House Republicans to EPA: “We’ll take your money and give it to fires!”
Jul 9, 2014, 7:40 pm By Heather Smith
Republicans in the House are pushing a budget bill that would cut EPA’s funding by 9 percent, or…While away the hours to your inevitable demise with this green burial documentary
Jul 9, 2014, 6:06 pm By Darby Minow SmithYou’re probably not going to die and I certainly never will, but in the off chance the Grim…Enough of the climate-denying clowns, say BBC bigwigs
Jul 9, 2014, 5:50 pm By Jim Meyer
There’s a fine line between impartial and stupid, and the BBC has been working the wrong side of…This weed is taking over the planet. On the upside, it’s delicious
Jul 9, 2014, 5:24 pm By Nathanael Johnson
Palmer amaranth: It’s a fast-growing, tractor-busting, herbicide-defying weed. When you read about…Heathens are still greener than Christians
Jul 9, 2014, 5:11 pm By John Upton
Pope Francis issued a rousing lamentation about the “sin” of environmental destruction over the…Europe really wants America’s oil and gas
Jul 9, 2014, 4:17 pm By John Upton
It isn’t just oil companies that are pushing the U.S. to drop its near-total ban on crude oil…Furries? Feet? Forget it: This flower’s weird sexual hangup has us humans beat
Jul 9, 2014, 8:05 am By Jim Meyer
It’s the age old story: Boy lures bird close by offering bird his delicious genitals. Bird eats…The 15 things I underlined in Dan Barber’s smart new book
Jul 9, 2014, 7:05 am By Nathanael Johnson
Dan Barber’s book The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food is full of great stories,…Zero-energy house of the future could be lurking in your neighborhood
Jul 9, 2014, 6:02 am By Jim Meyer
Wondering what houses will look like in the future? Wonder no longer! Gaze upon the net-zero energy…Yes, Brazil’s loss today was a shocker — but please don’t call it a disaster
Jul 8, 2014, 8:49 pm By Andrew Simon
Shocker. Upset. Fail. These are perfectly appropriate words to describe Germany’s 7-1 takedown of…No, of course climate change won’t make redheads go extinct
Jul 8, 2014, 8:21 pm By John Upton
The British media landscape is lighting up with dreadful news for our most fair-skinned friends. If…Mysterious blast at Chevron plant shakes pollution-weary Texas town
Jul 8, 2014, 6:57 pm By Brentin Mock
A yet-to-be-explained explosion at a Chevron Phillips chemical plant in Port Arthur, Texas, last…Hot summers make for a bloody Chicago
Jul 8, 2014, 6:10 pm By Eve Andrews
The Fourth of July weekend is widely recognized as a nice little oasis in the middle of the summer…Environmental free-trade deal could help tar-sands producers
Jul 8, 2014, 6:09 pm By John Upton
Negotiations began Tuesday at the World Trade Organization on a free-trade agreement that would free…“It’s raining renewable energy loans!” shrieks DOE, racing to the dance floor
Jul 8, 2014, 6:09 pm By Heather Smith
Last week, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $4 billion loan guarantee program for…Oil companies try to weasel out of California’s cap-and-trade program
Jul 8, 2014, 5:34 pm By John Upton
Like climate change, California’s cap-and-trade program is an evolving and growing beast. Since…Um, TransCanada just bought off a town with a firetruck
Jul 8, 2014, 5:07 pm By Heather Smith
Pipeline company TransCanada recently gave Mattawa, a small town in Ontario, Canada, about $28,200…Should wilderness get the axe?
Jul 8, 2014, 3:36 pm By Ted AlvarezThis year, the Wilderness Act turns 50. As is the custom, please join me in celebrating by watching…This fake LEGO ad shows the Arctic drowning in an oil spill
Jul 8, 2014, 2:49 pm By Amelia Urry
I don’t know who thought it was a good idea to get their kids a Shell-themed LEGO set, but…How our fear of ‘wilding’ colored the Central Park Five case
Jul 8, 2014, 2:46 pm By Brentin Mock
The New York City men known as the “Central Park Five” will reportedly receive $40 million for…
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