Latest Articles
-
![]()
![]()
How looking for cancer’s causes became a political act
On an unorthodox path from nursing to music to breast-cancer activism, Jeanne Rizzo learned how to take on the system.
-
![]()
![]()
Scarred, spangled banner: 46 years after MLK’s death, we still struggle to broaden the movement
In his later years, Rev. King tried to broaden the civil rights movement, laying the groundwork for the environmental justice fight we see today. Sadly, it is still a struggle.
-
![]()
![]()
Male black widows disarm females by wiggling their butts
If one of the Iron Man 2 villains had jiggled their butts, it would’ve definitely confused Scarlett Johansson. (SCIENCE.)
-
![]()
![]()
This surprisingly lovely music is made with only a bike
Much more melodic than the screech of brakes on the way to work, eh?
-
![]()
![]()
Solar wins: How sunshine will save the planet (really!)
Please enjoy this sampling of solar victories to warm your cold, cynical heart.
-
![]()
![]()
Ask Umbra: What’s the most responsible way to get my winter thrills?
A reader wonders about the greenest way to hit the slopes, and which slopes are greenest. Umbra gives him a lesson.
-
Election Year Surprise from Enviro Groups
“In the speech, you referenced that in the past year you had put forward an ‘all of the above’ energy strategy, yet noted that we cannot just drill our way out of our energy and climate challenge. We believe that continued reliance on an ‘all of the above’ energy strategy would be fundamentally at odds […]
-
![]()
![]()
Nuts for Nutella? Learn how to make your own
Learn how to make Nutella without all the international shipping and processing.
-
Media for Sale: Coal Lobby Buys Politico, Real Clear Politics Events
Last week, the political news website Real Clear Politics hosted a Washington DC event (video) targeted at an elite media and policy audience. Held at the gleaming Newseum, site of many such events, it was entitled, “U.S. Energy Policy: The Road Ahead,” and appeared to be a genuine policy discussion. It was, in fact, an infomercial. […]
-
![]()
![]()
How safe is our drinking water?
Poisoning the enemy is a long-standing military strategy.
