Ask Umbra: Is it safer to ride a bike or drive a car?
Apr 28, 2014, 7:11 am By Greg Hanscom
Send your question to Umbra! Q. I like to commute on my bike, but lately I’ve been spooked by…Decades-old pollution loophole still burns people of color and the poor
Apr 28, 2014, 6:00 am By Brentin Mock
Petrochemical companies in the U.S. are into some really funky practices. You may know that…Fighting city hall is easier than running it, Richmond’s green reformers find
Apr 28, 2014, 6:00 am By Heather Smith
You can read the first part of this story here. Andrés Soto was no stranger to politics. He’d…Germany’s key to clean energy is … this coal mine?
Apr 27, 2014, 8:00 am By Tim McDonnell
Tim McDonnellA miner at Prosper Haniel. Germany is in the midst of a fierce battle against climate…Cowboys and Indians stage a feisty Keystone XL protest
Apr 26, 2014, 11:18 pm By Ben Adler
Jay Mallin WASHINGTON, D.C. — Visitors to the National Mall this week might have noticed an…A former heroin addict started this awesome e-waste company that hires others in recovery
Apr 26, 2014, 8:06 am By Holly RichmondMost ex-heroin addicts don’t start multimillion-dollar companies, but Michael Dadashi did — and…Al Gore talks climate, Tesla, and the Koch brothers in a new Politico interview
Apr 25, 2014, 6:13 pm By Holly Richmond
Darren Samuelsohn wants you to know Al Gore is rich. Rich and skinny. His $200 million net worth and…Jon Stewart continues being amazing, rips CNN for lack of climate coverage
Apr 25, 2014, 5:41 pm By Holly Richmond
We’d heard that CNN only discussed the latest IPCC report for two minutes — compared to an…How climate change makes Everest an even deadlier game
Apr 25, 2014, 4:23 pm By Samantha Larson
Spending the afternoon at Camp III was one of my best moments on Everest. Which is weird, because I…“Salute Your Shorts” made ’90s kids care about sustainability
Apr 25, 2014, 3:47 pm By Holly RichmondIs it possible that Nickelodeon gave us something BETTER than Kenan & Kel? If pop critic Emmanuel…The week in GIFs: Robots, chainsaws, and freak gasoline accidents
Apr 25, 2014, 2:30 pm By Holly RichmondIt’s a messy, crazy world. (Last week: Mark Ruffalo.) One company’s gas plants just keep…This company’s gas plants just keep on exploding
Apr 25, 2014, 1:06 pm By John Upton
Perhaps executives at the Williams energy company have fiery personalities. Or maybe they just…Canada orders dangerous oil cars off its railways
Apr 25, 2014, 12:16 pm By John Upton
Oil industry train tickets are about to expire in Canada. Canada’s transportation department on…Chemical banned in Europe is probably on your apple
Apr 25, 2014, 11:37 am By John Upton
A dose of diphenylamine a day won’t keep the doctor away. The pesticide is sprayed on American…Hey, list-makers: Most millennials don’t want to live in sprawling, car-dependent cities
Apr 25, 2014, 10:50 am By Ben Adler
Lists of the most livable cities are irresistibly clicky — and inherently ridiculous. Take, for…How a cop’s blows turned Richmond’s Andres Soto into a climate activist
Apr 25, 2014, 9:12 am By Heather Smith
It’s a long story, how Andrés Soto became an unlikely environmentalist — and the kind of guy…Walmart’s latest organic scheme is just part of its plot to take over our food system
Apr 25, 2014, 8:04 am By Stacy Mitchell
Walmart recently announced that it would stock a selection of lower-cost organic packaged foods. A…Is there a sustainable future for America’s most popular seafood?
Apr 25, 2014, 8:00 am By Amelia Urry
I stare at the beaker of cloudy water, trying to make sense of the slow swirl of particles inside…Diversity? Inclusion? Let’s talk about racism first
Apr 25, 2014, 7:02 am By Brentin Mock
“Race matters for reasons that really are only skin deep, that cannot be discussed any other way,…Enviros urge U.S. to stop meddling in Indian solar affairs
Apr 24, 2014, 8:27 pm By John Upton
A U.S. push to smash open India’s fast-growing solar market could end up hurting the climate.…
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