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Can the University of California make campus food sustainable?

A look at what it will take to get the behemoth University of California system to move its cafeterias and fast food franchises toward sustainability.

Jessica Kraft Food and Agriculture March 27, 2012

More evidence that grocery stores alone won’t solve the obesity crisis

It tuns out proximity to grocery stores might not influence people's actual eating habits.

Tom Laskawy Food and Agriculture March 9, 2012

Political leaders lowballed Gulf oil spill estimates

In the first weeks after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico, government scientists were...

Sarah Laskow Energy January 24, 2012

Biggest output of U.S. oil and gas industry is dirty water

The bad news: “Every day, U.S. oil and gas producers bring to the surface 60 million barrels of waste water,...

Christopher Mims Energy January 18, 2012

Snowe job: The Senate needs reform, not a bipartisan chorus of kumbayah

Fix Congress with more compromises, says retiring Sen. Olympia Snowe. "Give me a break," sighs David Roberts.

David Roberts Climate & Energy March 2, 2012

Natural gas: A bridge to nowhere

Natural gas might have been a "bridge fuel" to a low-carbon future 30 years ago, but today it does little to solve the climate problem, especially without a price on carbon.

Joseph Romm Energy January 24, 2012

Photo project takes commuters to a California they’ve forgotten

With her new documentary project, author and photographer Lisa Hamilton hopes to reacquaint urban train riders with rural life.

Twilight Greenaway Food and Agriculture February 27, 2012

Does cap-and-trade produce technological innovation?

A carbon cap-and-trade system might not spur major innovation on its own, a new study suggests. So add focused innovation policy to the mix.

David Roberts Health March 19, 2012

Corn, corn everywhere — and not a drop to eat

Record-high crop prices have all the big farms in the Midwest planting up a storm while farm state politicians plan to trim conservation programs. Put them together and what do you get? A Big Ag bubble.

Tom Laskawy Food and Agriculture February 16, 2012

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