Articles

This is what it looks like to get caught in a dolphin stampede

Are they having a race? Did they see a shark? Are they running away from Vogons?

Jess Zimmerman Uncategorized

Interior pledges ‘high-level review’ of Shell’s Arctic farce

Rest assured, though: the government insists that it is committed to drilling in the Arctic.

Philip Bump Technology

Solar snowboard charges your phone with power collected on the slopes

The dudes at Signal Snowboard have made a snowboard equipped with solar panels that can actually charge your phone.

Sarah Miller Technology

Who will serve on Obama’s second-term green team?

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire could head up EPA. L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa could become transportation secretary. Who else? Find out.

Lisa Hymas Cities

Starving the cities to feed the suburbs

A new report finds that of the $450 billion the federal government spends on real estate each year, the lion’s share subsidizes suburban growth -- at the expense of both cities and the planet.

Ben Adler Cities

New food-safety rules are not making us feel all that nauseated

Both food-safety advocates and the food industry seem to like the rules aimed at preventing food-borne illness. Too bad they're so slow in coming.

Susie Cagle Food and Agriculture

U.S. coal continues its slow fade to black

Production is down 9 percent from 2011. And coal folks are not particularly optimistic about next year either.

David Roberts Uncategorized

Solar crowdfunding project Mosaic sells out in under 24 hours

A new Kickstarter-style service that makes it easy to invest in rooftop solar arrays has already sold out of shares in its public projects.

Lisa Hymas Technology

Oil spill art project makes oil seem to flow uphill

Matt Kenyon's art installation seems to defy gravity.