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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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