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Cincinnati bans fracking injection wells

The unanimous vote from the city council is a first for the state of Ohio.

One brave warrior’s desperate leap to save a civilization

With a whiff of carbon in the air, Jim prepared for his suicide mission.

Mitt Romney stops by Colorado to laugh about how he hates their jobs

Romney's announcement this week that he wants to end a key tax credit for wind power will not make him very popular.

Antarctica used to be covered in palm trees, says study

A new study examining 50-million-year-old ice from Antarctica indicates that the continent used to be covered in warm-weather flora like palm trees. And hey, maybe it could be again if carbon dioxide levels get too high! By “too high” we’re talking about really high — CO2 concentrations in the early Eocene epoch, the time period […]

Opposition to the Navy’s biofuel program just got a little more hypocritical

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) loves alternative fuels -- as long as they're made from fossil fuels.

How did somebody steal half a million bees?

A beekeeper near Vancouver has reported the loss of 8,000 pounds of honey and 500,000 bees from one of his apiaries. Why would someone steal half a million bees? And how? Urban beekeeping is pretty hip right now so it’s the “how” we’re really stuck on. Here are our best theories: Filled beekeeper suits with […]

What your hamburger really costs [VIDEO]

If we wanted to pay for the climate impact, water use, and healthcare costs behind our burgers, this video says we'd have to add $1.50 to the price of every one we ate.

New Report Follows Money Trail Behind Attacks on Clean Energy

Every election season, more and more money is poured into campaigns. But there is a surprising new twist this year – fossil fuel interests are actually spending money to directly attack clean energy like wind and solar, as we reveal in a new report we are releasing today, “Clean Energy Under Siege” (PDF). Over the […]

Behind the scenes at a big mountaintop-mining protest: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Over the weekend, protesters shut down part of a huge mountaintop-removal coal mining operation in West Virginia. One of the activists spills the dirt about police intimidation, abuse from local miners, and snubs from fellow protesters.

Here is a week-old hedgehog having a dream

Oh, nothing much, just a 7-day-old hedgehog doing little kicks and squeaks in his sleep like he was a puppy dog.