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Why the fracking boom may actually be an economic bubble

The huge growth in fracking is not sustainable, in multiple senses of the word.

Philip Bump Technology February 19, 2013

Climate change means more blizzards but less snow, which confuses people apparently

The media, of course, played up the apparent contradiction instead of the science.

Philip Bump Technology February 19, 2013

Concord, Mass., is the first city to ban plastic water bottles

The ban comes as the result of a three-year fight from local activists, who are quite understandably appalled that Americans use 1,500 bottles every second.

Sarah Miller Uncategorized January 3, 2013

How science can predict where you stand on Keystone XL

Want to make sense of the feud between pipeline activists and "hippie-punching" moderates? Talk to the researchers.

Chris Mooney Technology April 17, 2013

King Coal’s tragic puppet show, Part 2 – Coal export is wrong

…originally published at GRIP…. When last we left our intrepid heroes, the great Northwest had woken up to find itself...

KC Golden Uncategorized March 7, 2013

Anti-climate House Science committee now worried about the critical threat of asteroids

Committee chair Rep. Smith has suggested that the threat of climate change is overblown, but now worries about space rocks.

Philip Bump Technology February 18, 2013

New Era of Food Scarcity Echoes Collapsed Civilizations

By Lester R. Brown The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one of scarcity. Over...

Earth Policy Institute Uncategorized February 7, 2013

Sequestration would be bad news for clean energy and a clean environment

Under looming mandatory budget cuts, polluters would win, you would lose, and Mother Earth would cop yet another blow.

John Upton Climate & Energy February 28, 2013

The medium chill, revisited

Two years later, we offer a look back at "the medium chill" and a consideration of what it means to live a meaningful life.

David Roberts Culture May 1, 2013

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