Articles

Millennials are the new oil barons? Wait, what happened to all of our green inclinations?

If you're a young person starting an oil company because you want to make a lot of money, fine. We clearly don’t have much in common.

Eve Andrews Technology

Pat Sajak ruins your sick-day game-show viewing with climate denial

Sajak likes to make 140-character jabs at environmentalists. Thankfully he’s not exactly a respected scientific authority.

Holly Richmond Culture

Oregon county bans GMO crops

Organic farmers, worried about contamination, win a local campaign, even though the state has its own new rules barring locales from regulating GMOs.

Nathanael Johnson Food

Here’s why your uncle won’t give up those pesky climate & vaccine conspiracy theories

To correct incorrect beliefs, it’s not enough to just dish out the facts; you have to shed your defensive biases first.

Amelia Urry Culture

Good news: Warming waters extend swim season. Bad news: They’re full of monster jellyfish

Divers off of Corwall, England, are spotting record numbers of giant Mediterranean jellyfish. On the upside, Welsh fans of tentacle porn no longer have to travel.

Jim Meyer Climate & Energy

It’s dry and getting drier in West Texas

Texas rancher Clay Igo sums it up: “It seems like it is doin’ nothing but getting hotter, and drier, and less rain, yearly.”

The Story Group Culture

Computer takeover of humanity is ahead of schedule

A venture capital firm specializing in medicine (what else?) has named a computer program to its board of directors.

Jim Meyer Technology

The bottom line is why Big Food should take a stand on climate

Oxfam names the 10 food companies that could make a difference in helping push governments to get serious about carbon emission regulations.

Nathanael Johnson Climate & Energy

The dictionary finally admits fracking is here to stay

Dictionaries aren't exactly known for being trendy, so it's a big deal when Merriam-Webster adds fracking and freegan to the lexicon.