The week in GIFs: Broad City edition
May 16, 2014, 4:37 pm By Holly Richmond
It’s only the best show on TV. (Last week: Amy Poehler.) Brits do so much coke, it’s in their…First responders vs. frackers: Who will win?
May 16, 2014, 4:36 pm By John Upton
First responders in North Carolina might one day get to know which chemicals are involved in the…Climate change has found another way to screw the poor
May 16, 2014, 4:08 pm By John Upton
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Ratings Services has found yet another way that fossil fuel burning by…EPA to clamp down on deadly oil refinery pollution
May 16, 2014, 3:20 pm By John Upton
The millions of Americans who risk cancer every day by breathing in toxic pollution belched out by…Of course there’s an Airbnb for cows
May 16, 2014, 3:17 pm By Holly Richmond
Psst. Where’s the best grass? No, not THAT kind. For grazing, duhhhh! The site PastureScout…Dysfunctional Senate fails to extend wind tax credit
May 16, 2014, 2:58 pm By Ben Adler
The wind energy tax credit has been sucked into the maw of senatorial dysfunction. As National…John Oliver on his hilarious, NSFW, and totally fact-checked HBO show
May 16, 2014, 2:33 pm By Asawin Suebsaeng
In late April, former Daily Show correspondent John Oliver kicked off his HBO news-satire…Snowboarder Marie France-Roy grabs air in the name of climate change
May 16, 2014, 8:05 am By Samantha Larson
Talk with Marie France-Roy and it’s hard not to get thrown by her sweet nature and charming…These nerdy board games put the fun in planetary problems
May 16, 2014, 7:01 am By Dave Burdick
Maybe it was moving back to the city where I was a teenage nerd that reignited my interest in…Meet the firefighters on the front lines of wildfire-ravaged America
May 16, 2014, 6:09 am By The Story GroupEditor’s note: Over the next week, we’re publishing videos from The Story Group that show…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…
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