Technology

This fake LEGO ad shows the Arctic drowning in an oil spill

LEGO of our brand loyalty, Shell! Greenpeace made a video to protest the pairing of oil and toys, and to remind us all that the Arctic is in trouble.

Amelia Urry Technology

Will the U.S. keep spending taxpayer money on dirty coal plants abroad?

President Obama ordered the U.S. Export-Import Bank to stop funding coal plants, but some members are Congress are trying to undermine that ban.

John Upton Technology

Need to charge your phone while herding? There’s an ass for that

Turkish herders found the most obvious solution to keeping their cellphones juiced: solar panels on donkeys.

Jim Meyer Technology

In the Colombian rainforest, an experiment in community-driven climate protection

The Tolo River community sells carbon credits to corporations via a United Nations program called REDD. The rewards go far beyond just money.

Tanya Dimitrova Technology

GMO labeling initiative heads to the ballot in Oregon

Similar ballot measures have failed in California and Washington. Have the Oregon activists learned from those defeats?

Nathanael Johnson Technology

Smile! Satellites can see your illegal fishing from space

With high-powered surveillance, it may be possible to solve the problem of pirate fishing on the open seas once and for all.

Amelia Urry Technology

This organic food company is refusing to pay for employees’ birth control

Just like Hobby Lobby, Eden Foods has sued the Obama administration, claiming its owner's religious rights should trump employees' rights to access contraception.

Lisa Hymas Technology

Is this pipeline company ready for some whale hazing?

If an expanded pipeline in Canada threatens migrating whales in the Pacific with an oil spill, the energy company in charge knows just what to do.

Heather Smith Technology

Retracted Roundup-fed rat research republished

The scientists behind the controversial study that linked GMO-fueled herbicides with sickness in lab rats have also now published some of their data.