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…This necklace tells you when your cows are horny
Mar 28, 2014, 10:31 am By hrichmond
Farming apps are the new bubble, my friend (a Tinker Bell–sized bubble, but still). Not only can…If we want people to drive less, we have to end sexism
Mar 28, 2014, 9:47 am By hrichmond
At Atlantic Cities, Ann Friedman has a stellar post about how gender inequality affects public…Nancy Drew and the mystery of the secret oil spill
Mar 28, 2014, 9:07 am By Heather Smith
When oil spills across a National Monument, and no one is there to see it, does it still leave a…Want to attract a new generation to the national parks? Find a few new rangers.
Mar 28, 2014, 7:01 am By Greg Hanscom
Come 2016, the National Park Service will turn 100 years old. In anticipation of the centennial…Oil workers and Jewish grandmas driving American metropolitan growth
Mar 28, 2014, 6:05 am By andrewseve
Looking for the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States? Follow the fracking –…America’s worst food deserts: Map-lovers edition
Mar 28, 2014, 5:15 am By Nathanael Johnson
Pablo PecoraKhongoryn Els-Gobi Desert in Mongolia. Both a literal and food desert. Food deserts are…Here’s a shorebird’s-eye view of the Galveston oil spill
Mar 27, 2014, 7:00 pm By Amelia Urry
When an oil barge collided with a container ship on Saturday in Galveston, Texas, as many as 168,000…Why do we work so hard? Cadillac and Ford have very different answers
Mar 27, 2014, 5:10 pm By Darby Smith
In an ad that aired during the Super Bowl, Cadillac shared its version of America and electric…Why is New York’s Citi Bike losing tons of money?
Mar 27, 2014, 4:51 pm By acortes2014
New York, I love you, but you’re bringing me down. It’s only been 10 months since Citi Bike…
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