Articles

Costa Rica has set an ambitious goal for itself: To be entirely carbon-neutral by 2021. But it’s really not that crazy.

Eve Andrews Technology

Two Utah state lawmakers speculate that the EPA might have deliberately dumped mine waste into the Animas River.

Katie Herzog Politics

The real problems with a controversial, retracted study weren't about the science but about respect for the subjects' values.

Nathanael Johnson Technology

And you can blame up to 25 percent of the drought on climate change.

Katie Herzog Culture

Coal-mining and oil-drilling programs on federal land are big money-wasters, in addition to polluting the environment and hurting the climate.

Ben Adler Technology

Irrigation water appears to be a major loophole in the USDA's organic food safety program.

Josh Harkinson Politics

A reader wants to know how his college's customary balloon swarm affects the environment. Umbra offers a crash course.

Ask Umbra® Culture

Kramer Wimberley knows what it's like to feel unwelcome in the water. As a dive instructor and ocean-lover, he tries to make sure no one else does.

Amelia Urry Culture

Which is true. But calls for shared ecosystems are naive in a world of ISIS.

Clayton Aldern Politics

One hundred "makers" are gathering in a French chateau to develop solutions to environmental woes.

Katie Herzog Culture

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