Technology

BP convicted of gross negligence in Deepwater Horizon spill, really salty about it

We imagine that the handing down of the Deepwater Horizon decision may have gone a little like this.

Eve Andrews Technology

BP lashes out at journalists and “opportunistic” environmentalists

The oil company behind the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill is not winning any friends with this one.

Tim McDonnell Technology

The personal (technology) is political

If you're stressed out by digital distractions and email overload, the answer is not meditation and mindfulness. It's fixing our power structures.

David Roberts Technology

PETA’s new virtual reality game could make you too chicken to eat chicken

I, Chicken, a new virtual reality game from PETA, lets you experience life as a chicken just before slaughter.

Madeleine Thomas Technology

Amtrak wait? Blame the freight

Rail is a great way to ship your stuff and yourself for a cross-country move. If only we hadn't built a system that gives slow freight the right of way.

Heather Smith Technology

Perdue just says no to chicken on drugs

One big poultry producer ditches most use of antibiotics. Now it's time for the rest of the industry to follow -- and for doctors to stop overprescribing them to us.

Nathanael Johnson Technology

Will Obama do the right thing on smog this time?

Over the coming year, the president will either repeat or undo one of his greatest insults to the environmental community -- and to the nation's air quality.

Ben Adler Technology

E.U. bans energy-sucking vacuums. Hairdryers could be next.

High-powered vacuum cleaners just bit the dust in the name of climate change. Hairdryers and electric kettles could be next.

Sara Bernard Technology

The cynical money person’s guide to our renewable energy future

Banks looking into trends in renewable energy investment like what they see -- for reasons that have almost nothing to do with the, you know, planet.