This woman has spent almost a year underwater. Here’s why she’s your new hero
Aug 14, 2014, 5:09 pm By Samantha Larson
Forget what you’ve been told. The main problem the ocean faces is not acidification. It’s not…Your iPhone is about to get (a little) less toxic
Aug 14, 2014, 3:48 pm By Sara Bernard
Apple is upping its green game in a big way, thanks in no small part to…Texas messes with Texas, pits landowners against pipeline-builders
Aug 14, 2014, 3:00 pm By Heather Smith
Texas has a complicated relationship with oil. On the one hand, it’s a state that’s really into…When it comes to roads and rail, we force government to lie to us
Aug 14, 2014, 1:45 pm By Nathanael Johnson
I’m taking a one-post hiatus from the food beat to write about high-speed rail. I love geeking out…Who’s our best hope for fighting climate change?
Aug 14, 2014, 8:09 am By Eve Andrews
Bali is an undeniably sexy place, and anyone who tries to tell you otherwise should not be trusted…Ask Umbra: Is “canned air” bad for the planet?
Aug 14, 2014, 7:04 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. I’m hoping that you can settle an ongoing office debate. My colleagues and I recently staged an…Foraged fruit leather is like a Fruit Roll-Up, only with fruit in it
Aug 14, 2014, 6:06 am By Eve AndrewsImagine a Fruit Roll-Up that isn’t mostly preservatives, fluorescent dyes, and artificial…U.S. bikeshares have killed a shocking amount of people
Aug 13, 2014, 5:42 pm By Madeleine Thomas
That number is zero: Since the nation’s first bikeshare program launched in 2007 in Tulsa, Okla.,…Fracking operations get even closer to drinking water sources than we thought
Aug 13, 2014, 5:23 pm By Samantha Larson
Fracking companies have tried their best to quell the public’s fears about the practice. But, uh,…Ants will save the world! Wait, ants?
Aug 13, 2014, 3:25 pm By Sara Bernard
Our planet is in the hot seat, so of course we’re scrambling to find ways to suck up atmospheric…Tesla is becoming the 800-pound green jobs gorilla
Aug 13, 2014, 2:03 pm By Heather Smith
I don’t even have a car, but I have a soft spot for the folks at Tesla Motors. They’re doing…When climate disaster strikes, just hit the reset button
Aug 13, 2014, 9:02 am By Heather Hansman
It only took a few hours of playing the new video game Mountain for a thick layer of smog to shroud…Soy vey! Monsanto just lost its GM permit in Mexico
Aug 13, 2014, 8:00 am By Nathanael Johnson
A judge in Mexico has revoked Monsanto’s permit to plant genetically engineered soy in that…Rather than killing sharks, this town moves them away from human-infested waters
Aug 13, 2014, 7:04 am By Jim Meyer
When a shark bites somebody, people tend to react in a few ways. First they freak out, stop…This new app may help design bike lanes in Germany
Aug 12, 2014, 7:05 pm By Madeleine ThomasWhen Wiesbaden, a city in southwest Germany, was declared the least bike-friendly city in the all of…When did Republicans start hating green? When it started helping blacks
Aug 12, 2014, 6:35 pm By Brentin Mock
The question swirling around Climate Desk today is, “When did Republicans start hating on the…Weed could be resistant to GMO labeling in Colorado
Aug 12, 2014, 6:14 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Oregon already has a measure on the ballot this November to label some products of genetic…Harvesting energy from our eyelids? Don’t worry, it’s just art
Aug 12, 2014, 5:47 pm By Sara BernardWhat if the energy crisis gets so bad we’re all forced to plug our own bodies, Matrix-style, into…Fracking wells at the Pittsburgh airport? Sure — what could go wrong?
Aug 12, 2014, 4:04 pm By Eve Andrews
Here’s a great idea: You have a fairly new and extremely unregulated technology that’s used to…Pennsylvania seed-library caper grows loopier
Aug 12, 2014, 2:13 pm By Heather Smith
A few days ago I wrote about the strange saga of the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library in…
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