Scientists may have found a way to green our electronics with cigarette butts
Aug 7, 2014, 7:56 pm By Madeleine Thomas
Cigarettes, the most frequently littered item in the country, could give a big bump to green tech,…Move over, landfills — food scraps give Massachusetts biogas
Aug 7, 2014, 4:39 pm By Madeleine Thomas
The state of Massachusetts is cracking down on food waste in a big way. Come October 1, any…Hey, American CEOs: Who’ll be the first to lead on climate change?
Aug 7, 2014, 4:24 pm By Auden Schendler
At the risk of stating the obvious, the climate movement has had a hard road, experiencing a series…Greens and civil rights activists bring Big Coal to its knees in Mississippi
Aug 7, 2014, 3:26 pm By Brentin Mock
Coal continues losing at life, this time in Mississippi where environmental and civil rights…Watch this reporter drink purified sewage
Aug 7, 2014, 3:06 pm By James West
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of…How to cool down with wild mint
Aug 7, 2014, 1:34 pm By Tama Matsuoka Wong
Foraged vegetables are always more fun to cook. So Food52’s resident forager, Tama Matsuoka Wong,…Ask Umbra: Am I a bad person for wanting to flee to the suburbs?
Aug 7, 2014, 7:03 am By Ask Umbra®
Q. I live in a neighborhood that is generally free of violent crime. However, in the last few weeks…Uber and Lyft discover the true meaning of “rideshare”: The carpool
Aug 6, 2014, 7:59 pm By Sara Bernard
This week, peer-to-peer cab companies Uber and Lyft both announced new app features that let you…The U.S. firefighting budget is almost gone, but the forests are still burning
Aug 6, 2014, 7:07 pm By Samantha Larson
On Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said we’ll likely use up our annual budget for…Exploding oil-train owners want insurance slack — just like nuclear power
Aug 6, 2014, 6:51 pm By Heather Smith
Earlier this month, the Department of Transportation released its new proposal for oil-by-rail…How much do hurricanes hurt the economy?
Aug 6, 2014, 6:02 pm By Rebecca J. Rosen
As climate change increases the intensity and (possibly) the frequency of major coastal storms, what…This custom-built bike thinks it’s the coolest on the block. It’s right.
Aug 6, 2014, 5:54 pm By Madeleine ThomasIt’s no secret that Seattle is a bike-friendly city, but we have to tip our hats to those…Turning swords to ploughshares is a balm for veterans
Aug 6, 2014, 3:43 pm By Nathanael Johnson
At the Farm to Table conference, I got to see the new documentary, Ground Operations: Farmfield to…A warmer planet means boozier wines. Trust us, that’s bad
Aug 6, 2014, 2:14 pm By Ted Alvarez
Climate change has already hit the bottle hard. Production in key places like California, Chile, and…The Detroit Lions launch a stadium recycling campaign with recycled jerseys
Aug 6, 2014, 12:24 pm By Andrew Simon
A few weeks back, we told you about the San Francisco 49ers’ spiffy new solar-powered digs. Now,…Frackers are strip-mining the Midwest for sand
Aug 6, 2014, 8:05 am By Brentin Mock
There’s a new gold rush: sand. The golden-brown stuff has become the latest, hottest commodity on…A Las Vegas community garden beats the odds
Aug 6, 2014, 7:04 am By Greg Hanscom
This is part of a series of stories about Las Vegas and climate change. Find the whole…Move over Elon — these kids built an electric car that beats the Tesla S
Aug 5, 2014, 9:12 pm By Madeleine Thomas
A group of Australian students and their new electric car prototype might give Elon Musk’s Tesla S…Ben & Jerry’s makes ice cream-powered ice cream; world peace next
Aug 5, 2014, 8:43 pm By Sara Bernard
More green points for the hippie-tacular dessert outfit Ben & Jerry’s: A factory in Hellendoorn,…Don’t worry, Californians can paint their dead lawns green
Aug 5, 2014, 7:45 pm By Samantha Larson
When California regulators approved $500-a-day fines for overwatering lawns, suburbanites across the…
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