Climate Climate & Energy

Meet the brave little solar-powered robot who’s helping us understand hurricanes

Chasing a tornado might be nuts, but chasing a hurricane is beyond nuts. Being in a car near a tornado sounds like a bad idea, but at least you might hit a Norse god or end up in Oz or something. You’d have to go hurricane-chasing in a boat or helicopter, though, and being in […]

GOP convention, day one: A platform built on oil, an argument based on inaccuracy

At the GOP convention, Republicans are pushing stale old energy policies and telling lots of lies.

Polar bear dick size is apocalypse’s most recent casualty

This is one of those super-depressing “oh my god the world is ending” things that’s easy to joke about because it involves shrinking polar bear penises. And let’s face it, shrinking polar bear penises are just funny, the way rubber chickens or people falling down are just funny.

Meet Julian and Joaquin Castro, rising Democratic stars with a strong green streak

San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro, who'll be giving the keynote at the Democratic convention, and his twin brother Joaquín, who's running for Congress, are both big advocates for clean energy.

Hurricane Isaac makes landfall on the Gulf Coast

A levee in the southeast corner of Louisiana was overtopped, but the storm's effect on New Orleans has so far been minimal on the seventh anniversary of the arrival of Katrina.

GOP convention addresses the climate issue: Our comprehensive coverage, day one

This is the most science-fictiony solar generator we’ve ever seen

If we’re really going to get a significant part of our energy from solar power, we’re going to need to have a LOT of solar panels. Ideally, we’d put solar panels on everything — every roof, every wall, every car. Solar panels on the Capitol. Solar panels on the Moon. So it might be a […]

Isaac just graduated to hurricane, is aimed right at New Orleans

The most recent NOAA update won't provide evoke much relief on the Gulf Coast.

Miners’ mandatory attendance at Romney rally cost them a day’s pay

Coal miners in Ohio really got the shaft when Romney came to town.

Rush Limbaugh says Obama manipulated hurricane forecasts to delay GOP convention

The conservative radio host spins out a truly wacky conspiracy theory.