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Climate & Energy
No surprise, October was the hottest one ever
We're starting to sound like a broken heat record.
Politics
Republicans were wrong about China’s climate commitment
The world's top emitter is pledging to cap coal use starting in 2020.
Cities
Your city’s water would be cleaner if it had a magic island in it
Floating wetlands feed on nitrogen
pollution in streams and ponds, stifling gross algal blooms and bringing
some wildness back into cities.
Climate & Energy
Farming in the face of climate change? Monsanto has an app for that
The GMO giant wants to help you beat climate change … with your phone.
Food
Here’s why Hawaii’s anti-GMO laws matter
If Hawaii opts to stop biotechnology, that would be a serious blow to the industry.
Living
This bike helmet makes Google Glass look sexy
The Smart Hat might save your noggin, but it'll destroy your sex life.
DAY OF THE DUMPS
One man wants us all to sh*t equally. So he started World Toilet Day
You've gotta fight. For your right. To pooooootty.
Food
Robots have done unspeakable things to your steak
And unless the FDA acts by year's end, labeling rules won't come to the tenderized meat market until 2018 at the earliest.
Living
Why we’re excited about PBS’ wild new series
The new PBS doc "Earth: A New Wild" explores how humans interact with ecosystems worldwide.
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Climate & Energy
Within 2 years, a quarter of the world’s carbon emissions are likely to be priced
Carbon is getting priced, and this map shows you where.
LAUGH AND LEARN, LADIES
Comedy phenom Megan Amram wants to teach women science — with hot sex tips!
The "Parks & Recreation" writer's new
book is a smart (and hilarious) take on the dumb idea that women can't
understand science.
Climate & Energy
These photos of China’s toxic smog are terrifying
A Beijing man uploaded one photo every day. The results are terrifying.
New Lowe's
TreeHouse is like Home Depot with a green conscience
This one-stop green-renovation shop is really improving home improvement. Sorry Lowe's.
Climate & Energy
Frackers are terrorizing school kids in California
No surprise: Young people of color are hit hardest.
No tricornered hats here
The environmental movement is not the Tea Party of the left
The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank asserts that enviros are dead set on ousting moderate Democrats. He's wrong.
Climate & Energy
Lame-duck Democratic senators stop the Keystone bill. Will Obama follow their lead?
A Senate bill to force approval of the
pipeline failed on Tuesday, coming up one vote short of the 60 needed to
overcome a filibuster threat.
Cities
The Daily Show skewers Detroit over water shut-offs
The show's Jessica Williams cracks wise about ball washers as the city's water department continues shutting off accounts.
Living
Neil deGrasse Tyson just told a tiny girl to be a scientist, and now I’m weeping
Would you like to get some life advice from Neil deGrasse Tyson in a public forum? Well, first you have to be 6 years old.
Head in the Clouds
Watch a year’s worth of CO2 swirl around the globe like a horrifying lava lamp
This is as beautiful to watch as it is worrisome.
Grand Oil Party
Here’s why the GOP just loves fossil fuels
The Republican energy agenda goes far beyond Keystone.
Food
Meet the women who grow your food
Through the Female Farmer Project, photographer Audra Mulkern is documenting the rise of women in American ag.
PR flail
Pipeline builder advised to gin up fake grassroots support
TransCanada has teamed up with the world's
largest public relations firm to promote a proposed alternative pipeline
that's entirely in Canada.
Cities
Comedian Wyatt Cenac on mayo, hair salons, and gentrification
The former Daily Show correspondent says there are two kinds of gentrifier. Only one would open a mayonnaise shop.
Politics
Would you like some spies with that right to peacefully assemble?
Forty different federal agencies are
keeping themselves busy spying on the American public, according to a
New York Times study.
bar none
We’re eating chocolate faster than we can grow it
Climate change is fueling a global chocolate shortage -- and we aren't helping.
Climate & Energy
Big Oil doesn’t even need Keystone — all the more reason to kill it
The Keystone XL battle is mostly symbolic at this point, which makes winning even more important.
Shrimpercise
What a shrimp treadmill can teach us about science funding
Republicans contend that a shrimp treadmill isn't worth $3 million. They're right: It's priceless. (And only cost $47.)
Climate & Energy
Rising seas are swallowing this Republican’s district. Will he do anything about it?
Much of Garret Graves' district may one day be underwater.
Food
Watch out, NYC, your backyard carrots might be pumped full of lead
The study found five out of seven garden plots had unsafe levels of toxic metals in the soil. Gulp.
Food
Is 4-H trying to hook African farmers on costly seeds?
A conversation with author Kiera Butler
about the ethical issues around introducing developing countries to
hybrid seeds that are high-yield -- and high-cost.
Food
Should we feed needy families junk food?
A reader wonders what to do with the
low-nutrition food that's being donated for feeding the hungry. Umbra
says put it in the bank.
Politics
Why the Democrats are stupid to allow a Senate vote on Keystone
The so-called "Hail Mary" to save Sen. Mary Landrieu's political hide is a pointless Kabuki dance.
Politics
What Harvey Milk can teach today’s green activists
As environmental causes move from national
to local, we can take some notes from the tragic but phenomenally
successful story of "The Mayor of Castro Street."
Cities
Louisville is gunning to be the most bike-tastic city in America
Louisville's impressive Neighborways system will slow down traffic, add trees, and implement green infrastructure citywide.
Food
This recipe will convert any remaining brussels sprouts haters
Make a smarter stuffing with brussels sprouts, and learn the finer points of sprout preparation.
Food
We’re hooked on this map of industrial fishing
This will make it easier to crack down on
boats that are overfishing or illegally fishing in some of the most
vulnerable parts of the oceans.
Politics
Obama pledges $3 billion for world climate fund, makes the GOP look even dumber
As Obama, our allies in Europe, and even China, commit to reduce emissions, Republicans are becoming more isolated by the day.
Food
Your double cheeseburger is ruining everything
Science confirms meat, sugar, and fat really do mess up our bodies -- and the planet.
Climate & Energy
The Dark Lord of Coal Country could (finally) spend time behind bars
Don Blankenship, the former CEO of Massey Energy, has been indicted on charges that could land him in jail for 30 years.
Climate & Energy
Phew! Texas textbook publisher ditches climate denial
Pearson, the world's largest education publisher, nixes climate denial from its Texas textbook. Huzzah!
Business & Technology
This solar-powered, glow-in-the-dark, Van Gogh-inspired bike path will blow your mind
Goodbye everyone, we're moving to the Netherlands.
Climate & Energy
Big Energy has tried to turn people of color against solar power since forever
Happily, more and more people are seeing through the hype.
Going for a hat trick?
Now that China and the U.S. have a climate deal, will India step up next?
India is the world's No. 3 carbon emitter, and now it's in the hot seat.
Climate & Energy
What climate hawks can learn from the midterms: Messaging and money matter
The mainstream media spun the election as a debilitating blow for climate advocates. That's the wrong takeaway.
The Big O
Overstock.com moves beyond flat-screen TVs to CSA boxes
The online retailer hopes to disrupt corporate ag by selling fare from small farms online.
Climate & Energy
No, the new climate deal does not let China off the hook
Republicans say the agreement doesn't require China to do anything. Here's why they're wrong.
Here be ocean acidification
This map shows where we’ve screwed the oceans most
Now we know exactly which places are suffering most from ocean acidification.
Preach It
Anti-consumption Pope would rather you knit him something for Christmas
Pope Francis warns world leaders to
consider the vital issues of over-consumption and climate change when
talking global economics.
Food
Palm-oil giant makes big commitment. Rainforests rejoice
Seventy-five percent of all palm oil will
be produced responsibly -- if all the big companies live up to the
promises they've now made.
Climate & Energy
Obama’s deal with China is a big win for solar, nuclear, and clean coal
We could soon see an armistice in the solar trade war.
We're from the GOP and we're here to help ... fry the planet
Meet the Senate leaders who plan to gut the EPA and approve Keystone
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the new Republican committee chairs are all hostile to climate action.
Food
Relax — California isn’t about to dump pesticides on organic farms
A new state report outlines some edge-case
scenarios, but mostly, California's pest control strategies do a good
job of protecting the interests of green farmers.
Living
Can a vegan ever truly love a carnivore?
A reader wonders whether two hearts can meat. Umbra says vegan start by accepting each other for who we are.
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