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When wine runs dry, these drones have your back
Vineyards are drying out thanks to climate change -- but high-tech surveillance drones might just save them. Welcome to our weird new world!
Tomato bluefin? Eggplant eel? Sushi joins the faux meat trend
As the sustainable seafood movement continues gaining traction, chefs are starting to update sushi classics with fish-less, vegetarian alternatives.
This guy will pay your dumpster-diving fines
Rob Greenfield wants you to dumpster dive so much, he'll pay your fines if you get caught.
We can solve climate change, but it won’t be cheap or easy
Climate modeling often shows that it's possible to decarbonize at low cost. But "possible" is a long way from practical, or likely.
Al Gore is still kicking butt as a climate warrior
He's reviving Live Earth. He's telling truths to the 1%. He sticks up for the 350 ppm goal. He bashes Keystone. Gore is a global rock star.
What’s the safest way to take my baby on the bus?
A reader wants to take his baby on public transit. Umbra has some railly great advice.
India and U.S. agree on some energy deals — but no emission cuts
The two countries will work together to expand nuclear and solar power, but they aren’t saying anything about curbing coal or CO2.
Here’s an excellent analogy about climate change and developing countries
What if you showed up late to a dinner party, missed the food, and then got stuck doing the dishes?
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Didn’t think red cabbage could be exciting? Think again
Make the most out of your red cabbage with a vibrant, addictive salad -- plus a million other ways to love cabbage more.
Climate and population are linked — but maybe not the way you thought
No, this isn't about blaming people with large families in developing countries -- or blaming anyone at all.
Tom Steyer is not running for Senate, and that’s a good thing
Now the billionaire climate activist can focus on electing other climate hawks and fighting fossil-fueled disinformation campaigns.
Texas takes civil rights challenge all the way to the Supreme Court
The legal dispute revolves around fair housing policies, but it could undermine a key tenet of environmental justice law.
Forget aliens — these NASA drones track methane
The space agency is adapting technology used to test for life on Mars to help preserve it here on Earth.
The Exelon-Pepco merger: Big, nuke-heavy utility looking for new ratepayers to fleece
Giant utility company Exelon has a failing business model and a plan to prop it up. Both ratepayers and clean energy will get screwed in the process.
At least a couple GOP presidential contenders accept climate science, and that matters
Mitt Romney is back to acknowledging that climate change is real. And Lindsey Graham, a climate realist by Republican standards, might run for president too.
Love letters to Thor, whose things we found in the melting ice
A team of archaeologists in Norway have uncovered a number of artifacts revealed as ancient layers of ice start to melt away.
Self-destruction genes could keep GMOs from spilling into the wild
Biotech researchers think they've found a way to keep modified genes from escaping into other organisms.
Obama’s trade agenda is a disaster for the environment, greens warn
The president wants to fast-track the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other trade deals. Republicans are down with that. Democrats and enviros are not.
India invites Obama over, but wants 350.org and Sierra Club to stay home
The Indian government is cracking down on climate groups that oppose coal projects, just ahead of Obama's planned state visit.
We only got 3 minutes to save the world
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists ticks its Doomsday Clock closer to midnight.
When it comes to efficiency, U.S. military soldiers on
The military is trying to shift the habits, routines, and practices of individual service members.
This chart of rising ocean temperatures is terrifying
NOAA's graph can't even handle the ocean's rising temperature ... and neither can we.
Senator clears humans of climate change using acclaimed scientific journal
Watch Sen. James Inhofe cite the Bible to prove that humans aren't causing climate change.
How Citizens United paved the way for Big Oil’s bribes
It's been five years since the Supreme Court's landmark ruling, which cleared the way for a huge influx of dirty-energy money into politics.
Bill and Melinda Gates plan to end hunger in Africa in 15 years
In their latest annual letter, the philanthropists also see big opportunities for helping poor farmers succeed and eradicating some diseases.
Now Republicans are trying to block international climate deals
James Inhofe, the Senate's leading climate denier, is leading
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