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Heather Smith

As residents leave this Detroit street, it sprouts art

The Heidelberg Project is art made of abandoned houses. It has attracted a steady stream of pilgrims -- and now, it seems, arsonists as well.
Food

How to forage for wild berries

A primer on American-born berries, plus a pie for whatever berries you have on hand.

BY Tama Matsuoka Wong
- 17 hours ago
Plant Suits

Patagonia makes waves with plant-based wetsuits and obligatory weed jokes

The outdoor outfitter has cooked up a green alternative to non-biodegradable, resource-intensive neoprene. But no, it's not going to get you high.

BY Samantha Larson
- 18 hours ago
Green house

Using Airbnb is greener than staying in hotels

Score one for the sharing economy? According to a new study, travelers who choose Airbnb tend to eat up less energy than hotel guests.

BY Andrew Simon
- 20 hours ago
Food

Cargill promises to get right with palm oil

The agricultural giant joins a growing bandwagon of companies pledging not to promote deforestation as they supply their (and our) vegetable-oil habits.

BY Nathanael Johnson
- 21 hours ago
Under water

The EPA’s struggle to combat water pollution

Frustration and inaction color efforts to enforce the Clean Water Act.

BY Naveena Sadasivam
- 21 hours ago
Climate & Energy

This GOP candidate says he’s cracking down on coal pollution — but green groups say that’s BS

The political fallout continues from the Dan River coal-ash disaster in North Carolina.

BY Molly Redden
- 22 hours ago
Cities

The U.S. cities with the worst climate change-related flooding

Rising sea levels have kicked up flood days by as much as 900 percent along parts of the East Coast.

BY John Metcalfe
- 23 hours ago
Living

Ask Umbra: What’s the most eco-friendly way to get rid of this sexy stubble?

Shaving? Waxing? Laser removal? What's an overly hirsute mammal to do? Umbra takes this question on the chin.

BY Ask Umbra®
- 1 day ago
Climate & Energy

Are there two different versions of environmentalism, one “white,” one “black”?

1970s scholars posited that an “apartheid ecology” excluded people of color from environmentalism. Were they right?

BY Brentin Mock
- 1 day ago
Climate & Energy

At this year’s big climate rally, most of the people won’t be pale, male, and stale

The People's Climate March, planned for NYC on Sept. 21, has a diverse coalition of organizers, from health-care unions to environmental justice groups.

BY Ben Adler
- 2 days ago
Tuna-ed Out

Farming bluefin tuna might be out of our depths

Because sushi connoisseurs have nearly wiped wild bluefin out, some scientists are trying to domesticate them. But, it turns out, tuna farming is no easy plow.

BY Samantha Larson
- 2 days ago
Dogg Eat Dogg world

Allow Snoop Dogg to show you the horrifying wonders of Plizzanet Earth

First up: the great white shark. Or, as Snoop puts it: "Damn, he didn't even chew BLEEEEEP he just swallowed. That's coldblooded, man."

BY Darby Minow Smith
- 2 days ago
Cities

In Detroit’s water wars, a pause that refreshes

The groups fighting water-service shutoffs in Detroit take a victory lap, though what they have won so far is highly provisional.

BY Heather Smith
- 2 days ago
Booze clues

Watch this adorable climate scientist explain sea-level rise with a gin & tonic

Do not try this at home (adding salt to a beautiful gin & tonic, that is).

BY Darby Minow Smith
- 2 days ago
El Niño flakes out

Not even Jesus is going to save California from this drought

A few months ago, scientists thought that a strong El Niño could help turn California's epic drought around. Now it looks like that's not going to happen.

BY Samantha Larson
- 2 days ago
Cities

Zappos billionaire wants to turn a dusty Las Vegas wasteland into a thriving urban hub

Tech incubators, coworking spaces, car-share Teslas, a 40-foot, fire-breathing praying mantis. It's all here. Now all Tony Hsieh needs is some people.

BY Greg Hanscom
- 2 days ago
Climate & Energy

This huge corporation is tackling climate change — because it’s a threat to the bottom line

Food giant General Mills now has some pretty sweet climate bragging rights.

BY James West
- 3 days ago
Irony much?

Oil refinery threatened by sea-level rise, asks government to fix problem

What the company lacks in shame it makes up for in chutzpah. At least it isn't denying climate science!

BY Ben Adler
- 3 days ago
More Like Pacific Northworst

Climate refugees, DO NOT MOVE TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Sure, you'll be safe from the majority of climate disasters, but the people out here are just. the. worst.

BY Ted Alvarez
- 3 days ago
Climate & Energy

Think people of color don’t care about the environment? Think again

Dorceta Taylor, professor at the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment, talks about her new report about environmental groups' failure to diversify.

BY Brentin Mock
- 3 days ago
Tin foiled again

Don’t believe anything you read at Natural News

Don't be taken in: This site sometimes plays to green sympathies, but it's full of untrustworthy information and outright conspiracy theories.

BY Nathanael Johnson
- 3 days ago
Cities

A century ago, Detroit’s “potato patch mayor” knew how to ride out hard times

How can a city's distant past guide our search for solutions to today's problems? A statue offers some clues.

BY Heather Smith
- 3 days ago
Caboose? More Like Kaboomvideo

This doc about “bomb trains” filled with crude oil will make your head explode

VICE News releases a slick film investigating the dangers of trains carrying oil from the Bakken shale to the Pacific Northwest.

BY Ted Alvarez
- 3 days ago
Sweatshops Should Take A Hike

Your hiking gear might come from a sweatshop. Here’s how you can fix that

North Face's parent company refuses to sign an important safety accord for Bangladeshi garment workers.

BY Bill McKibben
- 3 days ago
Le Freak, c'est Chic

The latest French fashion: Eating ugly fruits and veggies

Could it catch on in the U.S.?

BY Lorena Galliot
- 3 days ago
Ouch

Obama’s coal-leasing program is costing taxpayers more than $50 billion

Coal mined from federal land during Obama's presidency will unleash as much CO2 as the annual emissions of 825 million cars.

BY Ben Adler
- 3 days ago
Climate & Energy

When a species poisons an entire planet

We aren't the only creatures who polluted the atmosphere and forever changed life on Earth.

BY Phil Plait
- 4 days ago
Blue is the new orange

Netflix is about to hijack our evenings with grim environmental films

The the on-demand media streaming company plans to premier at least two conservationist flicks this year: "Virunga" and "Mission Blue."

BY Samantha Larson
- 4 days ago
Living

Earth Ball: So much fun, you’ll want to destroy the planet twice!

Kids hit Earth pinatas and spill oil on the Antarctic in this funny and too-real video.

BY Darby Minow Smith
- 4 days ago
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