Winter warriors: As Sochi heats up, will athletes turn to climate activism?
Feb 14, 2014, 9:45 am By ghanscom
As you watch the victorious athletes lean down to accept their medals in Sochi this week, consider…Mutated fish have adapted to freakish amounts of toxic waste
Feb 14, 2014, 9:40 am By hrichmond
The good news is that after four decades of factories dumping toxic waste into New Bedford Harbor,…The top 3 flaws with the State Dept.’s Keystone study
Feb 14, 2014, 2:41 am By benadler
When the State Department issued its environmental impact statement on the proposed Keystone XL…America’s natural gas system is super-leaky, and that’s bad news for the climate
Feb 14, 2014, 12:34 am By John Upton
Like a free-riding bus passenger whose expired ticket gets overlooked by the driver, the natural gas…Solar is keeping California’s lights on as hydro dries up
Feb 13, 2014, 8:16 pm By John Upton
We told you recently that wind turbines kept the heaters working in Texas during a cold snap that…Gallery exhibit lets you experience just how disgusting cities can smell
Feb 13, 2014, 4:28 pm By hrichmond
Did Dickensian London really smell like cold porridge and desperation? Was Paris in the 1700s all…Froggy went a courting: Rev. Billy’s climate protest heads to trial
Feb 13, 2014, 3:11 pm By Heather Smith
Last October, the Reverend Billy was arrested for preaching into a megaphone inside a branch of…Steal these flirting tips from animals
Feb 13, 2014, 2:54 pm By hrichmond
Animals and people are basically the same. We both fling our poop, pick bugs out of each other’s…How we can make our cities greener and more equal at the same time
Feb 13, 2014, 1:20 pm By benadler
Ever since the rise of Occupy Wall Street, the issue of inequality has been getting some long…Ask Umbra: What should I get my sweetie for Valentine’s Day?
Feb 13, 2014, 12:56 pm By ghanscom
Q. Valentine’s Day seems to have become a sustainability-conscious guy’s minefield. Flowers?…Your Tetley tea won’t taste so good after you read this
Feb 13, 2014, 12:39 pm By John Upton
Akarsh Simha India’s reputation for producing delicious teas stems mostly from vast plantations in…Another day, another big coal-industry spill ruins a river
Feb 13, 2014, 12:10 pm By John Upton
The coal power industry has dumped a lot of toxic crap into yet another river. This latest incident…This start-up wants to track the movement of all NYC’s pedestrians
Feb 13, 2014, 11:51 am By slaskow
Real-time pedestrian data, FastCoExist notes, is quite valuable to all sorts of people: “city…U.S. wants poor and rich countries alike to cut emissions under next climate treaty
Feb 13, 2014, 11:46 am By John Upton
If the U.S. gets its way, developing countries will need to roll up their sleeves and do more to…Earth is taking its revenge on cars by eating expensive Corvettes
Feb 13, 2014, 10:59 am By slaskow
The National Corvette Museum, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, is “hallowed ground,” writes Thom…Get your Valentine’s Day kink on with these sex toys made of upcycled bike tires
Feb 13, 2014, 9:52 am By hrichmond
Fifty Shades of Green, anyone? Feminist environmentalists Ashley and Zoe can help you take your love…The secret ingredient to slow food: slow cash
Feb 13, 2014, 4:51 am By nathanael47
When I spoke with Tim Crosby, director of Slow Money Northwest, he was working on a deal at the Finn…Dems and GOP have competing visions for making oil trains safer in Washington state
Feb 12, 2014, 10:59 pm By John Upton
Public HeraldThe polluted aftermath of an oil-train derailment in Alabama last year. A…Here is what you would see if you were being eaten by a pig
Feb 12, 2014, 4:47 pm By slaskow
We may never know what twist of fate caused this GoPro video camera to fall out of a plane, down…This boat hull was left rusting in a bay until it turned into a forest
Feb 12, 2014, 4:14 pm By slaskow
The SS Ayrfield was built in 1911. It transported supplies to American troops in World War II, and…
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