Latest Articles
-
These architects want to build a tiny fairy forest in Detroit
In addition to your basic forest paths and trees, the park features a knoll that can host concerts, movie screenings, and plays, with the forest as a backdrop.
-
Surprise: Shell’s rig ran aground in Alaska because the company was trying to avoid taxes
To get out of paying $6 million in state taxes, Shell decided to try to tow a drilling rig from Alaska to Seattle in the middle of a storm.
-
Starbucks is now selling reusable cups for a dollar
Starbucks has just kneecapped your excuses for not bringing reusable cups to the coffee shop.
-
Congress to act on Sandy aid — but grudgingly, late, and with a fraction of what’s needed
Had Congress acted responsibly years ago on FEMA flood insurance, Congress might not even need to act today.
-
If these kids can understand why mountaintop-removal mining is stupid, the government can too
Their pitch is this: "We're children. We're not scientists. But we understand what's happening."
-
Hot chocolate tastes better in an orange cup
The next time you drink hot chocolate, get yourself an orange cup. Sound like too much trouble? Well. Enjoy it less then!
-
Richmond, Calif., fights back against Chevron’s choke hold
Chevron, which has been polluting Richmond for more than a century, is trying to win over residents with gardens and parties. It'll have to try harder.
-
![]()
![]()
It probably shouldn’t have taken Exxon 46 minutes to shut off a broken pipeline
A 2011 oil spill along the Yellowstone River was made worse by ExxonMobil's delay in stopping the flow of oil.
-
A new year, a new Keystone XL blockade
The Tar Sands Blockade has launched a new tree-sit -- and this time activists think TransCanada won't be able to reroute its pipeline around them.
