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Country’s Largest Public Power Provider Takes Next Major Step to Move Beyond Coal

Today the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced it will retire coal boilers at three of its coal plants in Alabama...

Mary Anne Hitt Uncategorized November 14, 2013

Ballot effort to ban tar-sands oil from Maine city appears to have failed

A ballot initiative to prevent tar-sands oil from being piped through South Portland and loaded onto ships narrowly lost, according to initial poll results.

John Upton Technology November 6, 2013

We might be winning the battle against coal at home, but we’re losing the war abroad

Coal is in trouble in the U.S. In China, though, coal consumption is projected to keep on rising, says the International Energy Agency.

Ben Adler Technology December 17, 2013

Moving Up the Food Chain

For most of the time that human beings have walked the earth, we lived as hunter-gatherers. The share of the...

Lester Brown Uncategorized November 25, 2013

This time-lapse nature porn is your five-minute dose of Zen

It's hard not to feel a little bit of wonder watching this video of America's most dazzling places.

Holly Richmond Culture October 31, 2013

How tiny house communities can work for both the haves and the have nots

Trendy eco-conscious dreamers and the formerly homeless are discovering the same thing: Building a tiny house community isn't easy.

Eve Andrews Culture March 21, 2014

Pollution is making Chinese sperm damaged and “ugly”

When sperm starts getting long and repulsive, you KNOW it's time to address air quality.

Holly Richmond Culture November 12, 2013

In the hot house: Prison staff held liable for extreme heat in Louisiana cell block

A recent court ruling suggests that as climate change drives summer temperatures higher, prisons will need to adapt, lest they run afoul of basic human rights principles.

Brentin Mock Cities January 3, 2014

Dramatic charts reveal climate change’s effects on oceans

The oceans are becoming warmer, more acidic, starved of oxygen, and less productive. Here are the results, in technicolor.

John Upton Climate & Energy October 16, 2013

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