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Ben & Jerry’s fights climate change with gross-sounding new flavor
Everybody's favorite ice cream company is trying to raise awareness about global warming ahead of the upcoming Paris climate talks.
What do your mouth and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have in common?
Those tiny, plastic particles really are everywhere.
Obama tweets it up on climate change and Arctic drilling
Obama's first significant act as @POTUS was to hold a chat on climate change.
Soda taxes bubbling up all over
Doctors support the idea of taxing sugary beverages, and the state budget could use the money, too.
Conservationists are putting backpacks on owls — and it is so damn cute
This is about as adorable as it gets, folks.
Martin O’Malley could try to out-green Bernie Sanders
O’Malley, former governor of Maryland, is running for president. Will he make a push to be the biggest climate hawk in the Democratic field?
Which hardware store is the greenest?
A reader wonders where to get sustainable home-improvement supplies. Umbra is the helpful hardware ham.
Study says street harassment is everywhere, still sucks
Hollaback! and Cornell University have just published the results of the largest international study of street harassment to date.
Why are federal dollars financing this thirsty crop in Arizona?
The federal government is propping up cotton farming during the West's water crisis.
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Get me off this planet, because we have climate change zombies now
Thanks to decades of ice melt caused by climate change, lost artifacts are now popping up all over the place.
The Santa Barbara oil spill is already killing a lot of animals
The waters off Santa Barbara carry a mosaic of unusual species, all of which are at risk of being damaged by the oil spill.
What do we do with all these dead coal-fired power plants?
About 13 gigawatts worth of coal plants will close this year. What should we do with these old things?
EPA’s new rules on river pollution outrage the usual suspects
The agency reasserts its authority to regulate rivers in the wake of court decisions that reined in its powers. This rankles some politicians.
How one N.Y. museum is already prepping for the next big flood
The new Whitney Museum on the Hudson offers a glimpse of architecture's future: It's built like a bunker to ride out assault by a warmer global climate.
Why are all the badass women getting left out of the Mad Max video game?
Oh, another video game where the women are just passive, anatomically impossible sex objects? Yawn.
A Seattle high school is taking birth control access to the next level
Now, it’s easier for a Chief Sealth student to get an IUD than it is to get a Coke.
It’s Woman Crush Wednesday! Let’s celebrate our new college grads
This Woman Crush Wednesday, we bring you ladies running everything from climate cash to computer science.
Bill Nye, Amy Schumer, and Broad City team up to explain the universe in 3 minutes
Ladies, let's not rely on "the universe" to tell us what to do with our lives.
2 cool maps that show how wind power is poised to go big — really big
The U.S. Department of Energy has published two new maps that put that our wind-powered future in concrete terms.
5 ways to tackle the mess that bees are in
You can spray 'em, breed 'em, even genetically engineer 'em. But the best way to fight bee mites might be to change the whole system.
Can the “whitest city in America” deliver green living for all?
Portland, Ore., has set out to bridge the "green divide," bringing environmental justice to poor communities and communities of color.
You can’t talk about the future of the Democratic Party without talking about climate change
A recent N.Y. Times article paints Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D) as a pragmatist fighting off a challenge from his left, but it misses the mark by ignoring his progressive leadership on climate change.
Surprise — teens are having sex. How can we make it safer?
Teen sex is not a big deal as long it's done safely -- which is where, sadly, we start to run into trouble.
In which I feed my children “land shrimp”
Crickets make a great sustainable protein source. But there are still some problems with the yum factor -- we lack a culinary tradition for bugs.
What happens if I flush leftover drugs down the toilet?
A reader wonders about the best way to dispose of unneeded medicine. Umbra plumbs for answers.
The Navy gears up for huge war games in Alaska — wildlife and environment be damned
As climate change melts Arctic ice, the military is increasingly focused on the far north. That's bad news for ecosystems and native people.
Go diving for sea urchins with a hilarious 73-year-old
This video explores San Diego's awesome food scene.
Is Tomorrowland the most dystopian movie of 2015?
Hype around Tomorrowland has focused on the film’s optimism -- look at this happy, perfect future we could have! It's not that simple.
Climate change is messing with gravity again
Antarctic ice is still melting at a gravity-shifting rate. Climate change is really heavy stuff.
Diverse cities don’t always have diverse neighborhoods
Some of the most racially "diverse" cities in the country are also the most segregated.
It’s official: California farmers volunteer to give up water
The state has already asked most farmers and residents to cut water use. Now it's turning to the people whose water rights are first in legal line.
Sea lion, fed up with climate change, hits the bar
All jokes about sea lions and Hair of the Dogs aside, starving sea lions landing in Newport bars is really upsetting.
Prepare to pay more for eggs
With domestic output in jeopardy, egg producers are contemplating both foreign supplies and plant-based alternatives.
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