Russian enviro who criticized Olympics sentenced to three years of forced labor
7:50pm By John Upton
Oleg Kozirev / Human Rights WatchYevgeny Vitishko, in happier days. An activist who coauthored a…Watch a guy rescue stranded deer with a hovercraft
4:58pm By jesszimmerman
Sometimes, in the winter, deer get stuck out in the middle of icy lakes. Once they slip, they can…New York, California move to ban beauty products containing microbeads
4:52pm By John Upton
Scrubbing dead skin cells off your face and tartar off your teeth trashes the environment if it’s…Scientists can now spy on whales from space
3:43pm By slaskow
There are two ways of looking at this story. One is as a triumph of new technology: Using…Oil spills break fishes’ hearts
3:39pm By John Upton
This Valentine’s Day, BP should dedicate some hearts to fish that were exposed to its Deepwater…Just a natural gas well exploding into flames — nothing to see here!
3:15pm By andrewseve
Greg Jordan Early on Tuesday morning, a Chevron-owned natural gas fracking well in Greene County,…These endangered animals want to help you set the mood with their sexy mating calls
12:54pm By slaskow
Hopefully by now you have used these flirting tips to attract yourself a potential mate. Now, you…The week in GIFs: creepy gross-out edition
10:48am By hrichmond
This week had a pretty high ick factor. (Last week: Carrie Brownstein.) Giant rats are one of the…Winter warriors: As Sochi heats up, will athletes turn to climate activism?
9:45am 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
9:40am 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
2:41am 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
12:34am 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
Thu 8:16pm 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
Thu 4:28pm 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
Thu 3:11pm 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
Thu 2:54pm 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
Thu 1:20pm 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?
Thu 12:56pm 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
Thu 12:39pm 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
Thu 12:10pm By John Upton
The coal power industry has dumped a lot of toxic crap into yet another river. This latest incident…
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