This new study explains why fracking won’t solve climate change
Oct 16, 2014, 12:42 pm By Tim McDonnell
For President Obama, fracking is a key weapon against global warming. Abundant natural gas, he said…Save the climate, pay a farmer
Oct 16, 2014, 12:25 pm By Nathanael Johnson
If you just pay attention to the headlines — politicians squabble as we speed toward stupidly…Which water cooler is coolest?
Oct 16, 2014, 7:03 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Is it better for an office to use a water cooler with bottles or a bottleless cooler? My instinct…Ron Paul and Rand Paul have crazy things to say about Ebola
Oct 16, 2014, 6:56 am By Ben Adler
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is making a lot of people say crazy things. Conservative cable…Billionaire climate hawk attacks climate-denying governor — without mentioning climate change
Oct 16, 2014, 1:23 am By Ben Adler
After billionaire activist Tom Steyer pledged to spend $50 million defeating climate change deniers…Let’s make safe sex second nature
Oct 15, 2014, 7:06 pm By Eve Andrews
Can we talk about something that’s been on my mind for a long time? Since I was – oh, about 17…Is the new Whole Foods rating system creating an inferiority complex for zucchini?
Oct 15, 2014, 6:37 pm By Liz Core
On Wednesday, Whole Foods started issuing ratings for its fruit, veggies, and flowers to measure…The American diet, in 3 charts (plus Michelle Obama dancing)
Oct 15, 2014, 5:41 pm By Amelia Urry
Everyone knows that Americans don’t eat very well, but it’s still kinda staggering to see just…Why more roads = more traffic jams
Oct 15, 2014, 4:28 pm By Sara Bernard
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Adding more roads — and more lanes on those…Why Minneapolis’ beautiful bike freeways are totally the best
Oct 15, 2014, 4:01 pm By Heather Smith
I had been biking around Minneapolis for several days before I realized what was missing. It was a…Car batteries may soon last 1,000 years thanks to pine and alfalfa
Oct 15, 2014, 9:25 am By Liz Core
A group of Swedish researchers just discovered an unconventional way to give new life to…Serious about saving the bees? Time to rethink agriculture
Oct 15, 2014, 8:01 am By Manu Saunders
There is much more to “saving the bees” than spring flowers and a golden mascot. Don’t get me…Lost Louisiana: The race to reclaim vanished land back from the sea
Oct 14, 2014, 7:26 pm By Suzanne Goldenberg
The GPS showed David Morgan still on dry land — but the waves bumping beneath his boat revealed…These eentsy creatures are fighting global warming from the bottom of the sea
Oct 14, 2014, 6:40 pm By Amelia Urry
What did you have for breakfast? I bet it wasn’t methane, because that would be bizarre for…How one building is changing the world
Oct 14, 2014, 4:52 pm By Greg Hanscom
It used to be that the Bullitt Foundation “saved the planet” the old-fashioned way, putting its…Why are utilities trying to disconnect communities of color from solar?
Oct 14, 2014, 2:11 pm By Brentin Mock
Yesterday, I wrote about how African-American politicians are being directed by the fossil fuel…Should the feds bail out coal miners?
Oct 14, 2014, 1:35 pm By David Roberts
I 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 Bliss
Wind 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…
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