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Lolcats punk Teh Yes Menz punking Chevron

Oh noes! Did LOL kittehs make teh ultamet pranksterz get teh punkings? Translation: Oh no! Did the infamous Lolcats from the pop cat-culture website I Can Has Cheezburger punk the ultimate pranksters, The Yes Men, for their recent Chevron spoof?

William Lind makes a conservative case for public transit (just not buses)

William Lind thinks Republican politicians should be supporting public rail transit because it makes sense for their affluent (and mostly white) constituency. He also says white conservatives are "not going to be comfortable" on city buses where they are "surrounded by blacks and Hispanics."

The Aftermath of the TVA Coal Ash Disaster

This is the latest in our series of community coal ash profiles. This was written by Sierra Club Apprentice Philip Hawes. Tennessee’s Emory River has long been treasured for its natural beauty. In 1867, when a young man by the name of John Muir decided to walk from his home in Indiana, all the way […]

Prop 26′s dirty backers flee from political poison of Prop 23

Millions of dollars are pouring into California's Prop 26, a fail-safe for the possibility that the pro-pollution Prop 23 fails.

Waiting for a hard frost

Reflections at the end of a Midwestern growing season.

Obama, Gates, and Gore come out against Prop 23 as No forces widen lead

This week, Barack Obama and Al Gore came out against California's Prop 23, Bill Gates wrote a fat check, and the No position is ahead in the polls.

Minnesota governor's race: Dayton vs. Horner vs. Emmer

What's at stake in the Minnesota governor's race? Quite a bit for the future of energy and transportation in the state.

One out of seven Tea Partiers see global warming as problem

And a majority don't think it will ever have a serious impact on the planet. Plus, a drought in the South and paper-thin solar cells.

We’re tearing this highway down, Transportation Sec. Ray LaHood says

It's one thing to talk about designing for people instead of cars, and another thing make good on that pledge by tearing tear down elevated highways.

A buzzworthy new documentary

What's killing all the bees? Colony -- No Bees. No Honey. No Work. No Money. goes deep into the buzzing hive of the anxious beekeepers themselves to find out what they'll do if no one finds out the answer.