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Can we make climate change sexy — or at least less boring?

Would bikini-clad researchers posing at the Arctic help thaw climate apathy?

Remembering anti-MTR mining activist Judy Bonds

Judy Bonds was a tireless and fearless activist. She was also a friend, mentor, and hero.

Solar thermal industry set to boom

A new report says that employment in the solar thermal collector industry jumped 22 percent in 2009 from the previous year.

Will climate change hasten the spread of invasive plants?

Bethany Bradley probes the link between climate change and "alien invaders." The climate scientist studies weeds such as kudzu and purple loosestrife.

Do roads pay for themselves? Well, no

A new report from the U.S. Public Interest Reseach Group debunks the myth of the self-financed highway system. Will Congress be convinced by the facts?

The climate bill in six acts

The last two years saw the protracted death of climate change legislation. Here, in an exclusive new comic, we tell the sordid tale.

New Agtivist: Jenga Mwendo grows community in New Orleans

In 2007, searching for a way to rebuild her hurricane-devastated neighborhood in New Orleans, Jenga Mwendo reached for seeds and a shovel and became an urban-agriculture community organizer.

Sustainably farmed trout make a tasty, savory chowder [VIDEO]

A visit to Star Prairie, a small trout farm situated on the Apple River in Wisconsin, yields fish for a cold-killing chowder.

$5-a-gallon gas can be good for the environment — if we seize the moment

John Hofmeister's prediction that gasoline prices could hit $5 per gallon represents an enormous challenge and an important opportunity.

Weeds, rock snot, and lionfish: a menu for 'invasivores'

The latest trend in sustainable food? Eating invasive species. Here's your recipe for an invasivore dinner, complete with lionfish, pigeon, and weeds.