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In the climate struggle, a hunt for realistic solutions

Scientist-turned-legal scholar Michael Wara says we need to stop looking for the silver bullet and start taking smart, small steps toward change.

More evidence of the EPA’s deeply nefarious plot to undermine coal

Our expose into the EPA's ability to move international energy markets, frack up natural gas, and vaporize coal seams. MUST CREDIT GRIST.

Gibson Guitars’ noble stand against the government ends with admission of wrong-doing

A 2011 hot button issue for the right ends with a whimper.

Colorado utility hits high of 57% wind power

Colorado's largest utility broke the national record for most power generated from wind on a day in April. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney still wants to screw the wind industry.

Play along with Olympic cycling

The New York Times Magazine’s Christoph Niemann, who you might remember from the time he live-illustrated the New York marathon while running it, is now in London sketching the Olympics. This time, he’s playing around with his usual format; instead of just filing drawings of the event, he’s sending back his impressions in the form […]

How’s the weather, America? Aug. 6 edition

In which we lament the sorry state of our nation and then look at a cute animal video, per usual.

Here is an awesome photo of Curiosity parachuting down to Mars

This tiny jellyfish/hot air balloon-looking thing is actually the Curiosity rover on its way down to the surface of Mars, photographed by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Get used to this view, because once we’re forced to move off Earth, it’s going to be what you see every day on your morning commute. When you fly from […]

Are the Batteries Ready? 100% Clean Energy Requires Progress on Storage

In the long run, there’s no avoiding energy storage for a 100% renewable energy society.  The two major sources of renewable power are wind and sun, and they are either fickle or reliably not available at night. The problem is that the simplest energy storage option for electricity is batteries, and this image from Wikipedia […]

If this photo doesn’t make you want to live in a tiny house, nothing will

We love us a good tiny house, but you know what is better than your run-of-the-mill tiny house? A tiny house on a tiny rock. A tiny house on a tiny rock in the middle of a river. With a kayak your only connection to land.

In the climate crap shoot, it’s getting harder and harder to win

Research recently released by James Hansen links extreme weather to climate change -- and every year, our odds get worse.