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Urbivore's Dilemma, Week 7: Cooking with the ones you love

A former latch-key-kid-turned-takeout eater discusses harmony and chaos in the kitchen.

The way forward after the Senate's climate failure

Here’s President Obama in April 2009: Now, the choice we face is not between saving our environment and saving our economy.  The choice we face is between prosperity and decline. As of yesterday, it looks like we’re gonna go with decline. Prosperity was over-rated anyhow. That’s what seems to be the message, anyway, from DC, where […]

Senate energy package: Wait, it gets worse!

The Democrats are planning to put forward a very tiny, weak energy package. Here's what we know is going to be in the package.

Let's move beyond the “population vs. consumption” debate

Can't we please give all women in the world the information and family-planning services they need to prevent unwanted and unintended pregnancies?

L.A. mayor climbs on bike, gets hit by taxi, gets hit by bike-bloggers

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa climbed on a bike for the first time in years last Saturday for a ride to the beach. Within 30 minutes a taxi driver pulled out in front of him on Venice Boulevard, knocking the mayor to the pavement.

Solar drones, homemade wifi, and other amazing tales of green

From solar cells as small as lint to environmentally-friendly predator drones, here are 10 tales to share this weekend.

Norman Borlaug's grandddaughter says hunger is a production problem — and GMOs are the answer

At an agrichemical industry conference held in D.C. recently, Julie Borlaug told the assembled executives what they wanted to hear.

State and EPA climate action become key as Senate gives up

The World Resources Institute has a new report that calculates what exactly states and federal agencies could accomplish in the absence of Congressional action. So how much good could they do?

Unexpected consequence of climate change: animals getting horny

One thing we know about climate change is that the world is going to be getting weirder. For example, a hotter world may mean certain critters are getting their freak on more often. That's right, hot animal sex!

On the death of the climate bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has officially announced that there will be no climate bill this year. What's happened is total and complete surrender. There's no silver lining in this cloud.