Rich countries: Sure, climate change will screw poor countries, but what about us?
Mar 31, 2014, 2:23 pm By Greg Hanscom
The new report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlights that we are…Real hippies drink beer made from tree branches
Mar 31, 2014, 2:19 pm By hrichmond
If you really care about the planet, you’ll eat, sleep, and especially drink the outdoors.…Here are the fair-trade hipster shoes you’ve been waiting for
Mar 31, 2014, 1:01 pm By hrichmond
Oliberté Forget giving hipster shoes to people in Africa (cough, TOMS). How about giving them jobs?…What the U.N.’s new climate report says about North America
Mar 31, 2014, 12:48 pm By John Upton
Global warming is a global crisis, but the effects of climate change are being felt differently in…U.N. climate report offers lots of bummer news plus a few dollops of encouragement
Mar 31, 2014, 11:51 am By John Upton
Climate change has broken down the floodgates, pervading every corner of the globe and many…Here’s a solution to most bikes’ dirty secret
Mar 31, 2014, 11:04 am By hrichmond
Ever been biking in a park and been dismayed that your shiny metal bike didn’t quite fit in with…Watch North America’s busiest bus stops become more efficient using only sidewalk tape
Mar 31, 2014, 9:42 am By hrichmond
Nelson\Nygaard landed a super-easy job. The transit planning firm had to streamline a couple of bus…Ask Umbra: So even BPA-free plasic is poisonous now?
Mar 31, 2014, 7:02 am By Greg Hanscom
Q. In light of recent BPA-free-wait-this-stuff-is-worse confusion, what kind of water bottles can I…Tiny house for two? Yes, this dating site is real
Mar 31, 2014, 6:14 am By andrewseve
Every Friday night across the country, a familiar scenario plays out: Someone listens to Whitney…How did Vancouver get so green?
Mar 31, 2014, 5:23 am By benadler
Vancouver is supremely green, in both senses of the word. Set between ocean and mountains and lined…This Texas man is fighting the drought one tank of rainwater at a time
Mar 30, 2014, 7:56 am By Amelia Urry
How do you get to be the mayor of Tank Town? Practice, practice, practice! Or else, wait. I’m…This floating electric amphicar could save you from the next tsunami
Mar 29, 2014, 9:27 am By acortes2014
It’s a car! It’s a boat! It’s an electric-powered vehicle that bobs on the water like a…Obama’s new gaseous release: A strategy to cut back on methane
Mar 28, 2014, 4:35 pm By Samantha Larson
The White House released its strategy to cut methane emissions this morning — President Obama’s…He may talk big on deforestation, but it turns out Ahnold is the tree terminator
Mar 28, 2014, 4:33 pm By hrichmond
Global WitnessI’ll be bahk, bromeliads. Hasta la vista, trees! If you thought it was bad when…The week in GIFs: Booze, meat, and coffee
Mar 28, 2014, 3:20 pm By jesszimmermanThis week we found out how to brew booze at home and learned why you shouldn’t throw your coffee…GOP lawmakers scramble to court Tesla
Mar 28, 2014, 2:59 pm By Amelia Urry
Electric vehicle sales in New Jersey ran out of batteries earlier this month, when the Chris…Science alone can’t save us, says famous climate scientist (gulp)
Mar 28, 2014, 2:32 pm By Darby Smith
Last week, I sounded off in response to a new climate change report released by the American…A high seas fishing ban scorecard: (Almost) everybody wins
Mar 28, 2014, 1:54 pm By John Upton
When it comes to fishing, most of the ocean is lawless. Fish in the high seas — the half of the…This jellylike blob is actually a gross yet edible water bottle
Mar 28, 2014, 12:27 pm By hrichmond
What if you could have a water bottle without the wasteful, toxic plastic? (And a water fountain…States struggling to understand frackquakes
Mar 28, 2014, 12:20 pm By John Upton
Frackers have been triggering earthquakes across the country by injecting their wastewater at high…
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