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ExxonMobil claims it’s the savior of the world’s poor

Oil giants are now trying to present themselves as poverty fighters and defenders of human wellbeing.

Michael T. Klare Technology January 10, 2015

The results of a tailing pond breach at Imperial Metals Corp's gold and copper mine at Mount Polley in central British Columbia are pictured August 4, 2014

This giant Canadian mine spill doesn’t make us feel good about Alaska’s Pebble Mine

A copper tailings pond discharged more than 10 million cubic meters of waste into nearby water, threatening an important salmon spawning ground.

Darby Minow Smith Technology August 8, 2014

What it’s like to have 30 oil & gas wells as neighbors

If you're driving through the tightly packed residential neighborhood in south central L.A., you're liable to miss the whole operation.

Tara Lohan Technology October 24, 2014

Vegas tops the list of the country’s worst heat islands

On a real scorcher of a day, the mercury downtown can roar 24 degrees above the temps in the surrounding desert. Other cities are feeling the heat, too.

Greg Hanscom Cities August 21, 2014

This man wrote hundreds of letters warning politicians not to lie. It worked.

Political scientist Brendan Nyhan explains why fact-checking keeps candidates honest … sometimes.

Chris Mooney Politics September 12, 2014

Now Google Street View is mapping gas pipeline leaks

Experiments by Google, Environmental Defense Fund, and university scientists reveal the huge amounts of methane that leak from pipelines beneath some cities.

John Upton Climate & Energy July 16, 2014

Nutrition, the environment, and poverty: Let’s talk!

Double Up Food Bucks is one idea that's working to get better food onto the plates of the people who most need it. Come talk with us and the people behind it.

Nathanael Johnson Food September 4, 2014

This doomed Alaskan village shows just how unprepared we are for climate change

Disappearing beaches, erosion, and buildings toppling into the sea are just a few problems citizens of Shishmaref, Alaska, are dealing with due to climate change.

Kate Sheppard Cities December 15, 2014

What Harvey Milk can teach today’s green activists

As environmental causes move from national to local, we can take some notes from the tragic but phenomenally successful story of "The Mayor of Castro Street."

Heather Smith Politics November 17, 2014

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