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A reader wonders which is more energy efficient, bottle-fed water coolers or the newfangled point-of-use kind. Umbra distills the answers.
Radical Mycology cofounder Peter McCoy thinks mushrooms hold the secret to human and environmental health. He may be on to something.
… and five climate hawks who lost.
A new study from Yale -- the largest of its kind -- shows a correlation between living near a fracking site and having health problems.
Could improving public health help curb climate change?
A new report pins the blame for a recent spate of heat waves on human-caused climate change -- but for the California drought, the evidence is murkier.
Under pressure to get a publishing giant into the iconic tower, the site's developers may have sacrificed a core part of its green plans.
If we are to foster a broader conversation about global warming, one that includes population, it's important to remember why the topic has been largely off limits for so long.
Are cows destroying the climate? And is grass-fed even worse than grain-fed beef? We take a look at "Defending Beef" by Nicolette Hahn Niman.