We’d need one and a half Earths to fulfill all the demands we put on the planet in 2008 — and it’s getting worse.

The Department of the Interior moved forward with the Atlantic wind transmission line, a Google-funded underwater power line that would bring offshore wind energy to 2 million homes.

Hawaii’s beaches are eroding away.

Doctors don’t know how to help people with fracking-related health complaints.

Many species won’t be able to outrun climate change.

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