How Hillary Clinton’s state department sold fracking to the world
1:15pm By Mariah Blake
ONE ICY MORNING in February 2012, Hillary Clinton’s plane touched down in the Bulgarian capital,…This just in: Millennials love organic eggplant, hate Gucci
7:07am By Eve Andrews
America’s favorite pastimes currently include football, gorging on an unlimited supply of pasta…Why Mississippi is doing farmer education right
Tue 8:06pm By Eve Andrews
Dorothy Grady-ScarbroughMississippians Engaged in Greener Agriculture (MEGA)Shelby, Miss. The…How green is the iPhone 6?
Tue 7:12pm By Sara Bernard
The iPhone 6 was released today, as everyone knows (though you can’t actually get your hands on…Kochs backing out of blue-state Senate races
Tue 5:33pm By Ben Adler
Sorry Charlie (and David): It turns out there are some things money can’t buy, like Senate races…On mindfulness
Tue 3:10pm By David Roberts
(PSA: I’m doing a few follow-ups on my Outside piece on my sabbatical. Just one or two more and…Why Minnesota is doing wild rice right
Tue 12:11pm By Eve Andrews
Bob ShimekNative HarvestWhite Earth, Minn. Native Harvest is an initiative of the White Earth Land…Reno won Tesla’s gigafactory. Was it worth it?
Tue 11:11am By Richard Florida
Reno, Nev., won Tesla’s new $5 billion Gigafactory, doling out a reported $1.25 billion in…Latino eco-festival hosts big stars, bigger ideas
Tue 7:02am By Sara Bernard
Irene Vilar has always felt a strong pull towards social change. In fact, activism is in her blood:…“Rebel” cowboys say we have no right to kick their cattle off our public lands
Tue 6:03am By Matt Rasmussen
The author is a writer, editor, and muckraker for Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics,…Why Michigan is doing compost right
Sep 8, 2014, 8:11 pm By Eve Andrews
Pashon MurrayDetroit DirtDetroit, Mich. You might recognize Murray from a fantastic Ford commercial…Is necessity the mother of climate protest?
Sep 8, 2014, 7:17 pm By Heather Smith
Last May, two environmentalists, Ken Ward and Jay O’Hara, piloted a lobster boat into the path of…Climate film gets activists pumped for NYC march
Sep 8, 2014, 4:25 pm By Ben Adler
When’s the last time you saw people lining up on the street to watch a commercial? How about an…Get paid to make your commute awesome
Sep 8, 2014, 4:07 pm By Sara BernardOK, commuting sucks. But what if you were given a chance to make it better? What if subways could…Bad news for Obama: Fracking may be worse than burning coal
Sep 8, 2014, 3:25 pm By Bill McKibben
If you’re a politician, science is a bitch; it resists spin. And a new set of studies — about,…Why Massachusetts is doing insect snacks right
Sep 8, 2014, 11:48 am By Eve Andrews
Rose Wang, Laura D’Asaro, and Meryl NateauSix FoodsCambridge, Mass. Clam chowder devotees may rise…Do I really need to rinse my recyclables?
Sep 8, 2014, 7:02 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. As a California resident, I have been keenly aware of my water usage and trying to curb any water…Why food prices scaled the peaks — and why it matters
Sep 8, 2014, 6:17 am By Nathanael Johnson
How did you fare during the great food-price spikes of 2008 and 2011? If your response to this…When adding bike lanes actually reduces traffic delays
Sep 7, 2014, 7:34 am By Eric Jaffe
A big reason for opposition to bike lanes is that, according to the rules of traffic engineering,…China just got serious about global warming. Now we’re really out of excuses.
Sep 6, 2014, 7:13 am By James West
Over the weekend, China announced it was moving forward with plans for a massive, nationwide…
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