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How to Have a Very Happy New Year

As the confetti is swept away and the world gets back to work, will 2014 be a banner year or will we be singing that “old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind” a year from now? Here are a few reasons to think the world will be greener a year from now, both […]

Terry Tamminen Uncategorized

Fracking could be bad for babies

New research finds that infants born near fracking wells in Pennsylvania had lower birth weights and more health concerns than other newborns.

John Upton Climate & Energy

Believe it or not, these gorgeous pictures of melting glaciers aren’t photographs

Zaria Forman makes beautiful, ginormous pastel landscapes that serve as snapshots of melting glaciers and rising seas.

Holly Richmond Culture

Here’s how to restore a community with your old Christmas tree

Your old, dry Christmas tree can do everything from preserving fish and bird habitats to generating electricity.

Holly Richmond Culture

Ask Umbra: Is the thrift shop my only option for socially responsible kids’ clothes?

A reader wants to pop some eco-groovy, fair-trade tags for her toddler. Umbra says one tike's trash is another kid's come-up.

Ask Umbra® Culture

In Stockholm, a proposal to make snow plowing priorities better for women

One politician wants the city to prioritize sidewalks, public transportation, and areas around day care centers.

Stephanie Garlock Culture

Poultry matter: What to do with all that chicken shit?

If Tyson Foods owned agricultural waste, we might have cleaner water.

Michael Lipsky Technology

Carbon trading is booming in North America, no thanks to U.S. or Canadian governments

California and Quebec are now the most expensive places in the world in which to pump carbon dioxide into the air.

John Upton Technology

Cereal numbers: Will GMO-free Cheerios capture a new market?

General Mills agrees to mark Cheerios as GM-free, kicking off an experiment in the economics of labeling.

Nathanael Johnson Food

Tar-sands mining in Canada is unleashing mercury pollution

As if the oil-sands operations in Alberta weren't bad enough, here's another way they're polluting the environment.