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Did you know that the surface area of the average dinner plate expanded by 36 percent between 1960 and 2007? Here's how growing portion sizes are contributing to our national food waste problem.
Andrew Sullivan thinks Obama has earned "conservative credibility," but he's making a common mistake of post-truth politics.
A Christian Science Monitor headline claims that EPA regulations are squelching coal companies. Not so: David Roberts explains what's really snuffing out the industry.
Back in mid-19th century England, public transportation was popular enough that even dead people had their own railway. P. D....
Hundreds protest against fracking in the state capital, while New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg makes a $6 million grant to the Environmental Defense Fund to help make fracking more eco-friendly.
Even as New York's soda ban gets close to becoming a reality, several loopholes have public health advocates worried.
Why Clinton barely mentioned climate, why Gore isn't speaking at the convention, and why a mother from L.A. isn't eating.
Taxes aren’t exactly popular, but the idea of using them to fight climate change is surprisingly resilient. Here’s a primer.
Cross-posted from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Make no mistake about it: The Clean Air Act is under attack from Congress....
