Even Australia is joining the climate fight
Dec 11, 2014, 12:50 pm By James West
The prime minister of Australia is called Abbott. His deputy, Bishop. And together they head a group…Climate deniers don’t deserve to be called “skeptics,” scientists say
Dec 11, 2014, 12:44 pm By John Light
There’s a difference between those who are “skeptical” about climate change and those who…Green groups have one less excuse for being so white
Dec 11, 2014, 7:05 am By Brentin Mock
Every few months, “diversity” becomes all the rage, often the result of someone exposing the…You can totally recycle unrecyclable plastic. Right?
Dec 11, 2014, 6:02 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. If plastic isn’t labeled with a number, should I try recycling it or not? And if something…Here’s all the plastic in the ocean, measured in whales
7:31pm By Amelia Urry
Let’s see how closely you know your marine doom-and-gloom: Just how much plastic can be found in…A BP spill’s worth of methane is leaking from the ocean off of Washington every year
7:20pm By Liz Core
You know how ocean temperatures have been on the rise lately? Well, it might mean a more comfortable…Behold the nightmare Manhattan would become if everyone commuted by car
5:22pm By Sara Bernard
Here’s a great argument for public transit, in a single image: Check out how gnarly it’d be —…Methane is leaking out all over the damn place, thanks to the oil and gas industry
3:05pm By John Light
Methane, the second most common greenhouse gas emitted by the U.S., is a scary, scary thing. Thanks…Michigan thinks burning tires counts as renewable energy
2:57pm By Kate Abbey-Lambertz
A Michigan bill aims to classify fuel made by burning tires and hazardous industrial waste as…Why I’m breaking up with Uber
8:07am By Eve Andrews
I have decided to break up with Uber. While visiting my hometown of Pittsburgh over Thanksgiving, I…Now bike messengers will run lights to deliver your Amazon
7:00am By Sam Bliss
When strict new rules on autonomous aircraft thwarted Amazon’s much-ballyhooed plans to unleash a…Night-proof your bike by turning it into a giant reflector
6:00am 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
5:05am 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?
Tue 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
Tue 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
Tue 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
Tue 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
Tue 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
Tue 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
Tue 3:39pm By Tim McDonnell
California is in the middle of a really bad three-year drought that stretches across nearly the…
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