Latest Articles
-
![]()
![]()
Coming soon: Non-vegan, non-kosher bananas
Food scientists have come up with an evil plan to make bananas off-limits to strict vegans, people keeping kosher, and anyone with an iodine allergy: They want to coat the fruit with shellfish. Specifically, they’d douse them with a spray derived from shrimp and crab shells. And while I have had some perfectly yummy curries […]
-
![]()
![]()
Sweden recycles so effectively that it has to import garbage to incinerate
Which is what you might call a mixed blessing.
-
![]()
![]()
Another day, another animal stuffed down a man’s pants
The slender loris has endured a mighty struggle to survive. This struggle generally involves things like poaching by crazy people who think lorises can cure things like impotence and asthma, but on Monday, that struggle involved a lone loris’ attempt to breathe while inside of a man’s pants. The man in question was attempting to […]
-
![]()
![]()
Millennials: The emerging organic majority?
Today's young adults are more interested in organic food than their parents -- and they're prepared to spend more on it, too.
-
![David Roberts]()
![David Roberts]()
Come chat with David Roberts
The beloved climate blogger chatted with readers about the election season, Twitter, and the future of clean energy.
-
![]()
![]()
GOP pushes bill to quash EPA’s international climate efforts
Republicans were not dissuaded by the EPA's concerns that cutting the minor program would affect its ability to monitor greenhouse gases.
-
Larry Gibson
Fr. Dan Berrigan once wrote a poem, “Some,” that I thought of after hearing of Appalachian hero Larry Gibson’s death two days ago: Some stood up once and sat down. Some walked a mile and walked away. Some stood up twice then sat down. It’s too much, they cried. Some walked two miles then walked […]
-
![]()
![]()
There’s methane trapped at the bottom of the ocean, so obviously we should get it and burn it
The Department of Energy's decision to award millions in grants to explore accessing natural gas reserves is bad news.
-
![]()
![]()
Ahmadinejad says Iran’s enemies are destroying the rain clouds
Rush Limbaugh will be pleased* to know that he and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have something in common: They’re both so balls-to-the-wall bonkers that they think their enemies can control the weather. Or well, OK, maybe Limbaugh only thinks Obama controls the weather FORECAST — which means that, as unlikely as this seems, he’s still […]
-
![]()
![]()
Climate change could make summer crime waves worse
When temperatures go up, crime often does, too -- which means that as our summers get hotter, more cities could see the kind of violence Chicago experienced this year.
