Latest Articles
-
Have coal companies been ripping Americans off even more than we already knew?
The Interior Department is investigating whether coal companies have been dodging royalty payments for coal mined from public land.
-
Rahm Emanuel to Chicago: Eat your f^%$ing veggies!
If Mayor Rahm Emanuel has his way, his new Recipe for Healthy Places will put locally grown fruits and vegetables within reach for all Chicago's residents.
-
Fox News: Solar power only works in Germany because Germany is a tropical paradise
Yes, bright summery Germany, with its pale angsty sun-worshippers lounging by the pool in their leather pants. Of course it has better solar.
-
Unable to stop climate change, EPA prepares for it
A draft "Climate Change Adaptation Plan" outlines how global warming will muck with EPA's efforts to protect our air and water.
-
Revolutionary new grilled cheese sandwich replaces bread with more cheese
Bread is for assholes. Commit to the cheese experience and make yourself a sandwich that is cheese grilled between two slices of cheese.
-
Obama’s Legacy, the Climate Rally, and What It Means for Coal
My daughter Hazel is no stranger to rallies and public hearings. I’ve taken her to all sorts of events, because it’s her future that’s at stake…and sometimes because no babysitters are available. But one event I am very excited to bring her to is the upcoming Forward on Climate rally in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, […]
-
As emissions drop, Northeast tightens its cap-and-trade system
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative plans to slash the amount of allowable climate pollution. Conservatives, of course, are complaining.
-
Exelon issues dumbest threat in the history of dumb threats
Guys, we don't want to scare you, but building more wind turbines might kill off nuclear plants.
-
Attention investors: Climate policy could knock off half the value of fossil fuel companies
A recent report from HSBC Global Research finds that serious climate policy could reduce the value of large fossil fuel companies by half.
-
Please do feed the polar bears (or they’ll die)
With sea ice vanishing faster than a fish slipping down a hungry seal's throat, humans may have to feed the polar bears if we want them to survive.