California just banned free plastic bags. Hold the rejoicing.
Sep 15, 2014, 6:25 pm By Katie Rose Quandt
Last month, California became the first state to pass a bill banning the ubiquitous disposable…A massive hurricane just slammed into Cabo
Sep 15, 2014, 5:28 pm By Chris Mooney
Up until now, the records set by the stunning 2014 Eastern Pacific hurricane season have been mostly…Why we’re getting ready to march for climate change
Sep 15, 2014, 1:06 pm By Bill McKibben
On Sunday, September 21st, a huge crowd will march through the middle of Manhattan. It will almost…We fixed the ozone layer (sort of). Can we fix the climate?
Sep 15, 2014, 12:50 pm By Sam Bliss
So 300 scientists working for the United Nations Environment Program are claiming that the ozone…Why New Jersey is doing tomatoes right
Sep 15, 2014, 12:17 pm By Eve Andrews
Theresa Viggiano and Patrick LegerFirst FieldPrinceton, N.J. The official state vegetable of New…California dairy farmers are going nuts for almonds, but at what cost?
Sep 15, 2014, 8:03 am By Madeleine Thomas
This is Part 2 of a two-part series about California’s organic dairy industry. Read Part 1 here.…As farmland runs out, seafood looks better than you think
Sep 15, 2014, 7:55 am By Nathanael Johnson
To create a more sustainable and equitable food system, we’re going to have to produce more food.…Do I have to hang up my gardening tools during the drought?
Sep 15, 2014, 7:02 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. Since we are in the middle of a drought, a lot of people in our town let their backyard vegetable…Those Detroit water shutoffs? Blame ‘em on botched bookkeeping
Sep 15, 2014, 5:55 am By Heather Smith
Detroit’s water situation is even stranger than we thought. According to documents obtained…This green Tea Party star is fighting for solar
Sep 14, 2014, 7:33 am By Kari Lydersen
Debbie Dooley is not a tree-hugger — in fact she bills herself as a radical right-wing…Why the Kashmir floods have been so deadly
Sep 13, 2014, 7:20 am By Tanvi Misra
Junaid Rashid finally got his father on the phone on Friday. For the previous six days, he had no…Millennials aren’t cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs
Sep 12, 2014, 5:40 pm By Liz Core
The New York Times crunched the nation’s cereal-eating numbers this week, and it looks like the…Americans are eating better — well, some Americans
Sep 12, 2014, 5:13 pm By Eve Andrews
Income gap! What are you doing here?! We’re trying to have a conversation about food and you just…This man wrote hundreds of letters warning politicians not to lie. It worked.
Sep 12, 2014, 4:44 pm By Chris Mooney
This episode of Inquiring Minds, a podcast hosted by neuroscientist and musician Indre Viskontas and…6 reasons Groot is your new favorite superhero
Sep 12, 2014, 3:55 pm By Amelia Urry
This summer’s blockbusters gave us plenty to pontificate about: interspecies identity politics…Faculty joins students in the call for divestment. We’re going streaking!
Sep 12, 2014, 3:21 pm By Sam Bliss
You may have already heard: Students concerned about climate change are demanding that university…Why New Hampshire is doing eggs right
Sep 12, 2014, 7:56 am By Eve Andrews
Mary and Bruce JonesPatridge FarmNorth Haverhill, N.H. “Live free-range or die” — that’s…Stop pretending that liberals are just as anti-science as conservatives
Sep 12, 2014, 7:30 am By Chris Mooney
So who’s worse when it comes to ignoring and denying science, the political left or the political…What can small cities do to fight climate change?
Sep 12, 2014, 6:56 am By Ben Adler
Everyone should know by now that the U.S. needs to adopt policies to restrain its profligate energy…Hacker houses offer shared living for the young, green, and tech-obsessed
Sep 12, 2014, 6:06 am By Samantha Larson
Matthew Oswald’s house in the outskirts of Seattle’s Capitol Hill harbors a peculiar breed of…
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