NYC wants to turn an old train track into a park with ziplines and ping pong
Mar 27, 2014, 1:27 pm By hrichmond
Queens residents are lobbying for 3.5 miles of a former train line to get new life as a tricked-out…Congress successfully took the wind out of wind energy’s sails last year
Mar 27, 2014, 12:27 pm By John Upton
America’s fossil fuel-smitten Congress helped China blow the U.S. out of the water last year when…Ohio lawmakers: All right, folks, we guess it’s okay for you to buy Teslas
Mar 27, 2014, 12:04 pm By John Upton
If you live in Ohio, your lawmakers are poised to allow you to purchase a Tesla from a sales center…These beauty pageant contestants are chickens
Mar 27, 2014, 11:38 am By hrichmond
Ernest GohSquawk like an Egyptian. If you think Toddlers and Tiaras is weird, replace Honey Boo-Boo…Half of voters have no idea who the Koch brothers are — so here’s a quick and dirty primer
Mar 27, 2014, 10:29 am By hrichmond
A recent George Washington University battleground poll of a thousand registered “likely” voters…This powerful app brings organic farming into the Candy Crush age
Mar 27, 2014, 9:07 am By hrichmond
FarmLogs Screw FarmVille. REAL farmers use FarmLogs. The app — which just snagged $4 million from…Farmers and eaters: Why can’t we be friends?
Mar 27, 2014, 8:04 am By Nathanael Johnson
A farmer from Iowa recently told me a story about visiting the San Francisco Bay Area, where I live.…Ask Umbra: Should I trade my big home in for a tiny house?
Mar 27, 2014, 7:02 am By Darby Smith
Send your question to Umbra! Q. Environmentally speaking, what are the pros and cons of building a…Here’s why B.C.’s carbon tax is super popular — and effective
Mar 27, 2014, 6:12 am By Amelia Urry
Suppose that you live in Vancouver and you drive a car to work. Naturally, you have to get gas…Toto, our wind turbines are safe for another year!
Mar 27, 2014, 4:10 am By Heather Smith
As we all know from that fine documentary film, The Wizard of Oz, Kansas has a lot of wind. Even…From single malt to sauvignon blanc: Scotland warms up to wine
Mar 26, 2014, 6:14 pm By andrewseve
Ach, Scotland! Land of elves playing folksy instruments, statues of Mel Gibson in face paint, and a…This new study shows that vegetarians have worse health. Should we care?
Mar 26, 2014, 4:17 pm By hrichmond
Diet-related health findings have been all over the news lately, particularly a new study of 1,320…Is this train the “little engine that could” for clean energy storage?
Mar 26, 2014, 3:48 pm By acortes2014
In Greek mythology, the story of Sisyphus endlessly rolling a boulder uphill is meant to be a…Starling image shows how much trouble lions are really in
Mar 26, 2014, 2:58 pm By hrichmond
Lions seem fierce, loud, well-coiffed — basically the Beyoncé of the animal kingdom. They…BP’s newly upgraded refinery just spilled oil into Chicago’s water source
Mar 26, 2014, 1:03 pm By John Upton
Parker Wood / Coast GuardCleaning up after BP. Again. Deepwater Horizawhatnow? Less than a year…Kangaroo farts could help slow climate change
Mar 26, 2014, 12:31 pm By hrichmond
Not only are kangaroos cuter than cows — those built-in overalls! — but their farts contain way…Christie’s new woe: Court rules he illegally dumped climate protections
Mar 26, 2014, 11:41 am By John Upton
As if New Jersey governor Chris Christie didn’t have enough problems! A three-judge panel ruled…Now you can get raw milk from a vending machine
Mar 26, 2014, 10:41 am By hrichmond
What if buying fresh milk from local cows was as easy as getting a Sprite? It is in Europe, of…Old-timey sunset paintings shed light on pollution’s past
Mar 26, 2014, 9:40 am By hrichmond
Did you know you can tell how polluted the air is based on the color of the sunset? True fact!…One California oil town keeps fracking in check — by banning all drilling
Mar 26, 2014, 7:21 am By Heather Smith
To the city council, the story sounded a little fishy. It was true that Carson City, Calif.,…
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