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Food

Important communal garden in Los Angeles faces a rocky future

Landowner says it won't renew Proyecto Jardín's lease.

Living

It’s easier and more fun than you think to eliminate waste from your cooking

Last summer, I went to work for an urban farm in Portland, Ore. I’d wake at six to harvest Easter egg radishes and bike home in the sherbet-pink sunset, too damn tired to care that …

Politics

Trump’s budget plan is completely insane — and of course it would screw over the environment

It’s mathematically impossible to enact Trump’s tax and budget vision, and even trying would be a disaster.

Climate & Energy

Americans are driving more, yet gas consumption is down thanks to fuel efficiency

Average fuel efficiency for all cars nationwide -- old and new -- has increased about 1 percent in the past nine years.

Living

Americans spend 30 billion hours a year commuting. And it’s killing them

It's terrible for the planet, too.

Climate & Energy

Exxon Mobil’s insane argument against action on climate change

As it turns out, Exxon Mobil's shareholders care a lot more about climate change than the company itself does.

Business & Technology

4 charts that show electric cars’ bright future

A new report paints a rosy picture for the future of electric vehicles.

Living

Attacks on contraception, Trump on Planned Parenthood, and Gristers on our embarrassing first kisses

Take your embarrassing, terrible birth control news with some embarrassing, delightful tales of young love.

Politics

House Science Chair takes his war on climate science one step further

The harassment of NOAA continues.

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