 20, 2014, 2:51 pm By John Light
When we talk about international climate action, it’s often taken for granted that developing…Faith and fears in Wendell Berry’s Kentucky
Oct 20, 2014, 1:35 pm 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?
Oct 20, 2014, 1:11 pm 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
Oct 20, 2014, 8:02 am 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?
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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…
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