Duke Energy says it would be too hard to actually fix its coal-ash problem
Apr 29, 2014, 11:33 am By John Upton
After utterly ruining 70 miles of a North Carolina river, Duke Energy has been making nice noises…How farm to market-based solutions can take organic to the next level
Apr 29, 2014, 8:06 am By Samantha Larson
There may be a lot of info out there to sell you on the benefits of buying organic, but that still…Las Vegas burning: Lessons in resilience from the nation’s driest big city
Apr 29, 2014, 7:01 am By Greg Hanscom
“They’re coming for the burn,” my old friend Adam says. We’re looking out across the broad,…One frack mind: How a determined New Yorker won the green Nobel
Apr 28, 2014, 8:40 pm By Heather Smith
Helen Slottje was living the good life in Ithaca, New York, when, in 2009, she made a surprising…Could garbage fuel help green the airline industry?
Apr 28, 2014, 6:45 pm By Holly Richmond
Flying is notoriously ungreen, with New York Times calling it “The Biggest Carbon Sin” and…Super cute Japanese posters encourage proper transit etiquette
Apr 28, 2014, 4:34 pm By Holly Richmond
This might be better than discount Easter candy and basketball put together: Every April since 1974,…Why not add powdered crickets to your protein shake?
Apr 28, 2014, 3:21 pm By Holly Richmond
Gag at the thought of eating insects? Well, you already have: The FDA allows a surprising amount of…The Guardian says your cats are a climate menace
Apr 28, 2014, 2:24 pm By Holly Richmond
Americans throw $55.7 billion at their animal companions every year, and the mindless consumerism…Californians, stop watering your lawns — for real this time
Apr 28, 2014, 12:43 pm By John Upton
With every square foot of California now affected by crippling drought, Gov. Jerry Brown (D)…BP won’t pay for Gulf oil spill research
Apr 28, 2014, 11:46 am By John Upton
Visit St. Pete/ClearwaterWho’ll be watching out for the dolphins? If BP let a bull loose in a…An Occupy founder says the next revolution will be rural
Apr 28, 2014, 8:10 am By Amber Cortes
In a boarded-up hotel along a windy country road, a couple dozen activists are gathered for a…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…
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