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Don’t care about climate change? Perhaps this artist & his trusty garden hose can help

Lars Jan’s project "Holoscenes" shows people going about their lives as water rises swiftly around them.

Jim Meyer Climate & Energy

Ask Umbra: What’s the most efficient way to heat and cool my house?

A reader is blowing hot and cold about HVAC systems. Umbra urges him not to vent.

Ask Umbra® Technology

The world is yours: Kids take the lead in the climate fight

When it comes to protecting the planet and our overburdened neighborhoods, young people are taking matters into their own hands.

Brentin Mock Cities

How much cleaner will Obama’s climate rules make your state?

They're all getting greener, but the math is a little complicated.

Tim McDonnell Technology

These exterminators want you to have a tasty, free lunch — of bugs

If you are used to restaurants and pest companies trying to keep bugs OUT of the kitchen, this may be confusing.

Amelia Urry Culture

Wave energy finally gets its day in the water off the Oregon coast

Reader be warned: While this story may seem swell, it is full -- not just half full, but FULL -- of watery clichés.

Jim Meyer Technology

Chicago area off the hook from climate lawsuits

An insurance company had sued Chicago-area municipalities for failing to prepare for climate change and flooding, but those suits have now been dropped.

John Upton Technology

Canadian meteorologists barred from talking about climate change

But maybe that shouldn't be a surprise in a country that's become a rogue petrostate.

John Upton Climate & Energy

“Protected bike lanes safer, better,” says science. “Duh,” says rest of us.

Study finds that cyclists feel safer when bike lanes are separated from car traffic. Study’s parents consider study underachiever, wish study was more like its sister Human Genome Project.

Jim Meyer Culture

Don’t worry about that collapsing ice shelf — just book your beach week in Arizona

According to a new study, the Antarctic ice shelf has melted before. One recent episode happened to coincide with a mass extinction and a 50-foot rise in sea level, but no biggie, right?