Coal ash is a dangerous mess. Why isn’t it better regulated?
Mar 21, 2014, 2:40 pm By Heather Smith
I got the same civics education that most American kids got — a chalkboard outline of how a bill…Treehugger founder’s 420-square-foot apartment can be yours for only $1 million
Mar 21, 2014, 2:10 pm By hrichmond
Streeteasy Living simply means making do with less — less space, less stuff, less money. Oh wait!…VICE goes to Greenland
Mar 21, 2014, 1:49 pm By talvarezgrist
VICE Magazine started in 1994 by meticulously documenting hip for the young and tattooed, but in…Watch this cyclist get sideswiped and land safely on a mattress
Mar 21, 2014, 12:37 pm By hrichmond
If you’re gonna get in a wreck while biking, this is probably the best outcome you could hope for…White House to crack down on methane pollution
Mar 21, 2014, 11:38 am By John Upton
In his big climate plan released last June, President Obama promised new rules to reduce methane…The week in GIFs: Liz Lemon edition
Mar 21, 2014, 10:30 am By hrichmond
Tina Fey plus green news equals magic happiness sandwich. (Last week was brought to you by the…BP is gonna drill in the Gulf of Mexico again, because THAT worked so well
Mar 21, 2014, 9:45 am By hrichmond
Time to put on your “I’m With Stupid” t-shirt and hug a BP gas pump, because ole British…How tiny house communities can work for both the haves and the have nots
Mar 21, 2014, 8:03 am By andrewseve
Ryan Mitchell lives and breathes tiny houses. He has been running the popular website The Tiny Life…Why cabs and car-sharing are good for the environment
Mar 21, 2014, 7:06 am By benadler
Alfredo MendezThe pink mustache marks this as a Lyft car. The urbanist fixation with new car…Is it a good idea to pay farmers to store carbon in soil?
Mar 20, 2014, 6:02 pm By John Upton
Climate protection is getting down and dirty Down Under. Soil serves as a great reservoir for…Pipeline bursts, makes a big mess in Ohio nature preserve
Mar 20, 2014, 5:21 pm By John Upton
A ruptured oil pipeline has dumped more than 10,000 gallons of crude into a wetland area and nature…Rockstar climber Alex Honnold scales up solar in Navajo Territory
Mar 20, 2014, 4:07 pm By Samantha Larson
Sunny, high 50s, and just a light breeze: It’s a perfect California December morning for rock…Renewables dominate new U.S. electrical capacity
Mar 20, 2014, 4:06 pm By benadler
First, the good news — break out the champagne! The overwhelming majority of new U.S. electrical…Good news for Seattle: These solar panels work best in overcast weather
Mar 20, 2014, 3:15 pm By hrichmond
Next time someone snarks, “Too bad solar panels don’t work in when it’s overcast,” spike…Now you can get solar panels at Best Buy
Mar 20, 2014, 2:30 pm By Amelia Urry
There was an era when putting solar panels on your roof was a time- and money-sucking hassle on par…Watch this dry riverbed fill up in seconds
Mar 20, 2014, 12:52 pm By hrichmond
Nature’s been watching Michael Bay movies again! A crowd near Israel’s dry, dusty Zin River…Billions of pounds of sea life die every year to feed our seafood appetite
Mar 20, 2014, 11:36 am By John Upton
NOAAA ring seal entangled in fishing equipment — aka bycatch. For every pound of sashimi,…This smart air conditioner could make summer less expensive
Mar 20, 2014, 11:29 am By hrichmond
Despite 30 Rock’s jokes about GE, the appliance company isn’t completely ass-backwards. Case in…This island nation just banned all commercial fishing
Mar 20, 2014, 10:18 am By hrichmond
The Micronesian country of Palau, which encompasses 250 islands in an area the size of France, just…Trash from the K-Cups sold last year would circle the Earth almost 11 times
Mar 20, 2014, 9:04 am By hrichmond
K-Cups seem like the complicated Starbucks order of today: an expensive, caffeinated way to express…
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