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Ben Affleck is going to eat like a poor person [Updated]

Ben Affleck is going to see what it's like to be poor.

Sarah Miller Culture

In Gasland sequel, fracking saga’s pressure ratchets up

Gasland Part II shows how much higher the stakes have grown in the battle over fracking since Josh Fox made its predecessor.

Sarah Laskow Technology

The death of ‘sustainability’

Can destroying a tropical rainforest be “sustainable”? Well, according to a decision taken yesterday by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the major industry-NGO body, this greatest of environmental crimes is now officially “green.” Palm oil plantations have driven the destruction of more than 30,000 square miles of tropical forest in Indonesia and Malaysia […]

Glenn Hurowitz Uncategorized

Here are some capybaras hanging out in a hot tub

Capybaras do cute stuff. You watch.

Sarah Miller Culture

A desperate McDonald’s Japan turns to frantic dance as metaphor

McDonald's Japan isn't doing well. Bring on the dancing employees.

Sarah Miller Technology

Everybody chill out a little, carbon trading will be fine

A recent effort to reform the European Union's carbon-trading system failed, but that doesn't mean carbon trading is dead in Europe, or anywhere else.

David Roberts Climate & Energy

Locally owned businesses can help communities thrive — and survive climate change

Cities where small businesses account for a relatively large share of the economy have stronger social networks and more engaged citizens.

Stacy Mitchell Culture

Solar panels can protect you from terrorism

Rooftop solar systems could help keep the lights on after a terrorist attack on the power system, says the nation's top energy regulator.

John Upton Technology

A gag too far: How ag-gag laws can backfire

As Big Food pushes harder to limit farm exposés, it may only broaden and strengthen the animal protection movement.

Susie Cagle Food

New bill in Congress would require GMO labeling

Bipartisan legislation introduced this week in the House and Senate would require food containing genetically engineered ingredients to be labeled.