The oil boom in one slick infographic
Jun 27, 2014, 7:07 am By Amber CortesOil, oil everywhere! It’s coming … by sea, by rail, and by pipeline. Over the past five years,…Just how friendly are your “bee-friendly” plants?
Jun 26, 2014, 7:49 pm By John Upton
We don’t want to kill your bee-loving buzz, but if you buy “bee-friendly” plants and…To motivate climate activists, use optimism
Jun 26, 2014, 7:41 pm By Heather Smith
So it turns out, hope is important. Did we know that already? We sort of knew that already. But —…Yes, it’s getting hotter in the U.S. — but the humidity will kill you
Jun 26, 2014, 4:34 pm By Jim Meyer
It’s difficult to find a silver lining in our climate-changed future. Yes, the heat is expected to…Farm stands turn your backyard kale into cold, hard cash
Jun 26, 2014, 4:25 pm By Heather Hansman
One Saturday morning a few weeks ago, my friend Caitlin texted me an odd message. “My neighbors…The greenest man in America doesn’t drive a Prius or shop at Whole Foods
Jun 26, 2014, 2:30 pm By Jim MeyerWith all do apologies to the Banner boys, Bruce and David, people are calling Lipo Chanthanasak the…Obama is absolutely lambasting Republicans on climate change now
Jun 26, 2014, 11:52 am By John Upton
It isn’t cool to wreck the climate. Not in 2014, anyway. That much is iceberg clear in the wake…How can we break the cycle of bigger farms and fewer farmers?
Jun 26, 2014, 9:01 am By Nathanael Johnson
This article is part of a mini-series on the plight of the mid-sized farm. Read part 1 on the…I got 99 climate change problems — don’t make sexual harassment one
Jun 26, 2014, 8:11 am By Eve Andrews
Oh — hello! You! Yes, sir, you in the Skrillex tank top. Now, I think — I think, but it seems…Ask Umbra: How many times can you recycle paper, anyway?
Jun 26, 2014, 7:08 am By Ask Umbra
Send your question to Umbra! Q. I’ve heard that paper can only be recycled 7 times before the…Happy first birthday, U.S. Climate Action Plan!
Jun 25, 2014, 8:04 pm By John Upton
Anthropogenic climate change is as old as a tortoise – it’s been more than a…Ma, why does my scratch and sniff smell like a gas leak?
Jun 25, 2014, 7:25 pm By Heather Smith
Back in January, I interviewed a very nice Texan who was organizing a neighborhood pipeline watch.…This pop-up solar station looks like Optimus Prime, goes anywhere, and has wifi
Jun 25, 2014, 6:13 pm By Amber Cortes
If there’s anything your average irony-loving, trucker-cap-wearing hipster can’t get enough of…If you think climate politics in the U.S. are crazy, wait till you see what just happened in Australia
Jun 25, 2014, 5:37 pm By James West
Hold on to your hats! Australia’s already-bizarre carbon price adventures veered into the utterly…Everything we know about neonic pesticides is awful
Jun 25, 2014, 5:12 pm By John Upton
Neonicotinoid pesticides are great at killing insect pests, which helps to explain the dramatic rise…Watching polar bears swim for ice will make you want to hug them (but maybe don’t)
Jun 25, 2014, 4:15 pm By Jim MeyerThe revolution in tiny tough video cameras has opened new worlds to the human eye, but this GoPro…Why the Voting Rights Act and Freedom Summer matter in the climate justice struggle
Jun 25, 2014, 12:25 pm By Brentin Mock
Today marks one year since the U.S. Supreme Court effectively gutted the historic Voting Rights Act…Why the food movement and family farmers need to learn to get along, little dogies
Jun 25, 2014, 8:02 am By Darby Minow Smith
This article is part of a mini-series on the plight of the mid-sized farm. Read part 1 on the…Open-source seeds: While they spread shoots, they plant ideas
Jun 25, 2014, 7:00 am By Nathanael Johnson
Does this seem fair? A plant breeder at a public university manages to grow a long-necked broccoli…Put your spare change to good use with crowdfunded science
Jun 24, 2014, 7:11 pm By Jim Meyer
Wondering what to do with that $9 burning a hole in your PayPal account? You could kick it to…
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