Feeling defeated? These solutions fight climate change and empower people
May 16, 2014, 6:04 am By Brentin Mock
A couple months ago, I wrote about the tepid approach scientists insist on taking when communicating…We need old buildings to make great cities, but we need new ones too
May 15, 2014, 7:57 pm By Ben Adler
In January I was delighted to come across a post on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s…College students design home with $2 energy bills
May 15, 2014, 7:55 pm By Holly Richmond
A family home with a minuscule energy bill? Yep — and thankfully it’s not just one big solar…Find climate change terrifying? Stephen Colbert has a refreshing solution
May 15, 2014, 6:55 pm By Amber CortesIt’s been a bummer couple of weeks when it comes to apocalyptic climate change news. First,…How apps are helping small farmers bring you better coffee
May 15, 2014, 4:58 pm By Holly Richmond
People may elbow you in the Starbucks line, but coffee’s real ground zeroes are places like…Insane wildfires arrive months early in SoCal, threaten nuke plant
May 15, 2014, 2:46 pm By John Upton
Reuters/Sam HodgsonFirefighters battle the Poinsettia Fire in Carlsbad, Calif., on May 14, 2014.…Cities to suburbs: Where’s the transit love? Suburbs to cities: Where’s the bus?
May 15, 2014, 2:16 pm By Amber Cortes
By now I know all the tricks of my morning bus commute: Walk a few blocks out of the way to another…Strip club flooded by oil spill in L.A.
May 15, 2014, 1:49 pm By John Upton
A strip club was left a sticky mess Thursday morning following yet another pipeline spill. A…From pretentious punk to policy wonk: Help us celebrate growing up
May 15, 2014, 1:39 pm By Heather Smith
The 15-year-old me was a fan of screaming punk bands, depressing poetry, and devastating my…Scott Brown urged GOP senators to kill Jeanne Shaheen’s energy efficiency bill
May 15, 2014, 12:59 pm By Sabrina Siddiqui
WASHINGTON — New Hampshire Senate candidate Scott Brown called Senate Republican leadership to…Ask Umbra: Can I sneak a compost bin past my homeowners association?
May 15, 2014, 7:02 am By Ask Umbra
Send your question to Umbra! Q. I’d really like to start composting the food scraps from my…Dream of cradling a beaver in your arms? Live vicariously through this Colorado hairdresser!
May 15, 2014, 6:06 am By Eve AndrewsIn case you needed it, here’s something to celebrate: You now live in a world where the sentence…Meet the breakfast cereals that want to destroy you
May 15, 2014, 5:05 am By Nathanael Johnson
There’s a breakfast cereal out there that’s 88 percent sugar: Lieber’s Cocoa Frosted Flakes.…Enviros bash industry-backed “green” building program
May 14, 2014, 7:05 pm By John Upton
WonderlaneNot every building that looks green actually is. Corporations that stand to lose the most…Hector the Lump of Coal will make you miss Barney (and that’s saying something)
May 14, 2014, 5:57 pm By Holly Richmond
Remember when the worst offense of a kids’ mascot was a fiendishly catchy tune? Those simple days…Bribes, favors, and a billion-dollar yacht: Inside the crazy world of the men who do oil companies’ dirty work
May 14, 2014, 5:39 pm By Tim McDonnell
When Big Oil companies like Exxon-Mobil and Chevron set their sights on a prime new oil reserve in…This pâté tastes just like chicken, but it’s made from baby flies
May 14, 2014, 4:40 pm By Holly Richmond
How come caviar is SOOO COOL, yet baby flies lack the same foodie cachet? Icelandic design dude…Ron Burgundy is struggling with incontinence — the oil well, I mean
May 14, 2014, 3:12 pm By Holly Richmond
Can an oil well drink scotch? If so, it’d be the Ron Burgundy 3-23-14H oil well outside Tioga,…Military experts are worried about climate change, and you should be too
May 14, 2014, 2:47 pm By John Upton
America is coming under attack, say 16 retired generals and admirals, and the attacker is climate…60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, segregation is poisoning young minds
May 14, 2014, 1:04 pm By Brentin Mock
Before May 17, 1954 there was a public and legal understanding that black kids could go to…
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