Sorry, Deniers: Sea-Level Rise...

May 12, 2015 by

Sorry, Deniers: Sea-Level Rise Is Accelerating, Just Like Climate Science Predicts

[Translate] Environment The widely reported slowdown in global sea-level rise was due to human error; researchers failed to account...

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BREAKING: Obama Administration...

May 12, 2015 by

BREAKING: Obama Administration Says Yes To Drilling In The Arctic

[Translate] by Emily AtkinCLIMATE PROGRESS In this Aug. 24, 2009 picture provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Coast Guard...

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Famous Coral Reef System In Be...

May 12, 2015 by

Famous Coral Reef System In Belize Could Soon Be The Site Of Oil Drilling

[Translate] by Samantha Page  CLIMATE PROGRESS Belize’s waters are pretty much perfect the way they are. CREDIT: via Shutterstock A...

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Dangerous and Radical: Republi...

May 11, 2015 by

Dangerous and Radical: Republican Senators Vote to Sell off America’s National Forests

[Translate] Environment It’s part of a larger organized movement to sell off and limit access to America’s public lands....

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Paul Krugman Exposes Wall Stre...

May 11, 2015 by

Paul Krugman Exposes Wall Street Vampires’ Latest Ploy

[Translate] Economy The bought and paid for Congress is sneakily trying to kill financial reform. By Janet Allon / AlterNet Photo...

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12 Ways the GOP Would Destroy ...

May 11, 2015 by

12 Ways the GOP Would Destroy the Country If They Controlled Washington After 2016

[Translate] Election 2016 The budget Congress just passed for next year offers a nightmarish blueprint. By Steven Rosenfeld /...

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Old pickle factory converted i...

May 11, 2015 by

Old pickle factory converted into beautiful, nearly net-zero energy home

[Translate] The 1880s warehouse was converted into a modern live-work studio for fine arts photographer Jaime Alvarez and girlfriend...

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Seas Generate a Rising Tide of...

May 11, 2015 by

Seas Generate a Rising Tide of Ideas on Renewables

[Translate]   By Paul Brown, Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG     Atlantic waves rush ashore on the west coast of Ireland....

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Who controls California’s tap?...

May 11, 2015 by

Who controls California’s tap? Here’s what I learned from a fat book

[Translate] Black.Dots. By Nathanael Johnson   GRIST Like lots of people in drought-desiccated California, I have been hustling to...

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What’s the cheapest new car to...

May 11, 2015 by

What’s the cheapest new car to drive? Hint: It’s an EV

[Translate] By Bentham Paulos GRIST There is a common perception that electric cars are really expensive. It isn’t helped by media...

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Chris Christie Makes Big Admis...

May 11, 2015 by

[Translate] by Katie Valentine  THINK PROGRESS New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie delivers his budget address, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in...

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The World’s First Solar Road I...

May 11, 2015 by

The World’s First Solar Road Is Successfully Producing Energy

[Translate] by Katie Valentine  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: SolaRoad In its first six months of existence, the world’s first solar road...

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Pollutionwatch: A deadline mis...

May 10, 2015 by

Pollutionwatch: A deadline missed, with deadly consequences

[Translate] Traffic in Putney High Street in January, 2013 when nitrogen dioxide levels breached upper safety limits. Photograph:...

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Storms move across US as warni...

May 10, 2015 by

Storms move across US as warnings remain in several states

[Translate] Tornado hits South Dakota as snow falls in Nebraska Travel delays in Texas but tropical storm weakens in the Carolinas...

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What Would Happen if Women Wer...

May 10, 2015 by

What Would Happen if Women Were In Charge of the Global Economy?

[Translate] Janet Yellen, Christine Lagarde, and Brooksley Born (AP/Charles Dharapak, Reuters/Mike Theiler, AP/Jacquelyn Martin) If...

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Scientists Weigh New Evidence ...

May 10, 2015 by

Scientists Weigh New Evidence on Antarctic Ice Melt

[Translate] By Tim Radford, Climate News Network  via TRUTHDIG The big picture of accelerating ice loss in Antarctica is becoming...

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The U.S. Govt. Must Commit to ...

May 10, 2015 by

The U.S. Govt. Must Commit to Net-Zero Energy Buildings

[Translate] Environment Fssil-fuel-generated electricity is no longer a necessity for every building. By Greg Dotson, Erin Auel /...

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Let’s get over the whole “toil...

May 10, 2015 by

Let’s get over the whole “toilet to tap” thing, shall we?

[Translate] Nathan Phillips By Madeleine Thomas   GRIST “Toilet to tap” is such an unfortunate phrase, isn’t it? Hate to break it to...

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Is the Government Harassing an...

May 10, 2015 by

Is the Government Harassing and Censoring Scientists for Studying Ties Between Pesticides and Bee Deaths?

[Translate] “The possibility that the USDA is prioritizing the interests of the chemical industry over those of the American...

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Lakota Sioux Tribe Invokes ...

May 10, 2015 by

Lakota Sioux Tribe Invokes “Bad Men” Treaty Clause Over Keystone Pipeline

[Translate]  By Emerson Urry, EnviroNews | Report (Image: Pipes stacked via Shutterstock) Lower Brule, Lower Brule Indian...

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Here’s how Bernie Sanders, the...

May 10, 2015 by

Here’s how Bernie Sanders, the greenest presidential candidate, could get even greener

[Translate] Brookings Institution By Ben Adler GRIST The Democratic presidential primary race got its second major candidate last...

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We graded the feds on their en...

May 10, 2015 by

We graded the feds on their environmental justice programs — here’s how they fared

[Translate] Shutterstock By Brentin Mock   GRIST As the winds settled from Hurricane Sandy, Shaun Donovan, then-head of the U.S....

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Common Hormone Used To Fatten ...

May 10, 2015 by

Common Hormone Used To Fatten Up Cows Is Contaminating The Environment

[Translate] by Natasha Geiling  CLIMATE PROGRESS A synthetic growth hormone used in cattle production may persist longer in the...

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Flood Risk to Nuclear Sites Ra...

May 9, 2015 by

Flood Risk to Nuclear Sites Raises Meltdown Fears

[Translate] By Paul Brown, capsule Climate News Network  VIA TRUTHDIG DonkeyHotey / (CC BY-SA 2.0) This piece first appeared at...

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Close Guantanamo—Then Give It ...

May 9, 2015 by

Close Guantanamo—Then Give It Back to Cuba

[Translate]   By Amy Goodman   VIA TRUTHDIG Shutterstock This week marks the 13th anniversary of the arrival of the first...

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Tree-Based Farming Could Deliv...

May 9, 2015 by

Tree-Based Farming Could Deliver Abundant Benefits

[Translate]   By Tim Radford, physician Climate News Network   VIA TRUTHDIG     A forest in Zambia devastated by slash-and-burn...

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‘The Texas of Canada’ Just Ele...

May 9, 2015 by

‘The Texas of Canada’ Just Elected A Left-Wing Government

[Translate] by Emily Atkin CLIMATE PROGRESS Rachel Notley of Canada’s New Democratic Party beat former premier Jim Prentice in the...

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Liberate 41 Million Americans ...

May 9, 2015 by

Liberate 41 Million Americans From Student Loan Debt

[Translate] VIA AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE Mary Green Swig Steven L. Swig Richard Eskow President Obama’s proposal for tuition-free...

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Celebrating the Flash Crash wi...

May 9, 2015 by

[Translate] AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE   Dean Baker This week marks the fifth anniversary of the flash crash. For those who...

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architect’s studio conta...

May 9, 2015 by

architect’s studio contains a large hexagonal void

[Translate] DESIGNBOOM kame house by kochi conceived as a ‘patchwork of rooms’, the property’s living accommodation is divided across...

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