Saturday, May 30, 2015

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CLIMATE & ENERGY

Most glaciers in Mount Everest area will disappear

About 5,500 glaciers could disappear or drastically retreat by the end of the century with severe impacts on farming and hydropower, say scientists.
BEHIND CLOTHES DOORS

4 crazy facts from a new fashion documentary

"The True Cost" gives new meaning to the phrase "retail therapy." We might need a retail therapist after watching it. 
POLITICS

Bernie Sanders cares about cockblocking, too

A passion for CAPS and a liberal attitude toward sex? Be still, my heart!
CITIES

Why are officials turning off the tap this summer in some of America’s most vulnerable cities?

Come April, municipal utilities start cracking down on businesses and homes with late water bills by shutting off their taps. Is it ethical?
TUSK TUSK

Walrus cam or the Entourage movie? Either way, bunch of dudes on a beach

The boys are back in town. And by boys, we mean Vince, E, Drama, Turtle, Ari, and thousands of male walruses. 
LIVING

Guess what Lil Mama’s new single “Sausages” is really about

Lil Mama is dropping some words of wisdom about safe sex masked in allegory about breakfast food.
CITIES

Detroit turns the lights back on with a solar experiment

A Detroit neighborhood that lost its streetlights because it couldn't afford the bill tests a solar-powered alternative.
FOOD

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.
LIVING

These maps show how rent is too damn high across America

You need to spend a lot of time working to make ends meet on minimum wage. 
JUST BEAD IT

What do your mouth and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch have in common?

Those tiny, plastic particles really are everywhere.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

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.
POLITICS

Soda taxes bubbling up all over

Doctors support the idea of taxing sugary beverages, and the state budget could use the money, too. 
SCIENCE

Conservationists are putting backpacks on owls — and it is so damn cute

This is about as adorable as it gets, folks. 
CLIMATE & ENERGY

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?
CLIMATE & ENERGY

The climate movement doesn’t need conservatives

An environmentalist calling for the climate movement to incorporate conservatives is like a fundamentalist pastor calling for the anti–gay marriage movement to incorporate liberals.
LIVING

This little clinic is tackling the big problem of rural teen pregnancy

Organizations like Room One are invaluable to the women and girls they serve, but they’re too few and far between.
LIVING

Which hardware store is the greenest?

A reader wonders where to get sustainable home-improvement supplies. Umbra is the helpful hardware ham.
HEY GIRL

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.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

Why are federal dollars financing this thirsty crop in Arizona?

The federal government is propping up cotton farming during the West's water crisis.
SCIENCE

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.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

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.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

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?
POLITICS

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. 
HIGH WATER COLORS

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. 
TEARS OF SOY

Amy’s Kitchen moves to fast food

Will Americans go for vegan, gluten-free fast food? 
LIVING

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.
LIVING

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.
BABE ALERT!

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.
LIVING

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.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

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.
HIVE FIVE

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. 
CITIES

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.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

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.
LIVING

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.
CRICKET GAME

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.
LIVING

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.
CLIMATE & ENERGY

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.
FOOD

Go diving for sea urchins with a hilarious 73-year-old

This video explores San Diego's awesome food scene. 
GREEN SCREEN

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 & ENERGY

Climate change is messing with gravity again

Antarctic ice is still melting at a gravity-shifting rate. Climate change is really heavy stuff.
CITIES

Diverse cities don’t always have diverse neighborhoods

Some of the most racially "diverse" cities in the country are also the most segregated.
POLITICS

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.
LIVING

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.
EGGSPENSE ACCOUNT

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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