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A carbon tax could bring down the deficit, if it weren’t a pipe dream

A $20 per ton carbon tax in the U.S. could reduce the budget deficit by 50 percent over 10 years, according to the Congressional Research Service. But it ain't gonna happen.

Philip Bump Politics

Carpe climate: House Dems seize extreme summer to attack GOP

Reps. Waxman and Markey released a study connecting extreme weather to climate change -- and faulting the GOP for inaction.

Tim McDonnell Politics

Donald Trump is having methane release problems

Donald Trump, who is an obnoxious idiot, is building a golf course in the South Bronx. And like its owner, the property emits unhealthy levels of gas.

Philip Bump Cities

Impossibly beautiful photographs of Iceland’s volcanic rivers

With landscapes like these, taken by photographer Andre Ermolaev, it's no wonder Icelanders believe in magic.

Jess Zimmerman Uncategorized

$4,000 eco-chandeliers are made of bike parts and self-importance

Woman makes chandeliers out of bike parts, and someone makes a video about it, and we can't help but laugh at how pretentious it is.

Sarah Miller Uncategorized

Drilling in the Arctic is a bad business decision

Even if your company is less inept than Shell, the cost of extraction and the risk of disaster are too high.

Philip Bump Technology

Explaining the ‘100 million to die from climate change’ claim

A new report makes for splashy headlines about climate deaths -- but it's got another message that warrants more attention.

Philip Bump Climate & Energy

How certain can we be about climate change?

Climate hawks stress that climate science is "settled," but that's misleading. There are still lots of uncertainties around climate, scientific and otherwise, and we have to learn to live with them.

David Roberts Climate & Energy

This terrifying hell-squid lives on ocean waste

Turns out the scary-looking "vampire squid" is the only cephalopod that DOESN'T want to eat you. It mainly eats poop.