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The bright side of California’s drought: More solar power

Less rain means fewer clouds, fewer clouds means more sun, more sun means more solar power.

Bentham Paulos Technology April 9, 2015

What happens when a rainforest burns?

When fire can eat a rainforest in a relatively cool climate, you know the Earth is beginning to burn.

Subhankar Banerjee Climate & Energy August 2, 2015

We’re finding out what’s in fracking wastewater, and it ain’t pretty

Thanks to a disclosure law in California, we now know that frackers are polluting water with petroleum chemicals, heavy metals, radioactive elements, and carcinogens.

Ben Adler Technology March 11, 2015

Who needs Keystone when you could build a tar-sands pipeline through Alaska?

The oil industry and its political lackeys are cooking up a new scheme to get Alberta's oil to coastal ports.

John Light Technology February 10, 2015

No, GOP hopefuls, the blizzard doesn’t mean climate change is a hoax

Weather is not climate.

Jeremy Schulman Politics January 26, 2015

I gave up my iPhone for a week, and my life didn’t end

Did the iPhone cleanse change my life? No. Was it difficult? Not remotely.

Eve Andrews Technology March 30, 2015

The sharing economy is bullsh!t. Here’s how we can take it back

Real sharing can help solve big problems like climate change. But we have to start small.

Sam Bliss Technology March 9, 2015

Spending time in a controversial camp that’s blocking tar-sands pipelines

The Unist’ot’en Camp in Canada isn't just out to block tar-sands pipelines. Campers are also developing a resilient community.

Sam Bliss Culture August 21, 2015

Greens get behind striking oil workers

The Steelworkers union is worried about emissions, leaks, fires, and explosions at oil refineries, and is demanding safer working conditions.

John Light Technology February 3, 2015

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