Sorry, Vegas: You just can’t fake being prepared for climate change
May 7, 2014, 2:47 pm By Greg Hanscom
This is part of a series of stories about Las Vegas and climate change. Find the whole collection…Our alarming food future, explained in 7 charts
May 7, 2014, 2:46 pm By Tom Philpott
Earlier this year, President Obama signed a bill into law that will essentially preserve the status…Stanford will dump its coal company investments
May 7, 2014, 12:41 pm By John Upton
Stanford University’s endowment fund is a fat one — nearly $19 billion rich. And,…Beverly Hills just banned fracking
May 7, 2014, 12:31 pm By John Upton
There’s no shortage of strange chemicals in the bodies of Beverly Hills’ surgically enhanced,…Obama talks climate with TV weathercasters
May 7, 2014, 12:16 pm By John Upton
@alrokerAl Roker and President Obama share a moment. Americans love their TV weather reports — and…The new app that tracks your carbon footprint — and lords it over your friends
May 7, 2014, 7:08 am By Samantha Larson
Ian Monroe wants you to beat your Facebook friends at a new game: Who has the lowest carbon…Now, some carbon research even climate deniers can get bummed over
May 7, 2014, 7:00 am By Nathanael Johnson
Even climate-change deniers agree that humans are burning a lot of fossil fuels and increasing the…We’ve cleaned up our air, but now climate change is making it dirty again
May 7, 2014, 6:27 am By Ben Adler
In many ways, the recent history of America’s air is a success story. Where once our major cities…Can Annie Leonard help Greenpeace reach beyond diehard greenies?
May 6, 2014, 8:19 pm By Eve Andrews
On Tuesday, Greenpeace USA announced that Annie Leonard, the force behind The Story of Stuff…The trendy smart bike has one problem: Real cyclists hate it
May 6, 2014, 6:49 pm By Holly Richmond
Vanhawks’ Valour is a smart bike that tracks things like distance, speed, and calories burned. It…Five ways we’re killing ourselves with climate change
May 6, 2014, 5:50 pm By Ben Adler
On Tuesday, the Obama administration released the third National Climate Assessment, laying out in…The guy behind Google Glass and self-driving cars wants to take on agriculture & energy
May 6, 2014, 5:31 pm By Holly Richmond
Astro Teller has the name of a sci-fi protagonist and the job to go with it: dreaming up ideas like…Finally, Neil deGrasse Tyson and “Cosmos” take on climate change
May 6, 2014, 3:57 pm By Chris Mooney
If you’ve been reading my semi-regular dispatches about the Fox and National Geographic…Watch out, Car2Go! Zipcar to launch one-way car rental
May 6, 2014, 3:12 pm By Holly Richmond
Car2Go’s hallmarks are its tiny blue-and-white Smart cars and your ability to ditch them once you…Annie Leonard of “Story of Stuff” will be new head of Greenpeace USA
May 6, 2014, 2:37 pm By Eve Andrews
Today, Greenpeace USA announced that Annie Leonard, creator of The Story of Stuff, will take the…Chemical plants endanger 134 million Americans. Who gets the worst of it?
May 6, 2014, 2:12 pm By Brentin Mock
Remember the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, last August, that claimed the lives of 15…Colorado drillers are spilling 200 gallons of oil and other poisons every day
May 6, 2014, 12:45 pm By John Upton
Colorado’s soil is taking a heavy beating from the oil and gas industry. The Denver Post…The 12 things the Obama administration wants you to know about climate change
May 6, 2014, 11:34 am By John Upton
Climate change is affecting you, right now. Yeah, you. That’s the message from the Obama…Hemp is having its moment. Meet the miracle plant’s biggest champion
May 6, 2014, 8:22 am By Amber Cortes
We’ve heard about the promise of hemp before: Its fibers are stronger than steel. Its seeds make…Want to breathe new life into your city? Build a fence around it
May 6, 2014, 7:03 am By Nathanael Johnson
This story is a part of a series about local food systems. The roomful of environmental-science…
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