The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's commissioners are calling out their boss, Gregory Jaczko, for being a jerk. It's not exactly reassuring when the body that oversees nuclear power can't even get its own house in order.

Other countries are taking way better care of endangered species than the United States is.

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Uh oh, there was a human oil spill outside of John Boehner's Ohio office! Who's going to clean it up?

Al Gore's newest thing is "sustainable capitalism." We hear the Chamber of Commerce is totally on board. Totally.

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The solar industry installed more capacity in the last quarter than in all of 2009.

Fake Chris Christie crossed the Delaware River, just like George Washington, but instead of bringing with him soldiers to defeat the British, Fake Chris Christie brought symbolic mercury to pollute New Jersey.

Climate change is giving the world more kittens.