Alec Baldwin gets cuffed for biking the wrong way: Here’s how it (maybe) went down
May 13, 2014, 3:15 pm By Holly Richmond
Alec Baldwin may seem cool and collected on 30 Rock, but he’s known for blowing his top IRL. This…With collective intelligence, scientists learn it’s your thoughts that count
May 13, 2014, 7:05 am By Samantha Larson
When it comes to climate change, there’s a lot of room for feeling glum. Not only is it a massive…How hip-hop, “Malcolm X,” and “Siddhartha” changed my life
May 13, 2014, 6:01 am By Brentin Mock
At 15, the world was my oyster. I had Dr. Dre on permanent rotation, a dog-eared copy of Siddhartha…Not so fast: Can hangry activists effectively fight climate change?
May 13, 2014, 5:06 am By Holly Richmond
And no, that’s actually not a rhetorical question. Fast for the Climate, or #fastfortheclimate on…Frackers are flooding the atmosphere with climate-warming methane
May 12, 2014, 7:47 pm By John Upton
The free pass that frackers and natural-gas handlers have gotten on their climate-changing methane…Brits do so much coke, it’s in their drinking water now
May 12, 2014, 7:04 pm By Holly Richmond
Unexpectedly finding coke might be on the awesomeness level of discovering a $20 bill in your jeans…Senate Republicans torpedo a non-controversial, bipartisan energy-efficiency bill
May 12, 2014, 6:52 pm By Ben Adler
Back in March, the House of Representatives amazed jaded journalists like me by actually passing a…The West Antarctic glaciers are breaking up with us
May 12, 2014, 4:17 pm By Amelia Urry
It’s Monday, and you probably wanted to ease into the week with a post about cute animals or…For $110, the toilet bike will help you get laid
May 12, 2014, 3:38 pm By Holly Richmond
We knew biking was sexy — nothing gets you dates like rock-hard calves and dead flies…John Oliver and Bill Nye show why cable news climate “debates” are so ridiculous
May 12, 2014, 2:45 pm By Chris Mooney
For over a decade, people like me have been explaining why so-called “balanced”…Oil company poisons town; judge says it doesn’t owe its victims a penny
May 12, 2014, 2:29 pm By Brentin Mock
This is insane: In 2007, the Citgo refinery in Corpus Christi was found liable of endangering the…Do you think frackers should disclose the chemicals they use? EPA wants to know
May 12, 2014, 12:04 pm By John Upton
The EPA is about to ask you an important question — and it could be mistaken as rhetorical…Another big EPA court victory — this time on soot pollution
May 12, 2014, 11:42 am By John Upton
The National Association of Manufacturers was told on Friday by a federal court that, no, it does…Local to the extreme: This project puts the farm right in the grocery store
May 12, 2014, 8:07 am By Andrew Zaleski
Three days a week in downtown Raleigh, N.C., fans of fresh fruits and veggies can pick up their…Ask Umbra: Do they still make alarm clocks that don’t require batteries or electricity?
May 12, 2014, 7:01 am By Ask Umbra
Send your question to Umbra! Q. I’m trying to cut back on my time in front of screens (outside of…This bill would help build the kinds of communities where millennials want to live
7:17am By Ben Adler
Where we live and how we get around are inextricably linked. But until recently, the federal…Watch this “Years of Living Dangerously” takedown of Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity
Sat 8:39am By Amelia UrryThe climate change documentary series Years of Living Dangerously has done a pretty good…It only took 28 years to get solar panels back on the White House roof!
May 9, 2014, 6:12 pm By Eve Andrews
Today, Jimmy Carter gets to enjoy a gleeful chuckle while Ronald Reagan rolls over in his grave.…Is Whole Foods really that threatened by Walmart offering organics?
May 9, 2014, 5:58 pm By Holly Richmond
In a hand-wringy piece, The Wall Street Journal wondered on Wednesday why Whole Foods’ stock had…Obama lays out plan to boost solar energy and energy efficiency
May 9, 2014, 4:33 pm By Ben Adler
On Friday, President Obama rolled out a series of executive actions to reduce our dependence on…
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