Climate & Energy
Summer nights are hotter in your state
Use this new tool to find out how much your state has heated up at night.
Coal company demonstrates impressive feats of climate denial
A document by Peabody Energy argues that “there are no demonstrated foreseeable effects of any GHG emissions.”
Arizona and California are ignoring the science on water
Despite decades of accepted science, California and Arizona are still miscounting their water supplies.
Thirsty birds are dying all over California — thanks, climate change
The birders in your life may not take this news well.
Polar bears don’t hibernate, so screw polar bears
Scientists suspected that the big white beasts entered a kind of walking hibernation during the summer, when food is scarce. They were wrong.
Climate change is a real (Canadian) peach
On the sweeter side of climate change, Canadians are now growing grapes and peaches.
We broke a whole lotta climate records in 2014
Here are four key points to draw from the State of the Climate report.
Big Coal is freaking out over this latest Obama move
Mountaintop-removal miners have a long tradition of polluting and burying streams. New rules would make them clean up their act a little.
Can you have kids and still be a good person?
The latest episode of "The Adaptors" looks into a question that most people think about but few like to talk about.
How can I binge-watch and save energy at the same time?
A reader wants to know how to do her binge-watching in the most sustainable way. Umbra goes True Detective on this one.
Climate change is making wildfires worse and wildfires are making climate change worse
That's the bummer conclusion of a new study.
A restaurant isn’t “sustainable” if all its entrees contain meat
From fancy farm-to-table spots to hipster burger joints, too many restaurants focus on meat, and that’s terrible for the climate.
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